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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Decapolis, Gadara AE 20mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Dated year 18 of the Pompeian Era (47/6 BC). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche to right; palm frond over shoulder / ΓΑΔΑ-[ΡΕ]ധΝ, cornucopia; L IH (date) to inner left. Spijkerman 4; SNG ANS 1287; Sofaer 5. 4.49gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleucid Empire, Antiochos I, co-regent with Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. 294-281 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Susa mint; possibly struck in the final years of Seleukos I or early years of Antiochos I, 281-261 BC. In the name of Seleukos I and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; to left, monogram of KP; beneath throne, monogram of ΠΥΡ. SC - (cf. 399.5&7 for different secondary controls); HGC 9, 125c. 16.91gr, 26mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Double struck. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variety.
From an English collection formed before 2000. -
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AE 24mm. Circa 30-9 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Petra mint. Dated RY 6 or 7 (25/4 or 24/3 BC). Jugate diademed and draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru to right / Crossed cornucopiae; 'Obodas the king, king of the Nabataeans year 6 (or 7)' in Aramaic around, O-ח across fields. Cf. CN 38a or 42a; cf. Barkay, King 19A or 23A; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 26. 11.35gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
