LOT 3100
Thrace, Mesambria AE 19mm. Circa 2nd-1st century BC. Contemporary imitation.
Diademed head to right / [...]ΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ, Athena Alkidemos striding to left, holding shield on her left arm and brandishing thunderbolt with her right hand. For prototype cf. SNG BM Black Sea 280. Good Very Fine.(5.03gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Judaea. First Jewish War AE Prutah. Dated Year 2 (67/8 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
'Year two' in Paleo-Hebrew, amphora with broad rim and two handles / 'The freedom of Zion' in Paleo-Hebrew; vine leaf on small branch with tendril. TJC 196a; Sofaer 11-4; Hendin GBC 6, 6389; Hendin GBC 5, 1360. 2.43gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Mesambria AR Diobol. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Crested helmet facing / M-E-T-A within spokes of wheel; rays around. Karayotov I 37-94; HGC 3, 1560. 0.86gr, 10mm.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Sasanian Kingdom. Kavad I AR Drachm. Date RY 1(?) (AD 488). BYS (Bishapur) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Bust to right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent, ribbons and crescents on shoulders; star behind crown / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Cf. SNS type IIa/1e. 3.57gr, 28mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
