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LOT 2996
Nabataea, Aretas IV(?) AE 15mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Petra mint. Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 73a; cf. Sofaer 48. Near Very Fine.(3.31gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 13mm. Circa 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Petra mint; struck circa 8/7 BC - AD 15/6. Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae; Aramaic letter ḥēth in between. Meshorer, Nabataea 70; CN 96. 1.71gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE Eight Prutot. 40-4 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Mint in Samaria (Sebaste?). Dated RY 3 (38/7 BCE). Pileus on couch topped by star; two palm branches above / HPΩΔOY BAΣIΛΕΩΣ, tripod; L Γ (date) to left, monogram of TP to right. RPC I, 4901; Meshorer 44; Hendin 1169. 4.74gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phrygia, Apameia AE 19mm. Circa 200-48 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate head of Serapis to right, wearing headdress of Isis / AΠAMEΩN, piloi of Dioscuroi surmounted by star flanking; all within laurel wreath. SNG Copenhagen 160 ('Zeus'); SNG von Aulock 3465 (same). 6.58gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
