LOT 2597
Sicily, Syracuse AE 20mm. Roman rule, after 212 BC.
Diademed head of Serapis to right, wearing atef crown / [ΣYPAK]-O-CIΩN, Isis standing facing, head to left, holding sistrum with right hand and sceptre with left. CNS II, 240 corr. (wreath); HGC 2, 1478. Good Fine.(8.63gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s; collector's ticket included.
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Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. 37-43 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). BAC[IΛЄധC AΓP]IΠA, canopy / Three ears of corn; [L]-Ϛ (date) across fields. RPC I 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 3.04gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Sikyonia, Sikyon AR Triobol or Hemidrachm. Circa 100-60 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΔΑΣ (Olympiadas), magistrate. Reduced standard. Dove flying to right / Large Σ; ΟΛΥΜ-ΠΙ-Α-ΔΑΣ in three lines across fields; all within incuse square. BCD Peloponnesos 344.1; HGC 5, 217. 1.88gr, 14mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Sidon. Ba'alsillem (Sakton) II AR Dishekel. Circa 401-365 BC.
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Undated issue, struck circa 401-370 BC. Phoenician galley to left; B (in Phoenician) above, waves below / Persian king and driver in chariot to left; to right, king of Sidon, in Egyptian style garments, holding cultic sceptre, walking to left. E&E-S Group IV.1.1; HGC 10, 236. 27.25gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. From a private collection, Switzerland; thence by descent. From a private collection, since the late 1990s.
