LOT 2890
Sicily, Syracuse AE 15mm. Time of the Second Democracy, circa 415-405 BC.
Head of Arethousa to left, with her hair bound by ampyx in the front and sphendone in the back; olive branch behind / ΣYPA, dolphin swimming to right above scallop shell. CNS II, 24; HGC 2, 1480. Near Very Fine.(3.49gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Jerusalem mint. BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, anchor / "Yehonatan the King" in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem. Hendin 6189; Meshorer Group K; HGC 10, 637. 3.33gr, 15mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Marathos AE 20mm. 175/4-170/69 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Dated CY 84 (176/5 BC). Laureate and draped bust of Ptolemy VI (?) as Hermes to right, with kerykeion over left shoulder / Marathos advancing to left, holding aphlaston in his right hand; to outer right, 'Amrit' in Phoenician; to outer left, 'year 84' in Phoenician. DCA 832; HGC 10, 194. 6.02gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Bithynia, Prusias II Cynegos AE 21mm. Circa 182-149 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Nikomedia mint. Ivy-wreathed head of Dionysos to right / The centaur Chiron walking to right, cloak over shoulder, playing lyre; BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ to left, monogram between forelegs. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 639; HGC 7, 629. 6.60gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Chiron was held to be the superlative centaur amongst his brethren, as he was called as the "wisest and justest of all the centaurs" (Homer, Iliad 11.831). Throughout Greek mythology, there were many heroes who were trained by Chiron, including Achilles, Ajax, Asklepios, Herakles, Jason, Perseus, and Theseus.
