LOT 2814
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 19mm. 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Petra mint. Dated RY 10 (AD 1). Laureate head to right / Eagle with closed wings standing to left; date at end of legend to right. Meshorer, Nabataean 80; Sofaer 53. Very Fine.(4.58gr, 19mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Kings of Lydia, Kroisos Fourrée or BI Siglos. 560-546 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Sardeis mint. Confronted foreparts of lion to right, with extended right foreleg, and bull to left / Oblong incuse punch. Cf. Berk 23; cf. Demeester 136. 4.24gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE Eight Prutot. 40-4 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
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. 6.56gr, 22mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 28mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑNτI ΚΑΛΧΑΔο, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΔΑ in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1257-1262 (ΚΑΛΧΑΔΩ); HGC 3.2, 1428. 10,95gr, 28mm,12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
