LOT 3077
Thrace, Ainos AR Diobol. Circa 435-405 BC.
Head of Hermes to right, wearing petasos / Goat walking to right; AINI above, crab below foreleg. May 292-309; HGC 3.2, 1277. Very Fine.(1.18gr, 12mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the Thrax Collection, formed in London between 1991 and 2018.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 58, 20 June 2019, lot 457.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Phoenicia, Arados AE 21mm. Dated CY 175 (85/84 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Veiled bust of Astarte to right / Humped bull running to left, KN-ΠC above; POЄ (date), P and Phoenician 'b' below. Duyrat 4481-4490; HGC 10, 80. 6.98gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AE 19mm. Circa 145-early 1st century BC. ΕΥΚΛΗΣ and ΚΡΑΤΙΝΟΣ (Eukles and Kratinos), magistrates.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Helmetted head of Athena to right / [MAΓΝΗΤΩΝ], warrior, holding spear, on horse galloping to right; N to left, ΕΥΚΛΗΣ ΚΡΑTΙΝΟΣ below. Kinns, Didrachm 5; SNG Kayhan 429-31. 7.08gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Mattathias Antigonos (Mattatayah) AE Prutah. 40-37 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Splayed double cornucopiae with barley ear between the horns / 'Mattityah' (in Paleo-Hebrew) within wreath. Hendin GBC 6, 6199; Hendin GBC 5, 1164; TJC 40; Sofaer 438-445. 1.87gr, 12mm, 11h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
