LOT 3145
Phoenicia, Tyre AR Half Shekel. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6.
Laureate head of Melkart to right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing to left on prow, palm frond in background. Cf. HGC 10, 358. Good Fine.(5.88gr, 19mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Corinthia, Corinth AE Quadrans. 40-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
COR, rudder / Trident. RPC I, 1232; BCD Corinth 514. 2.41gr, 13mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod III Antipas AE Half Unit. Dated RY 37 (33/4 CE). Tiberias mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
HPΩΔΟ[Υ TETPA]PXOY, palm frond; L ΛZ (date) across field / TIBEPIAC in two lines within wreath. RPC I, 4931; Meshorer 88; Hendin 6243. 4.72gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AE Obol. Circa 260s BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ], eagle with wings spread standing to left on thunderbolt; to left, Galatian shield between two monograms; Λ between legs; c/m: incuse trident. CPE B190; Svoronos 581; SNG Copenhagen 129. 14.17gr, 25mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
