LOT 2957
Phoenicia, Tyre AE 16mm. Dated CY 256 = AD 130/1.
Pseudo-autonomous issue, time of Hadrian. Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right; palm frond over shoulder / ΤΥΡ(as monogram) ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄധΣ ΙЄΡ ΑΣ, palm tree with date clusters; ς-NC (date) across fields. RPC III, 3905 corr. (no Phoenician letters on reverse); Rouvier 2160. Very Fine.(3.11gr, 16mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Islands off Karia, Rhodes AR Drachm. Circa 88/42 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Radiate head of Helios facing slightly to the right / Rose seen from above; below, corn ear to right; P-O flanking. Ashton & Weiss 9 (A2/P9); Karl 642; SNG von Aulock 2839 (same obverse die). 4.04gr, 19mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Well struck on a broad flan.
Ex Nomos AG, obolos 15, 24 May 2020, lot 390 (dealer's ticket included). -
Persia, Achaemenid Empire AR Siglos. Time of Darios II to Artaxerxes II, circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43); cf. Meadows, Administration 326 (Type IV, Group C); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 10; Sunrise -. 5.47gr, 14mm
Near Very Fine. Toned; interesting bankers' marks.
From an old UK collection; Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 548, 18 October 2023, lot 188; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Judaea, Herodians. Herod II Archelaus AE Prutah. 4 BCE-6 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Jerusalem mint. [EΘNAPΧOY], crested helmet with cheek straps / [HPധΔOY], bunch of grapes on vine with small leaf on left. RPC I 4917; TJC 73; Hendin GBC 6, 6227; Hendin GBC 5, 1196. 2.31gr, 17mm, 11h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
