LOT 3122
Seleukis and Pieria, Chalkis ad Libanum AE 20mm. Dated year 2 of the Pompeian Era (63/2 BC). ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΣ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΗΣ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ (Ptolemaios, son of Mennaios), tetrarch and archiereus.
Laureate head of Zeus to right / The Dioskouroi standing facing one another, each holding spear; [L B] ΠTOΛEMA[I] to right, TETPAPX APXE(sic) to left; all within wreath. DCA 473; HGC 9, 1440. Very Fine.(5.19gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Asia Minor, Uncertain MInt AE Unit. Circa 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Ivy-wreathed head of Dionysos to right / Uncertain design in the centre, inscription around. 2.26gr, 16mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Indo-Scythians, Azes AR Tetradrachm. Circa 58-12 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΖΟΥ, king on horseback to right, holding whip; letter in Kharosthi before / Athena standing to right, holding spear and shield in left hand and raising right; monogram to left and to right. Senior, Indo-Scythian, 98.160T; Mitchiner, Indo-Greek, 846e. 7.31gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan)(?) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Legend in Paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between. Cf. HGC 10, 641. 2.36gr, 15mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
