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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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Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120. Raydan mint.
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Head to right within circular torque / Small head to right; yanaf-monogram to left, 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.2ai; Huth 430-1. 1.05gr, 15mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Time of Alexander III to Philip III AR Tetradrachm. Circa 324/3-320 BC. Arados mint. Struck under Menes or Laomedon in the name and types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
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, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; Σ in left field, monogram of AP (civic) beneath throne. Price 3316; Duyrat Group IV, Series 4. 17.01gr, 29mm, 8h.
Extremely Fine. A well-centred example struck on a large flan.
Acquired from Baldwins, UK. Property of a Kent lady.
