LOT 3000
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE Quarter Unit. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Petra mint. Struck circa AD 1/2. Laureate head to right / Quarter (in Nabataean, mark of value) within wreath. CN 134c; Meshorer, Nabataea 82. Near Very Fine.(2.09gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Sicily, Akragas AE 21mm. Phintias, tyrant, 282-279 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Head of Artemis to left, quiver over shoulder / Boar standing to left; [BAΣI]ΛEOΣ above, ΦINTIA below. CNS 118; SNG ANS 1119-21; HGC 2, 171. 7.26gr, 21mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 295, 4 May 2024, lot 82. -
Kingdom of Persis. Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) II AR Obol. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Bearded bust to left, wearing diadem and mural crown; monogram behind / Ardaxšir standing to left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar to left. KM 4/13; Alram 572; Sunrise 596. 0.75gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Uncertain mint in Seleucis and Pieria AE 21mm. Mid 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Dated year 1 of the Pompeian Era (64/3 BC). Draped bust of Herakles to left, club over shoulder / L A (date) PΩMHΣ in two lines above ram of prow to right; all within wreath. Spijkerman 1 (Gadara); Rosenberger 1 (Gadara); HGC 10, 381. 9.69gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
