LOT 3034
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 353-294 BC.
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig and crescent moon in upper left field. HGC 4, 1599. Very Fine. Porous surface on obverse.(17.01gr, 24mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Huldu AR Sela'-Drachm. 9 BC-AD 40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate and draped bust of Aretas IV to right / Diademed, veiled and draped bust of Huldu to right. Cf. CN 143. 3.44gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Attributed to years 2-24 (8/7 BC-AD 15/16). Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right; [letter] to right / Bell shaped object with five fringes; ['Hagra'] in Aramaic below. Meshorer, Nabataea 87; CN, Type 149a. 1.78gr, 14mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. 3rd-2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right / [IΣTI]-AIEΩN, nymph seated to right on stern of galley; wing on prow. BCD Euboia 387ff.; HGC 4, 1524. 1.69gr, 13mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany.
