LOT 3085
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 24mm. 300-200 BC.
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΔΑ in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1257-1262; HGC 3.2, 1428. Near Extremely Fine.(8.96gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H-F?] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.32gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 104-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
'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. 2.16gr, 15mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Persis. Napad (Kapat) AR Hemidrachm. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Bearded bust to left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara / Bearded bust to right, wearing diadem; star and crescent before(?). K&M 4/47; Tyler-Smith, Parcel type 3b, -; Alram 611; Sunrise 633 var. (diademed bust to left). 1.55gr, 15mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
