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LOT 2716
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Circa 9 BC-AD 40. Petra mint.
Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae; Aramaic letter and pellet in between. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 70; cf. CN 96. Good Fine.(2.42gr, 14mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Second satrapy and kingship, struck circa 311-300 BC. Babylon I mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £444
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; MI in left field, monogram of MHTP in wreath beneath throne. SC 82.4a; Price 3751; HGC 9, 10f. 17.11gr, 27mm, 3h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Rabbell II, with Gamilat AE 16mm. AD 70-106. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate head of Rabbell to right / Veiled head of Shaqilat to right. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 153-4. 3.63gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleucis and Pieria, Apameia AE 20mm. Dated SE 243 (70/69 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ Α[ΣΥΛΟΥ], elephant walking to right; ΓΜ[Σ] (date) to lower right. HGC 9, 1419; DCA 410. 6.72gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
