LOT 3094
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemiobol. Circa 500 BC.
Forepart of lion to right, head to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Traité I 1801; HGC 3, 1436. Good Fine. Rare.(0.31gr, 7mm.).
ProvenanceFrom 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): £59
Legend in Paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between the horns. Cf. Hendin GBC 6, 6181; cf. HGC 10, 638. 2.76gr, 17mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Hemiobol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Forepart of boar to left with short mane and dotted truncation; to right, tunny fish / Head of roaring lion to left with bristling mane, outstretched tongue, and dotted truncation, in upper left field, star with four rays; all within incuse square. Von Fritze II 14; SNG Arikantürk 446-447; SNG BnF 275. 0.33gr, 9mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Troas, Birytis AE 19mm. 4th-3rd centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Head of Kabeiros to left, wearing pilos; stars flanking / B-I P-Y and club within wreath. SNG Ashmoleon 1073; SNG Copenhagen 247-8. 4.38gr, 19mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex cgb.fr. (bgr_284332). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
