LOT 3302
Nabataea, Anonymous AE 16mm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC. Petra(?) mint.
Imitating staters of Alexander III of Macedon. Helmetted head of Athena to right / Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; [crescent above Λ(?)] in left field. Cf. CN 2; HGC 10, 671. Near Very Fine.(3.54gr, 16mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 19mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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. 3.54gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE 2 Prutot. 40-4 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΗPΩΔOΥ ΒΑ[CΙΛΕΩC], closed diadem with cross at centre / Tripod table with flat object (vessel?) upon it; palm fronds flanking. Hendin 6213. 1.99gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Indo-Skythians. Western Kshatrapas (Western Satraps), Nahapana AR Drachm. Circa AD 53-99.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Legend in Greek around diademed head to right, wearing cap / Legend in Kharosthi around arrow and thunderbolt. Senior 303. 2.03gr, 17mm.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
