LOT 3180
Nabataea, Anonymous AE 20mm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC.
Helmeted head of Athena to right / Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; Λ in left field. Barkay, Earliest, Group 1; CN 1; HCG 10, 671. Very Fine. Overstruck on a Ptolemaic issue.(4.15gr, 20gr, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Pharaonic Kingdom of Egypt, Uncertain Pharaoh(s) AR Tetradrachm. Late 5th-mid 4th centuries BC. Imitating Athens.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £293
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Van Alfen pl. 11; Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, Fig. 3 = Buttrey Type X. 16.59gr, 24mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Boeotia, Federal Coinage AR Hemidrachm. Circa 395-340 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Boeotian shield / B-O, kantharos; above, club to right; grape bunch on vine to right; all within incuse square. BCD Boiotia 31; HGC 4, 1165. 2.52gr, 13mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 16mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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. 2.38gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
