LOT 2681
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Petra mint; struck circa 6/5 BC. Laureate head to right; [Aramaic letter in right field] / Crossed cornucopiae; X between, O-[H] across fields. Cf. CN 152; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 57. Very Fine. Rare.(2.16gr, 14mm, 12h.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Group of Twelve [12] AE Greek Coins. 4th-3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Various rulers and cities. 18.58gr total.
Fine to Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch; countermarks: 22 & 41. Carradice Type IIIb; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 16. 5.63gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii. -
Kings of Parthia. Vologases III AE Dichalkon. Circa AD 105-147.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Seleukeia mint. Dated Seleucid Era 451 (AD 139/140). Crowned facing bust wearing tiara; ANY (date) upwards to right / Tyche seated to left on column; palm to left. Sellwood 79.50; Shore -. 3.70gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
