LOT 3102
Macedon, Thessalonika AE 16mm. Time of the Flavians(?), circa AD 69-96. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Nike standing on globe to left; crescent in left field / ΘЄCCAΛΟΝΙΚЄΩΝ in four lines within laurel wreath. RPC I 326; Touratsoglou, Pseudoautonomen, II B, 1–4 (Domitian?). Very Fine. Rare.(3.89gr, 16mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 90, 18 November 2021, lot 365 (company's ticket included).
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Kingdom of Persis. Darev (Darios) II AR Hemidrachm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed bust to left, wearing tiara with ear flap and decorated with crescent / King standing to left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar. K&M 4/5; Tyler-Smith, Parcel 9-12; Alram 565. 1.85gr, 15mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 15mm. Struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Aretas, in military attire, standing facing, head to left, holding spear and sword; het in Nabataean to top right, palm frond to left / Shaqilat, veiled, standing to left, raising hand; 'Shuqailat' in Nabataean in three lines to right, wreath to left. CN 187d; Meshorer, Nabataea 97. 2.35gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AR Drachm. Dated RY 18 (13/2 BC). Petra mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Diademed and draped bust of Obodas to right; 'Obodas, king of the Nabataeans. Year 18' in Aramaic around; hēth behind / Jugate draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru to right; hēth behind. Meshorer, Nabataea 34; Huth -; DCA 965. 4.19gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
