LOT 2731
Kings of Armenia, Tigranes II 'the Great' AE Dichalkon. 95-56 BC.
Tigranokerta mint; struck circa 80-68 BC. Draped bust to right, wearing five-pointed tiara / BAΣΙΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY, Tyche seated to right on rocks, holding palm; below, river-god Orontes swimming to right. Cf. Kovacs 89. Very Fine.(5.15gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Nabataea, Malichos I AE 16mm. Circa 59/8-30 BC.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Petra mint. Dated RY 27(?) (33/2 BC). Diademed head to right / Palm of hand; “Malichos the king. King of the Nabataeans" around, ''Year 27(?)" (date) in Aramaic across field. Cf. CN 14b; DCA 966; HGC 10, 685. 3.45gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AR Tetradrachm. 359-336 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Pella mint; struck circa 323-315 BC. Posthumous Issue. Laureate head of Zeus to left / ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, horseman riding to right, holding palm branch and bridle; beneath horse's foreleg, Θ. SNG ANS 430; SNG Alpha Bank 275; Le Rider 439. 13.75gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare left-facing issue.
Private collection of a North London lady before 2000. Property of a London gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 19mm. 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. 4.96gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
