LOT 2961
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 13mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Petra mint; struck circa 9/8 BC. Laureate head to right / Two cornucopiae; palm frond to right, ḥēth to left. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 63A. Near Very Fine.(2.41gr, 13mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 542, 19 July 2023, lot 195;
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Lucania, Thourioi AR Triobol. Circa 443-400 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet, decorated with wreath / Bull standing to left, head lowered; ΘOYPIΩN above, fish to left in exergue. SNG ANS 1119-23; HN Italy 1777. 1.13gr, 12mm, 2h
Near Extremely Fine.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Kings of Cappadocia, Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios AR Drachm. 96-63 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Dated RY 29 (67/6 BC). Diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΟΒΑΡZΑΝΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΡΩΜΑΙΟΥ, Athena standing to left, holding Nike and spear, and resting hand upon shield; monogram of MI to inner left; ΘK (date) in exergue. Simonetta 40a; HGC 7, 846. 3.91gr, 17mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
South Arabia, Himyar AR Unit. Uncertain ruler, after 110 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Beardless male head to right / Bearded male head to right, Royal Qatanian monogram behind, South Arabian monogram below. Huth 367. 1.88gr, 11mm, 1h
Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
