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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Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Petra mint; struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Laureate head to right; [Aramaic letter ḥēth before?] / 'Aretas' in Aramaic within wreath. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 115; cf. CN 189. 2.16gr, 14mm, 11h.
Very Fine
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Mysia, Parion AR Drachm. 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue / Irregular pattern within quadripartite incuse square. SNG Paris 1351-2. 3.85gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Lesbos, Mytilene AE 19mm. 3rd-2nd centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Zeus to right, with horn of Ammon / Facing herm of Dionysos on prow to right; M-Y T-I in two lines across fields, grape bunch to left, aplustre to right. BMC 132-3; HGC 6, 1048. 5.91gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection.
