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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Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £741
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 17.19gr, 24mm, 4h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Judaea, Uncertain Ruler AE Prutah. 1st century BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Legend in Paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between the horns. Cf. Sofaer 30-64 (John Hyrcanus I). 3.47gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Cyprus, Evagoras I AR Obol. Circa 411-374 BC. Salamis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Bare male head to right / Blank. BMC 47; Tziambazis 116. 0.69gr, 11mm.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
