LOT 2959
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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Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom, Eukratides I Megas AR Obol. Circa 170-145 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed and draped bust to right / Caps of the Dioskouroi, each with palm frond; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ to left, monogram below. Bopearachchi 3C; HGC 12, 138. 0.68gr, 12mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. 37-43 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). [BACI]ΛЄ[ധ]C AΓPIΠA, canopy / Three ears of corn; L Ϛ (date) across fields. RPC I 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 2.92gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kushan Empire, time of Kujula Kadphises to Vima Takto AE Didrachm. AD 80-113.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Uncertain (possibly Begram) mint. "Soter Megas" issue. Radiate and diademed bust to right, holding sceptre; tamgha to left / [ΒΑCΙΛЄV ΒΑCΙ]ΛЄV⟒Ν C⟒ΤΗΡ [ΜЄΓΑC], King on horseback to right, holding axe; tamgha to lower right. ANS Kushan 186-95; Senior B17.1vT (listed as tetradrachm); Donum Burns 60. 8.25gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
