LOT 2791
Judaea. Herodians, Herod II Archelaus AE Half Prutah. 4 BCE-6 CE.
Jerusalem mint. Prow to left; H-P-ധ anticlockwise around / ЄΘ[N] within wreath. RPC I 4916; TJC 72; Hendin 1197. Near Very Fine.(1.15gr, 15mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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South Arabia, Himyar AR Unit. 2nd-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
'Bucranium Series'. Diademed male head to left; curved symbol of Almaqah to left, symbol of Athtar to right; disc-crescent of Dhat-Hamim above / Head of antelope facing; monogram to left, curved symbol of Almaqah to right; disc-crescent of Dhat-Hamim above. CAF -; Huth 304; BMC -; SNG ANS -. 2.51gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. AD 590-628.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
PR (Furat-i-Meshan) mint. Dated RY 31 (AD 621/2). Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings and star set on crescent; star-in-crescent before; all within double border with star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames, date to left, mint to right; all within triple border with star-in-crescents in margin. Göbl II/3; cf. SNS 644-645. 3.96gr, 33mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine. Exceptionally rare mint of Furat-i-Meshan in Iraq.
Ex property of a UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H-F?] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.01gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
