LOT 3056
Mysia, Pergamon AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 85-76 BC. Kt-, prytanis. Cistophoric standard.
Basket (cista mystica), with half-open lid, from which snake coils, around, ivy wreath with fruits / Two snakes coiled around a bow case ornamented with aplustre; between the snake heads, KT above prytaneis monogram of ΠΡΥ, civic monogram of ΠΕΡ to left, serpent-entwined staff to right. Kleiner, Hoard 38; SNG BnF 1741. Very Fine. Toned.(12.27gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market before 2000.
Private collection, South Germany.
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Northwestern Arabia, Lihyan AE 'Tetradrachm'. 2nd-1st centuries BC. Imitating Athens.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Stylised head of Athena to right, upward crescent on cheek / Owl standing to right, head facing; olive spray to left. Cf. Huth, Athenian, fig. 5, e; cf. Huth 40. 10.52gr, 23mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod III Antipas AE Unit. Dated RY 37 (AD 33/4). Tiberias mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
HPധΔ[ΟΥ TETPAPX]OY, palm branch; L ΛZ (date) across fields / TIBEPIAC within wreath. RPC I, 4930; Meshorer 87; Hendin 1211. 14.23gr, 24mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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. 3.74gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
