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LOT 2675
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios I Soter AR Drachm. Dated SE 161 (152/1 BC). Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, cornucopia; to inner right, two monograms above AΞP (date). SC 1642.3b; DCA2 50; HGC 9, 806. Very Fine.(3.49gr, 18mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AR Drachm. Dated RY 18 (13/2 BC). Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Diademed and draped bust of Obodas to right; 'Obodas, king of the Nabataeans. Year 18' in Aramaic around; hēth behind / Jugate draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru to right; hēth behind. Meshorer, Nabataea 34; Huth -; DCA 965. 4.19gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Rare.
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
'Yehonatan the King' in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛE[ΞANΔPOY], anchor. Hendin 6189; Meshorer Group K; HGC 10, 637. 2.70gr, 16mm.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ionia, Miletos AR 1/48 Stater or Tetartemorion. Circa 525-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Forepart of lion to right, head turned back to left / Bird standing to left within incuse square. Klein 430; SNG Kayhan 940-3 (Mylasa); SNG Keckman I 926-7 (Myalasa); SNG Tübingen 3001. 0.21gr, 5mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
