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LOT 2639
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AE Unit. 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint in Macedon.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, club to right and quiver-over-bow to left; monogram of KE above. Price 316. Near Extremely Fine.(6.59gr, 17mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 11mm. Struck circa 8/7 BC-AD 15/6. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Aramaic letter hēth within laurel wreath / Eagle to left with wings closed; Aramaic letter ḥēth behind. CN 156; Schmitt-Korte II, 64. 1.09gr, 11mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. Struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Shaqilat, veiled and wearing Isis-headdress, standing to left, raising hand, wreath in left field, 'Shuqailat' in Nabataean in three lines in right field / Aretas in military dress, standing to left, holding spear and scabbard; palm branch to left, het in Nabataean in upper right field. Meshorer, Nabataea 97; CN Type 187d. 2.33gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE 21mm. Time of Hieron II, circa 275-265 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Wreathed head of Kore to left; ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ before, bucranium behind / Bull butting to left; club and M above, IE in exergue. CNS II, 191 (Ds18R1 / 1ff., combination of bucranium and M not listed); HGC 2, 1469. 6.11gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare variety.
Ex cgb.fr. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
