LOT 2811
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 15mm. Circa 9 BC-AD 40.
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. Very Fine.(1.39gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £42
Raydan mint. Head to right within dotted circle interrupted by monogram to left / Small head to right; 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.4i; Huth 441; SNG ANS 1595. 1.03gr, 14mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Cilicia, Kelenderis AR Stater. Circa 410-375 BC.
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £360
Nude youth, holding whip, dismounting from horse rearing to right / ΚΕΛΕΝ, goat kneeling to left, head to right; all within shallow incuse circle. Casabonne Type 4; Celenderis -; SNG BnF 75 = Traité II, 1477. 10.75gr, 20mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
Swiss private collection, acquired in 1993. -
Indo-Scythians, Azes AR Tetradrachm. Circa 58-12 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΖΟΥ, king on horseback to right, holding whip; letter in Kharosthi before / Athena standing to right, holding spear and shield in left hand and raising right; monogram to left, Γ(retrograde) and monogram to right. Senior 98.324T. 9.71gr, 24mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
