LOT 3028
Phoenicia, Sidon AR Shekel - Tetradrachm. 107/6 BC-AD 43/4.
Dated CY 5 (107/6 BC). Veiled, draped, and turreted bust of Tyche to right, wearing single-pendant earring and pearl necklace / ΣIΔΩNIΩN, eagle standing to left on ram of galley; palm frond in background; to left, L E (date) above monogram of ΔΡΙ. Rouvier 1305; Prieur -; HGC 10, 275. Good Very Fine. Nicely toned. Rare.(13.79gr, 29mm, 12h).
ProvenanceAcquired in 1995;
From a private collection.
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LOT 3028
Phoenicia, Sidon AR Shekel - Tetradrachm.
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Judaea, Hasmoneans, John Hyrcanus I(?) AE Prutah. 135-104 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem mint. Illegible inscription in Paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate between the horns. Cf. Sofaer 124-143; cf. HGC 10, 630. 1.61gr, 14mm
Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
5 Nabataean and 1 Phoenician AR Coins 4th century BC - 1st century AD.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Including Drachms of Nabataean Kings, a Didrachm of Obodas II and Hagaru and a 1/16 Phoenician Shekel. 21.93gr total
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Paphlagonia, Sinope AR Siglos or Drachm. Circa 350/30-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Persic standard. Anthes-, magistrate. Circa 360-320 BC. Head of nymph Sinope to left, wearing triple-pendant earring, necklace and sphendone; aphlaston before / ΣΙΝΩ beneath eagle flying to left clutching dolphin; ANΘ[...] under wing. RG 31 (Aiginetic standard); SNG BM Black Sea -. 5.05gr, 22mm, 11h
Near Very Fine. Test cuts. Very rare magistrate's name.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
