LOT 3164
Judaea. Herodians, Herod III Antipas AE Half Unit. Dated RY 37 (33/4 CE). Tiberias mint.
HPΩΔΟ[Υ TETPA]PXOY, palm frond; L ΛZ (date) across field / TIBEPIAC in two lines within wreath. RPC I, 4931; Meshorer 88; Hendin 6243. Very Fine.(4.72gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Huldu AR Sela'-Drachm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Aretas to right / Jugate busts right of Aretas, laureate, and Huldu, diademed, draped, and wearing Isis crown; [date to left]. Cf. CN 87 and 125 for type. 3.97gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 19mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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. 4.09gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very 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. Hekatompylos mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Diademed and draped bust to left, wearing bashlyk / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ APΣ-AKOY, Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on omphalos, holding bow. Sellwood 10.1 (Mithradates I); Shore 12 (Mithradates I); Sunrise 254. 3.70gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Cleaned.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
