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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LOT 3137
Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain Ruler AR Sixteenth Shekel.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Three ears of corn; L Ϛ (date) across fields / BACIΛЄധ[C AΓPIΠA], canopy. RPC I, 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 2.55gr, 18mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Troas, Achaiion AE 18mm. Circa 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΑΧΑ-ΙΤധN, Artemis standing facing, head to left, quiver over shoulder and holding bow and arrow in right hand. A. Ellis-Evans: The Coinage and History of Achaiion in the Troad, in: REA 119 (2017), p. 31, 4. 5.04gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare type of an exceedingly rare city; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain Ruler AR Sixteenth Shekel. Circa 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Phoenician galley / Persian king or hero, holding dagger, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on its hind legs; Phoenician letter between; all within incuse square. Cf. HGC 10, 240 (Sakton II). 0.56gr, 10mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
