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LOT 2715
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Circa 9 BC-AD 40. Petra mint.
Laureate head to right; Aramaic letter (?) before / Crossed cornucopiae; Aramaic letters in between. Cf. CN 150d. Good Fine.(2.05gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Sasanian Kingdom. Vahram (Bahram) V AR Drachm. AD 420-438. AS (Asurestan, Aspanvar) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown and korymbos set on crescent; ribbon on shoulder / Fire altar flanked by attendants; mint to right. Göbl I/2, 156; Sellwood 43. 4.13gr, 29mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE Two Prutot. 40-4 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Tripod table with flat object (vessel?) upon it; palm fronds flanking / [ΗPΩΔOΥ ΒΑCΙΛΕΩC], closed diadem with cross at centre. Hendin 6213; HGC 10, 654. 2.80gr, 18mm.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AR Tetradrachm 359-336 B.C. Amphipolis mint. Posthumous issue. Struck under Kassander, circa 316-314 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΠOΥ, nude youth, holding palm frond, on horseback to right; aplustre below, pellet-in-Π beneath raised foreleg. Le Rider pl. 46, 18; Troxell, Studies, Group 9, 323-5; SNG ANS 738-46. Slab: 62 grams, 85 x 60mm
NGC graded AU Strike: 4/5 Surface: 4/5 Fine Style (#8221307-001).
Acquired on the UK art market. Ex County Durham collector. Ex private collection, UK.
