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LOT 2764
Group of Twenty-Three [23] Ancient AE Coins. Circa 2nd century BC-4th century AD.
Various types. Near Fine to Very Fine.(139gr total.). [23]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat, AE 19mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H] - F in Nabataean across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Nabataean between and below. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.75gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Tetradrachm. 138-129 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head to right / Athena Nikephoros standing to left, resting hand on shield and spear under arm; ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY in right field, EVEPΓETOV in left field; to outer left, monogram above A; to inner right, A(?); all within wreath. SC 2061.4f; Lorber, Die, unlisted obv. die; HGC 9, 1067d. 16.45gr, 29mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 560, 17 April 2024, lot 225. -
Sicily, Piakos AE Tetras or Trionkion. Circa 425-420 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Π Ι Α Κ, head of youthful river god to left, wearing wreath of reeds and with horn above his forehead; in field to left, three pellets (mark of value) / Hound springing to right on the back of doe collapsing to right; to right, and left, wheat grain. CNS III, 2; HGC 2, 1101. 2.58gr, 14mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Attractive cypress green patina. Rare.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
