LOT 2690
Tauric Chersonesos, Chersonesos AE 20mm. Circa 330-310 BC.
ΦΙΛΙΣΤ- (Philist-), magistrate. Griffin advancing to left, ΦΙΛΙΣΤ[...] above, XEP below; c/m: dolphin to left / Artemis Parthenos kneeling to right, holding bow and arrow. Cf. Revue Suisse XIII, p.187, 6; cf. SNG Stancomb 469; cf. SNG BM Black Sea, 757; HGC 3.2, 2081. Near Very Fine. Rare with countermark.(6.95gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Skythia, Olbia Cast AE Dolphin. Circa 500-450/25 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Dolphin / Dolphin. SNG Stancomb 334-337; SNG BM Black Sea 359-367. 2.24gr, 37mm x 10mm.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired Munich, Germany, in the early 1990s. From a private German collection. Property of a Kent, UK, lady collector since 2015.
The method of casting this unique type of coin was adopted by the Gallic Celts who originally came from this region. Dolphins were generally struck in the form of a tree attached to the tail, although some examples appear to have been cast individually. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 104-76 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem mint. "Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews" in paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Two cornucopiae splayed outward, adorned with ribbons; pomegranate/poppy between. Hendin 6182; TJC R; Sofaer 355-369. 1.87gr, 14mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Syllaios, Usurper AE 14mm. Circa 9-6 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Petra mint. Diademed head to right; [..]-ḥēth in Aramaic across fields. / Crossed cornucopiae; long torch between; shin-[...] in Aramaic across fields. Cf. CN 83 (letters at left on reverse); Meshorer, Nabataea -. 2.92gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
