LOT 3144
Phoenicia, Tyre AR Half Shekel. Dated CY 146 (AD 20/21).
Laureate bust of Herakles-Melqart to right, with lion skin draped around shoulders / TYPOY [IEPAΣ KAI AΣY]ΛOY], eagle standing to left on prow, palm frond behind; PMς (date) above club to left; KP above monogram to right. DCA Tyre 538; DCA 922; HGC 10, 358. Good Fine.(5.40gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator, second satrapy and kingship AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 311-308/5 BC. Uncertain mint 6A, in Bablyonia. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ[ΡΟΥ], Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, legs spread, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; anchor and monogram of EΠΡ in left field, K beneath throne. SC 67.5c; Price 3437 (Marathus); HGC 9, 10d. 17.16gr, 27mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, circa 323-319 BC. Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint. In the types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; filleted thyrsos in left field. Price P51. 4.08gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Test cut.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea, First Jewish War AE Trial(?) Shekel. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Omer cup; date in Hebrew above; inscription in Hebrew around / Sprig of three pomegranates; inscription in Hebrew around. Cf. Meshorer 188; cf. Hendin 656; cf. Bromberg 60-1 (all for AR half shekels). 6.03gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
