LOT 2662
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 386-338 BC.
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet over AΓ monogram and Θ (or shield) in opposite quarters. McClean -; HGC 3.2, 1437; Weber 2430. Very Fine.(2.33gr, 13mm.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Seleukid Empire, Tryphon AE 18mm. Circa 142-138 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head to right / Spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor; BAΣIΛEΩΣ TPYΦΩNOΣ to right, AYTOKPATOPOΣ to left, piloi of the Dioskouroi to inner left. SC 2034.2d; HGC 9, 1061. 5.04gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE Prutah. 40-4 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Mint in Samaria (Sebaste?). Dated RY 3 (38/7 BCE). Palm branch; leaf to left and right / ΗΡΩΔ[ΟΥ ΒΑΣΙ]ΛЄΩΣ, aphlaston; L Γ (date) to left, monogram to right. TJC 47; Hendin GBC 6, 6207; Hendin GBC 5, 1172; RPC I 4904; HGC 10, 655; DCA 807. 1.34gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AR Tetradrachm. 145-116 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Alexandria mint. Dated RY 54 (117/6 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; L NΔ (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1531; SNG Copenhagen 331; DCA 54. 12.81gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London.
