LOT 2993
Sicily, Himera AE Hemilitron or Hexonkion. Circa 415-409 BC.
Head of nymph to left; six pellets (mark of value) to left / Six pellets (mark of value) within wreath. CNS 35; HGC 2, 479. Very Fine.(4.13gr, 20mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Drachm. Struck under Lysimachos, circa 301/0-300/299 BC. Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, 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; in field to left, lion head to left above E; beneath throne, monogram of AP. Price 1993; Thompson 93 corr. (lion forepart). 3.96gr, 18m, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kushan Rulers of Baktria, Kanishka CU Tetradrachm. c.AD 127-151.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ÞAO ΚANhÞKI, king standing facing, sacrificing over altar to left / ΑΘÞΟ, Athsho standing left, holding wreath with two ribbons and fire tongs. Göbl 772; ANS 459-479; AWC 3082-4. 16.94gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod III Antipas AE Half Unit. Dated RY 37 (33/4 CE). Tiberias mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
HPΩΔΟ[Υ TETPA]PXOY, palm frond; L ΛZ (date) across field / TIBEPIAC in two lines within wreath. RPC I, 4931; Meshorer 88; Hendin 6243. 4.72gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
