LOT 2868
Spain, Malaca AE Half Unit. Circa 100-20 BC.
Head of Hephaistos (Vulcan) to right wearing flat cap; 'MLK' in neo-Punic and tongs behind / Eight pointed star in wreath. Villaronga p. 102, 23; Burgos 1357. Very Fine.(6.36gr, 21mm.).
ProvenanceEx Chris Rudd, LL74, lot 2, ref. no. 14337 (dealer's ticket included).
Ex Dr Hispanicus collection.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BC. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, upright anchor / 'Yehonatan the King' in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem. Hendin 6189; Meshorer Group K; HGC 10, 637. 2.44gr, 16mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s. -
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Group of Three [3] Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobols. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right / The nymph Histiaia seated to right on stern of galley, holding stylis; IΣTIAIEΩN around. HGC 4, 1525. 4.78gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE Unit. Circa 359-336 BC. Uncertain Macedonian mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Diademed male head to left / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, naked youth on horse to right, Θ(?) below. Cf. SNG ANS 926. 5.10gr, 18mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
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 the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
