LOT 3309
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 11mm. Struck circa 8/7 BC–AD 15/6. Petra mint.
Laureate head to right / Uncertain bell-shaped object with five fringes; 'Hagra' in Aramaic below. CN 149; Meshorer, Nabataea 87. Very Fine. Very rare.(1.48gr, 11mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Kingdom of Persis. Napad (Kapat) AR Hemidrachm. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Bearded bust to left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara / Bearded bust to right, wearing diadem; star and crescent before(?). K&M 4/47; Tyler-Smith, Parcel type 3b, -; Alram 611; Sunrise 633 var. (diademed bust to left). 1.55gr, 15mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 15mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114 (H-F across fields on obverse). 3.23gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Sardes AE 17mm. Circa 133 BC - AD 1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Club; ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ across fields, monogram below; all within laurel wreath. GRPC Lydia 70; SNG Munich 483. 4.57gr, 17mm, 11h.
Good very fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
