LOT 2993
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 134; Meshorer, Nabataea 81. Very Fine.(2.60gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Phoenicia, Berytus AE 20mm. Circa 40-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Laureate head of Baal-Berit (Poseidon) to right, wearing kalathos; trident over shoulder / ΒΗΡ[Υ]-ΤΙΩΝ, Nike advancing to right, holding palm in left hand and wreath in right. BMC Phoenicia 26, pl. VII 15; Rouvier 474 (date above Baal's head). 6.45gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one other example on CoinArchives (Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 20, 784).
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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. -
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Group of Four [4] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms. 5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Various mints. 17.11gr total.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
