LOT 3105
Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AE 17mm. Circa 152-145 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Head of Alexander I to right, wearing crested Boeotian helmet / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ [ΑΛ]ΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY, Nike standing facing, head to left, crowning royal name with wreath and holding palm, monogram in exergue. HGC 9, 899. Very Fine.(6.58gr, 17mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain king AR 1/16 Shekel. Circa 435-425 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Phoenician galley under sail to left; waves below / Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance to right, drawing bow, within incuse square. E&E-S Group II.4; HGC 10, 217. 0.77gr, 8mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios(?) (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Legend in Paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between. Cf. HGC 10, 641. 1.57gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain king AR 1/16 Shekel. Circa 435-425 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Phoenician galley under sail to left; waves below / Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance to right, drawing bow, within incuse square. E&E-S Group II.4; HGC 10, 217. 0.79gr, 9mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
