LOT 3132
Phoenicia, Marathos AE 20mm. Dated CY 91 (169/8 BC).
Laureate and draped bust of Ptolemy VI as Hermes to right, with kerykeion over shoulder / Marathos standing slightly to left, holding aphlaston; date (in Phoenician) to left, 'Amrit' in Phoenician to right; Phoenician 'nun' to inner left, 'beth' to lower right. Duyrat, Ateliers 2664–5; HGC 10, 194; DCA 832. Very Fine.(6.93gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 533, 22 February 2023, lot 228.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE Unit. 359-336 BC. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Diademed young male head to right / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, youth on horseback to right; uncertain monogram below. Cf. HGC 3, 882. 5.63gr, 18mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Tyre AR Half Shekel. Dated CY 146 (AD 20/21).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Laureate bust of Herakles-Melqart to right, with lion skin draped around shoulders / TYPOY [IEPAΣ KAI AΣY]ΛOY], eagle standing to left on prow, palm frond behind; PMς (date) above club to left; KP above monogram to right. DCA Tyre 538; DCA 922; HGC 10, 358. 5.40gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Samaria, "Middle Levantine" Series AR Obol. Circa 375-333 BC. Imitating Athens.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Helmeted head of Athena to right / Owl standing to right, head facing; [olive spray to left], 'BD'L (in Aramaic) to right. Meshorer & Qedar 59; Sofaer 114-5. 0.76gr, 9mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
