LOT 3066
Sicily, Akragas Cast AE Hexas or Dionkion. Circa 450 BC.
Eagle standing to left / Crab. Two pellets (mark of value) on base. SNG Copenhagen 63; HGC 2, 128. Good Fine.(7.26gr, 15mm.).
ProvenanceEx London, UK, gentleman 1980-1990s.
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Kingdom of Persis. Vahsir (Oxathres) AR Hemidrachm. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed bust to left; symbol behind / King standing to right, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar. K&M 4/21; cf. Alram 583 & 586. 1.64gr, 13mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Judaea. First Jewish War AE Prutah. Dated Year 2 (67/8 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
'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. 2.43gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Mesambria AR Tetradrachm. Circa 225-175 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / [Β]ΑΣIΛΕΩΣ [Α]ΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; to inner left, helmet to right; beneath throne, EΠI. Topalov, Messambria 13; Price 1020; HGC 3, 1567. 16.95gr, 30mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Some delamination.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
