LOT 3137
Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain Ruler AR Sixteenth Shekel. 4th century BC.
Phoenician galley sailing to left; Phoenician letters above, waves below / Persian king or hero, holding dagger, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on its hind legs; Phoenician letters between. Cf. HGC 10, 265 (Mazaios). Very Fine.(0.68gr, 10mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (AD 41/2). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Three ears of corn; L Ϛ (date) across fields / [BACIΛЄധC] AΓPIΠA, canopy. RPC I, 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 0.71gr, 17mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Reverse slightly off-centre.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Macedon, Akanthos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 525-470 BC.
Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
Attic standard. Lion attacking to right, biting into the hindquarter of bull kneeling to left and biting the leg of the lion; Θ above, three ground lines below, the middle composed of pellets; stylised acanthus flower ιn exergue / Quadripartite incuse square. Desneux 59 (D57)(?); AMNG III/2, 5; HGC 3, 383. 17.19gr, 27mm.
Near Extremely Fine. Nicely toned with golden iridescence around the devices on obverse.
From collection of Dr G.W., Germany. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auction 37, 13 May 1987. -
Caria, Myndos, AE 16mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate head of Zeus right / MYNΔΙΩΝ / ΜΗΤΡΟΔΩΡOC, winged thunderbolt. SNG Keckman 245. 4.29gr, 16mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
