LOT 2766
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 22mm. 1st century BC.
Uncertain date. Jugate busts of Tyche, veiled and turreted, and Zeus to right; monogram to left / ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ, Phoenician galley to left; [date] above. HGC 10, 283. Near Very Fine.(6.78gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Calabria, Tarentum AR Hemiobol. Circa 325-280 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Two crescents back-to-back; pellet above and below, T to left / Two crescents back-to-back; pellet and Π above, pellet below. Vlasto -; HN Italy -; HGC 1, -; unpublished with the combination of these letters. 0.26gr, 7mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Variant not found in the major references.
Swiss private collection, acquired in 1992. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 104-76 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem mint. "Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews" in paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Two cornucopiae splayed outward, adorned with ribbons; pomegranate/poppy between. Hendin 6182; TJC R; Sofaer 355-369. 1.87gr, 14mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Parion AR Hemidrachm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
ΠΑ-ΡΙ, bull standing to left, head reverted; below, grain ear to right / Gorgoneion. SNG Arikantürk -; SNG BN 1373-6. 2.38gr, 14mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Lightly toned with hints of golden iridescence around the devices.
From the collection of Dr Hans Maag. Ex Auktion GM 79, 1996, 174.
