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LOT 2717
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Struck circa 8/7 BC-AD 15/6. Petra mint.
Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae; Aramaic letter in between. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 70. Very Fine.(1.86gr, 14mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Good Fine.
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Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 386-338 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted to left / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet and uncertain design in opposite sunken quarters. HGC 3.2, 1437. 2.28gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE Serrate. 175-164 BC. Ake-Ptolemaïs mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Apollo to right; monogram(?) behind / [BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY], Apollo seated to left on omphalos, testing arrow. HGC 9, 725. 3.40gr, 16mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
