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LOT 2629
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 357-320 BC.
Forepart of lion to right, head to left / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet and monogram in one sunken quarter, [pellet?] and pentagram in opposite quarter. Cf. CN Online Type 6355; HGC 3, 1437. Very Fine.(2.22gr, 13mm, 3h.).
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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Philistia (Palestine), Uncertain Mint AR Drachm. Mid 5th century-333 BC. Imitating Athens.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring and Attic helmet; Aramaic letter 'shin' on cheek / Owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig and crescent(?) in upper left field, all within shallow incuse circle. Unpublished in the standard references including Huth and Gitler & Tal. 3.87gr, 13mm, 3h.
About Fine. Exceedingly rare; apparently unpublished with this letter on Athena's cheek and possibly unique.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, John Hyrkanos I (Yehohanan) AE 12mm. 135-104 BC. Jerusalem mint. In the name of Seleukid king Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Crested helmet to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, aphlaston. Meshorer p. 30; Hendin 6166; SC 2122; HGC 9, 1111. 1.91gr, 12mm,12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.66gr, 10mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
