![Group of Five [5] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/220606a(1).jpg "Group of Five [5] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms.")
![Group of Five [5] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/220606(1).jpg "Group of Five [5] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms.")
LOT 3794
Group of Five [5] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms. 6th-7th century AD.
Various mints. Very Fine.(20.44gr total.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market before 2000.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Sicily, Gela AE Onkia. Circa 420-405 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Bull butting to right; grain ear and ΓΕΛΑΣ above, pellet (mark of value) in exergue / Head of river-god Gelas to right, grain ear behind. Jenkins 506-8; HGC 2, 383. 1.27gr, 11mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 70, 7 May 2020, lot 367 (company's ticket included). Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 77, 1 December 2019, lot 820 (company's ticket included). -
![Group of Four [4] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/220612s(1).jpg)
Group of Four [4] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms. 5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Various mints. 17.11gr total.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
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.
