LOT 2989
Gaul, Massalia AE 25mm. Circa 210-190 BC.
Laureate head of Apollo to left; behind head, quiver / ΜΑΣΣΑΛΙΗΤ[ΩΝ], bull butting to right; above, strung bow with string below. BN 1563; F/Py GBM 22-3a. Near Very Fine. Rare.(11.33gr, 25mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Nabatea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AR Sela'-Drachm. 9 BC-AD 40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Inscription in Nabataean around long-haired, moustached, laureate and draped bust of Aretas IV to right / Inscription in Nabataean around jugate, draped busts to right of Aretas IV, long-haired and moustached, laureate, V-shaped ornament on his forehead, and Shaqilat, veiled and wearing Isis headdress. Al-Qatanani 112; Barkay 179. 4.16gr, 15mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kings of Parthia, Phriapatios to Mithradates I AR Drachm. Circa 185-132 BC. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Diademed and draped bust to left, wearing bashlyk / BΛᕒIΛEΩᕒ ΜΕΓΛΛΟΥ ΛPΣΛKOY, Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on omphalos, holding bow. Cf. Sellwood 10.1 (Mithradates I; Hekatompylos mint). 3.09gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Eastern Sogdiana, AR Hemidrachm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed Seleukid head right / Head and neck of horse right, uncertain legend around. MIG, The Dahae of the East Caspian Lowlands 666. 2.59gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
