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Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BC. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, upright anchor / 'Yehonatan the King' in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem. Hendin 6189; Meshorer Group K; HGC 10, 637. 2.44gr, 16mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Mattathias Antigonos (Mattatayah) AE Eight Prutot. 40-37 BC. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
'Mattatayah the High Priest and Council of the Jews' in Paleo-Hebrew script around double cornucopiae / BACIΛEΩC ANTIΓONOY around wreath. Sofaer 418-423; TJC 36; Hendin GBC 6 6179; Hendin GBC 5 1162; HGC 10, 646. 10.99gr, 24mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE Eight Prutot. Dated RY 3 (38/7 BCE). Mint in Samaria (Sebaste?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Pileus on couch topped by star; two palm branches above / HPΩΔOY BAΣIΛΕΩΣ, tripod; L Γ (date) to left, monogram of TP to right. RPC I, 4901; Meshorer 44; Hendin 1169. 8.74gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Judaea, Herodians. Herod I AE Four Prutot. Dated RY 3 (38/7 BC). Mint in Samaria (Sebaste?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Macedonian shield with decorated edge / BAΣIΛEΩΣ HPΩΔOY, crested helmet; L Γ (date) to left, monogram to right. Meshorer 45; Hendin 1170; HGC 10, 652; DCA 805. 4.72gr, 20mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod III Antipas AE Unit. Dated RY 33 (AD 29/30). Tiberias mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
HPѠΔΟΥ TETPAPXOY, palm branch; L ΛΓ (date) across fields / TIBEPIAC within wreath. RPC I, 4922; Meshorer 5. 8.04gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (AD 41/2). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
BACIΛЄധC AΓPIΠA, canopy / Three ears of corn; L Ϛ (date) across fields. RPC I 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 2.28gr, 19mm, 11h.
Good Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Nabataea. Obodas II, with Hagaru I AR Sela'-Drachm. Circa 30-9 BC. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Jugate diademed and draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru to right; Nabataean Ḥ to left / Diademed head of Obodas to right; Nabataean Ḥ to inner left, inscription in Nabataean around. Cf. Al-Qatanani 42 t9; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea, Sup. 3. 4.60gr, 16mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 18mm. Dated RY 6 (4/3 BC). Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right; Aramaic ḥēth and semkath flanking neck / Huldu standing to left, raising her right hand; date to right, Aramaic semkath and ḥēth across fields. Meshorer, Nabataea 66; DCA 977. 3.98gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 19mm. Dated RY 10 (AD 1). Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head to right / Eagle with closed wings standing to left; date at end of legend to right. Meshorer, Nabataean 80; Sofaer 53. 4.58gr, 19mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV PB Tessera or Token. Struck circa 9/8–6/5 BC. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Bull butting to left, legend(?) above. Cf. CN Category II, Group K, fig. 11.10; cf. Younis Al-Qatanani, Nabataean Coins, p. 141, 250, t1. 1.96gr, 13mm, 2h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 4.01gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; monogram above, [letter?] before / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 112 (letter behind). 3.71gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.