LOT 3398
Sasanian Kingdom. Kavad I AR Drachm. Date RY 1(?) (AD 488). BYS (Bishapur) mint.
Bust to right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent, ribbons and crescents on shoulders; star behind crown / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Cf. SNS type IIa/1e. Very Fine.(3.57gr, 28mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market before 2000.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 104-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
'Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews' in paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Two cornucopiae splayed outward, adorned with ribbons; pomegranate/poppy between. Cf. Hendin 6186; HGC 10, 641. 1.96gr, 14mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Sicily, Akragas Cast AE Hexas or Dionkion. Circa 450 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Eagle standing to left / Crab. Two pellets (mark of value) on base. SNG Copenhagen 63; HGC 2, 128. 6.95gr, 17mm.
Good Fine.
Ex London, UK, gentleman 1980-1990s. -
Nabataea, Anonymous AE 18mm. Circa 3rd-2nd centuries BC. Petra(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Imitating the staters of Alexander III of Macedon. Helmetted head of Athena to right / Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; [crescent(?) above] Λ in left field. CN 2; HGC 10, 671. 3.75gr, 18mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
