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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Judaea. First Jewish War AE Prutah. 66-70 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Jerusalem mint. Dated year 3 (68/9 CE). 'Year three' in Paleo-Hebrew, amphora with broad rim, two handles and a lid / 'The freedom of Zion' in Paleo-Hebrew; vine leaf on small branch with tendril. TJC 204; Sofaer 31-35; Hendin GBC 6, 6392; Hendin GBC 5, 1363. 2.26gr, 16mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Calabria, Tarentum AR Drachm. Circa 280-272 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
ΣΩ- (So-), magistrate. Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with Skylla hurling rock / ΤΑΡΑΝΤΙΝΩΝ, owl standing facing on thunderbolt, with wings open; ΣΩ upwards to right. Vlasto 1068; HN Italy 1018. 3.05gr, 16mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Seleucid Empire, Antiochos III AR Drachm. 222-187 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Uncertain mint of the periphery of the Seleucid empire. Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANT-IOXOY, Apollo Delphios seated on omphalos to left, holding arrow with his right hand and resting his left on a bow leaning against the omphalos behind him; AP and MYP monograms placed sideways to outer left. SC 1292 corr. (reading of the monograms) = BnF, R 2176; HGC 9, 452o (R3). 4.11gr, 17mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Exceedingly rare.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.
