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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Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
'Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews' (in Paleo-Hebrew) within wreath / Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between. Hendin 6186; Meshorer Group S; HGC 10, 641. 1.88gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Tetartemorion. Circa 510-490 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Archaic style female(?) head to left, wearing tainia / Helmetted head of Athena to left within incuse square. Cf. SNG Arikantürk 3, 613. 0.15gr, 6mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE Unit. 359-336 BC. Uncertain mint in Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Diademed male head to right / ΦIΛIΠΠOV, youth on horseback to right; spearhead below. SNG ANS 850-1; SNG Alpha Bank 354-8. 6.99gr, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
