LOT 3110
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AE 18mm. First reign, 146-138 BC. Tyre(?) mint. Uncertain date.
Diademed head of Demetrios II to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, stern of galley to left; above, date. Cf. HGC 9, 1000. Near Very Fine.(5.32gr, 18mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy V Epiphanes AE Obol(?). Struck 180 BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Head of Isis to right, wearing grain ear wreath / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, head to right, cornucopia over shoulder. Svoronos 1238; cf. SNG Copenhagen 256-259. 3.48gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
BACI[ΛЄധC AΓ]PIΠA, canopy / Three ears of corn; L Ϛ (date) across fields. RPC I, 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 1.90gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AE Unit. Struck circa 330-320 BC. Byblos(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Head of Herakles in lion-skin headdress to right / Club and bow in bowcase; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ between, monogram of AP(?) below. Cf. Price 3427. 6.66gr, 20mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
