LOT 3397
Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484.
MA (Māh[?]) mint. Bust to right, wearing crown, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SNS Type IIa/1c; Göbl type II/3. Near Very Fine.(4.10gr, 26mm, 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): £46
'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. Hendin 6182; TJC R; Sofaer 355-369. 2.16gr, 15mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Drachm. Struck under Philoxenos, circa 325-323 BC. Miletos mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, legs spread, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings, monogram of ΔΗ in left field. Price 2090; ADM I Series I. 4.21gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex London, UK, collection, 2000s. -
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Obol. Circa 550-480 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of tunny fish to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze, Nomisma IX Kyzikos, Gruppe I 3, Tafel V 3 var. (tunny's head to left); SNG BnF 356 var. (diobol). 0.46gr, 9mm.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
