LOT 2887
Sicily, Akragas AE 21mm. Phintias, tyrant, 282-279 BC.
Head of Artemis to left, quiver over shoulder / Boar standing to left; [BAΣI]ΛEOΣ above, ΦINTIA below. CNS 118; SNG ANS 1119-21; HGC 2, 171. Near Very Fine.(7.26gr, 21mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 295, 4 May 2024, lot 82.
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Seleucid Empire, Antiochos XII Dionysos AE 22mm. 87/6-83/2 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Damaskos mint. Struck 87-86/5 BC. Diademed and draped bust to right / BACIΛEΩC ANTIOXOV EΠIΦANOVC in three lines to right, ΦIΛO-ΠATOPOC KAΛ-ΛINIKOV in two lines to left; Tyche standing to left, holding cornucopia with left hand and palm frond horizontally with right; Π in outer left field. SC 2473; HGC 9, 1327. 6.88gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. First Jewish War AE Prutah. Dated Year 2 (67/8 CE).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Jerusalem mint. 'Year two' in Paleo-Hebrew, amphora with broad rim and two handles / 'The freedom of Zion' in Paleo-Hebrew; vine leaf on small branch with tendril. TJC 196a; Sofaer 11-4; Hendin GBC 6, 6389; Hendin GBC 5, 1360. 1.81gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. 3rd-2nd centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right / ΙΣΤΙ-ΑΙΕΩΝ, Nymph seated to right on stern of galley; wing on side of ship, trident head and OP below. BCD Euboia -; HGC 4, 1524. 2.24gr, 15mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
