LOT 2637
Lydia, Apollonis AE 15mm. Circa 200-1 BC.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / AΠOΛΛΩ-NIΔEΩN, winged thunderbolt. GRPC Lydia 3; SNG Copenhagen 17; BMC 4; SNG München 33. Good Very Fine.(4.17gr, 15mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 18mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Petra mint; dated RY 4 (6/5 BC). Laureate head to right; Aramaic ḥēth and [semkath] flanking neck / Huldu standing to left, raising her right hand; date to right, Aramaic ḥēth and semkath across fields. CN 108; Meshorer, Nabataea 56. 5.78gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 529, 14 December 2022, lot 343; Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Petra mint; struck circa 6/5 BC. Laureate head to right; [Aramaic letter in right field] / Crossed cornucopiae; X between, O-[H] across fields. Cf. CN 152; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 57. 2.16gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darios II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Type IIIb (early). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch; countermark: similar to 72 & 73. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B (pl. XII); Meadows, Administration 322; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 3; Sunrise 25. 5.53gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii.
