LOT 3099
Thrace, Mesambria AE 21mm. Circa 175-115 BC.
Diademed female head to right / Athena Promachos to left, between MEΣAM-BPIANΩΝ downward to each side, helmet in inner left field. SNG Stancomb 236; SNG BM Black Sea 284-6; HGC 3.2, 1573. Very Fine.(6.48gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Kings of Bosporos, Rhadamsades and Licinius I BI Stater. Dated BE 615 (AD 318/19).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
RACIΛEΩC ΡΑΔΑΜC, diademed and draped bust to right / Laureate and draped bust of emperor to right, EIX (date) below, club before. SNG Stancomb 1032; MacDonald 666/1; Frolova II, pl.47, 30. 7.50gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) or Successors AE Half Prutah or Lepton. 103-76 BCE or later. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Upright anchor within circle; legend around / Star, legend around. Cf. Meshorer Group L9-10; cf. Hendin 6195; cf. HGC 10, 644. 0.89gr, 12mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Persis. Darev (Darios) II AR Obol. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Diademed bust to left, wearing tiara decorated with crescent / King standing to left before fire altar. K&M 4/6; Alram 565. 0.52gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
