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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Nabataea, Aretas IV(?) AE 15mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Petra mint. Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 73a; cf. Sofaer 48. 3.31gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. 37-43 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). BACIΛЄ[ധC 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. 2.66gr, 18mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Anonymous AE 17mm. Mid 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Petra(?) mint. Imitating staters of Alexander III of Macedon. Helmetted head of Athena to right / Nike standing to left, holding wreath and placing hand on uncertain object. Barkay, Earliest, Group 3; CN 3; HCG 10, 671. 3.59gr, 17mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 533, 22 February 2023, lot 259.
