LOT 2985
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 167 (146/5 BC). Tyre mint. Phoenician standard.
Diademed and draped bust to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, eagle standing to left on prow to left; palm frond in background; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, ZΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1959.1b; Newell, Tyre 82; HGC 9, 970; DCA 153. Very Fine.(13.09gr, 30mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Lucania, Metapontion AE 15mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Athena Promachos advancing to right, brandishing spear and shield / Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; META upwards to left. Johnston, Bronze 68a; SNG Copenhagen 1254; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 3.08gr, 15mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of G.M.R.H., London, UK. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Mattathias Antigonos (Mattatayah) AE Eight Prutot. 40-37 BC. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
'Mattatayah the High Priest and Council of the Jews' in Paleo-Hebrew script around double cornucopiae / BACIΛEΩC ANTIΓONOY around wreath. Sofaer 418-423; TJC 36; Hendin GBC 6 6179; Hendin GBC 5 1162; HGC 10, 646. 10.99gr, 24mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Pontos, Amisos AE 22mm. Circa 90-85 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Aegis / [Α]ΜΙΣΟΥ, Nike advancing to right, holding palm tied with fillet over left shoulder. Malloy 45a; RG 44; HGC 7, 242. 6.65gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
