LOT 3238
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AE 23mm. Circa 146/5 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Apollo seated to left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on bow; [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] ΔΗΜΗΤ[ΡΙΟΥ] in two lines to right, ΘΕΟΥ ΦΙΛΑΔΕ[ΛΦΟΥ] ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡ[ΟΣ] in three lines to left, [monograms] in exergue. HGC 9, 992. Very Fine.(11.94gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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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 Persis. Pakor II AR Obol. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Diademed bust to left / Diademed bust to left. Cf. Van't Haaff, Persis, Type 590. 0.57gr, 8mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 25mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; HP monogram in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1263-1270; HGC 3.2, 1428. 9.76gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
