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LOT 2999
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 18mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Petra mint; dated RY 4 (6/5 BC). Laureate head to right; Aramaic ḥēth and [semkath] flanking neck / Huldu standing to left, raising her right hand; date to right, Aramaic ḥēth and semkath across fields. CN 108; Meshorer, Nabataea 56. Near Very Fine.(5.78gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 529, 14 December 2022, lot 343.
Ex property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Nabataea, Syllaios, Usurper and Aretas IV AE 15mm. Circa 9-6 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint. Diademed head to right; shin in Aramaic behind / Crossed cornucopiae; shin in Aramaic between, ḥēth in Aramaic to right. Meshorer, Nabataea 43; Sofaer 32. 2.79gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phrygia, Hierapolis AE 22mm. 2nd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Pseudo-autonomous issue. ZЄYC BΩZIOC, bare head of Zeus Bozios to right; c/m: female(?) bust to right within rectangular incuse / IЄPAΠΟΛЄΙΤ-Ω-Ν, Apollo holding reins in right hand and bipennis over left shoulder in left, riding horse to right. RPC III, 2358C; BMC Phrygia 42; SNG Copenhagen 429; SNG Munich 223. 5.79gr, 22mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H F] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.54gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
