LOT 2994
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Petra mint; struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Laureate head to right; [Aramaic letter ḥēth before?] / 'Aretas' in Aramaic within wreath. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 115; cf. CN 189. Very Fine(2.16gr, 14mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Kushano-Sasanians, Ohrmazd (Hormizd) I AE 14mm. Circa AD 270-300.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Uncertain mint in Bactria (probably Balkh). Draped bust of Hormizd I to right, wearing lion headdress with lotus blossom above, Pahlavi inscription around / Half-length bust of exalted god Ahuramazda, holding ribboned diadem and spear, emerging from fire altar with ribbons, Pahlavi inscription around. Cf. MK 1052; cf. ANS Kushan 2225-2236. 2.04gr, 14mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Lykian League, Masikytes AR Hemidrachm. Late 30s-27 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Laureate head of Apollo to right, [Λ]-Y across fields / Kithara of four strings; [M]-A across upper fields, filleted branch in lower left field; all within shallow incuse square. Troxell, Lycian League, Period IV, Series 5, 107; Müseler -. 1.81gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Minor Asia & Levant PB Tessera. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Anchor in the form of club / Wreath containing uncertain inscription. 3.00gr, 14mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
