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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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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 35 (136/5 BC). Salamis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; L ΛE (date) to left, ΣΛ to right. CPE II 1389; Svoronos 1547, pl.liii, 16; SNG Copenhagen -. 10.73gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Very rare; only one example on CoinArchives (cgb.fr, Mail Bid Sale 36, 23 October 2008, 270).
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 386-338 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted to left / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; AΓ monogram and grain ear in opposite sunken quarters. McClean 4089; HGC 3.2, 1437. 2.12gr, 14mm.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE Unit. 359-336 BC. Uncertain mint in Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Diademed male head to right / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, youth on horseback to right, below, Π. SNG ANS 944. 7.40gr, 19mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
