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LOT 2680
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AE 19mm. 121/0-97/6 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint. Uncertain date of Seleukid Era.
Diademed and radiate head to right / BAΣIΛ[EΩΣ] ANTIO[XOY] EΠIΦAN[OYΣ], eagle standing to left, sceptre under far wing. HGC 9, 1212. Good Very Fine.(5.75gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2680
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AE 19mm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Philistia, Gaza ('Azah) AR Obol. Mid 5th century-333 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Janiform female and male heads (only the male side visible) / Forepart of galloping horse to right; zayin and 'ayin above; all in dotted square within incuse square. Gitler & Tal VI.7O; Mildenberg, Gaza, pl. XXV, 19; HGC 10, 567. 0.73gr, 8mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 444, 15 May 2019, lot 210. -
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE Trichalkon. Dated year 35 of the Actian era (AD 4/5). Struck under the legate L. Volusius Saturninus. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΣΑΤΟΡΝΙΝΟΥ ΟΥΟΛΟ, Tyche seated to right, holding palm branch in right hand; below, river god Orontes swimming to right; to right, EΛ (date). RPC I, 4262; McAlee 88; SNG Copenhagen 93. 5.53gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. Circa 104-79 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
B[...]AΔPOY around inner circle containing anchor / 'Yehonatan the King' in Paleo-Hebrew around lily. TJC N; Sofaer 214-9; Hendin GBC 6, 6184; Hendin GBC 5, 1148. 2.58gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
