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LOT 3788
Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Various types. Fine to Very Fine.(44.66gr total.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. 37-43 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). BACIΛЄ[ധC 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. 2.66gr, 18mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat AR Sela'-Drachm. AD 70/1-105/6.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Petra mint. Uncertain date, but circa RY 17-22 (AD 86/7-91/2). Laureate head of Rabbel to right; [date in legend behind] / Veiled and draped bust of Gamilat to right. Cf. CN 230-4; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 151-4; DCA2 1052. 3.27gr, 13mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 531, 25 January 2023, lot 367. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 560, 17 April 2024, lot 257. -
Nabataea, Obodas II AE 23mm. Circa 30-9 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Petra mint. Dated RY 4 (27/6 BC). Diademed and draped bust to right / Filleted cornucopia to right(?); 'Obodas the king, king of the Nabataeans' in Aramaic around, 'Year 4' across field. Cf. CN 31; Meshorer, Nabataea -; DCA -. 9.33gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one other example on CoinArchives (CNG e-541, 198).
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
