LOT 2897
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 26mm. 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; HP monogram in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1263-1270; HGC 3.2, 1428. Good Very Fine.(10.58gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE Half Prutah. 40-4 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Jerusalem mint. Circa 37-34 BCE. Cornucopia; [BACI]Λ to left, HPѠΔ to right / Eagle standing to right. Hendin GBC 6, 6221; Hendin GBC 5, 1190; TJC 66; RPC I 4909. 0.75gr, 14mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod II Archelaos AE Prutah. 4 BCE-CE 6.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Jerusalem mint. HPѠΔOY, bunch of grapes and vine leaf on stem / ЄΘNAPXO, crested helmet; caduceus in left field. RPC I, 4917; TJC 73; Hendin 1196. 2.59gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Persis. Vahsir (Oxathres)(?) AR Obol. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Diademed and draped bust to left / Vahšīr standing to right before altar(?), holding sceptre. Cf. Alram 584. 0.56gr, 9mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
