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LOT 3027
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 18mm. Dated RY 6 (4/3 BC). Petra mint.
Laureate head to right; Aramaic ḥēth and semkath flanking neck / Huldu standing to left, raising her right hand; date to right, Aramaic semkath and ḥēth across fields. Meshorer, Nabataea 66; DCA 977. Near Very Fine.(3.98gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Possibly type IIIb (early), style B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Lydo-Milesian standard. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Cf. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B (pl. XII). 5.57gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermarked on both sides.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Persia, Alexandrine Empire. Uncertain Satrap AV Double Daric. After 315 BC. Babylon mint.
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,200
The Great King, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear with right hand and bow with left / Wavy stripes patterned incuse punch. Cf. Nicolet-Pierre, Travaux Le Rider, p. 298, 6 and pl. 30, 6. 16.72gr, 20mm.
Good Very Fine. Test cut on reverse. Areas of weakness. Rare.
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 182, 14 March 2011, lot 362. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 123, 9 May 2021, lot 873. -
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Group of Three [3] Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobols. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right / The nymph Histiaia seated to right on stern of galley, holding stylis; IΣTIAIEΩN around. HGC 4, 1525. 4.78gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
