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Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat AE 15mm. Struck circa AD 88/9-106/6. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Jugate laureate and draped busts of Rabbell and Gamilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae. CN 235; Meshorer, Nabataea 163. 2.90gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Uncertain King PB Unit. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of Zeus-Haddad (or Dushara) to right / Bull butting to left; above, ADR in Nabataean. O. Hoover: A Reassessment of Nabataean Lead Coinage in Light of New Discoveries, in NC 166 (2006), L57. 1.39gr, 12mm, 2h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Palmyrene, Palmyra AE 14mm. Circa 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Pseudo-autonomomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Draped male bust to left; ΠΑ before / Bull standing to right, head facing; above, sun and crescent. De Saulcy p. 61, 8 var. (confronted busts on obverse); Krzyzanowska -. 1.73gr, 12mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Apparently unpublished and possibly unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Palmyrene, Palmyra AE 12mm. Circa 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Radiate and draped bust to right (Baalshamin?), wearing kalathos / Radiate and draped bust to left (Malakbel?). Krzyzanowska Type XII; SNG München 522-7. 1.88gr, 12mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Palmyrene, Palmyra AE 14mm. 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Male figure seated to left on lion to right; ΠΑΛΜ before / Nike advancing to left, holding palm and setting wreath on baetyl. Cf. Du Buisson, Planche XCIV, 2; Krzyzanowska -. 1,50gr, 14mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Exceedingly rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Palmyrene, Palmyra AE 11mm. Circa 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Radiate and draped solar deity to left / Three grain ears; crescent below. De Saulcy 32-3; BM 1931,0603.111. 1.52gr, 11mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Palmyrene, Palmyra AE Unit. 2nd-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Doe standing to right, head to left, suckling a fawn / Bull standing to right, crescent above. Krzyzanowska, type X. 1.46gr, 11mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Alexandrine Empire, Mazakes, Satrap of Mesopotamia AR Tetradrachm. Circa 331-323/2 BC. Imitating Athens.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Head of Athena to right, wearing disc earring, and crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves / Owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig and crescent moon in upper left field, MZDK (in Aramaic) to right; all within incuse square. Le Rider, Alexander, pp. 214-9; Van Alfen, Owls, Group V, 99. 16.23gr, 23mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare Group V issue.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Philistia, Azotos AR Drachm. Mid 5th century-333 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
Bearded head to right / Facing female(?) head, wearing necklace, in pelletted square within incuse square. CNG, Auction 93, lot 574; otherwise unpublished. 3.30gr, 14mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Test cut on reverse. Exceedingly rare; apparently the second known example.
Ex the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1970-2000. -
South Arabia. Himyar AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head to right within dotted circle interrupted by monogram to left / Small head to right; 'sceptre' to right. Cf. SNG ANS 1602-1609. 0.64gr, 11mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120. Raydan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Head to right within dotted circle interrupted by monogram to left / Small head to right; 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.4i; Huth 441; SNG ANS 1595. 1.15gr, 15mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120. Raydan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Head to right within circular torque / Small head to right; yanaf-monogram to left, 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.2ai; Huth 429. 1.24gr, 15mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.