LOT 3213
Nabataea, Aretas IV Lead Tessera or Token. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 20/1.
Diademed head to right / Nike standing to left, holding wreath(?) and palm branch. Cf. Al-Qatanani, Nabataean Coins, 252. Near Very Fine.(2.31gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nabatea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AR Sela'-Drachm. 9 BC-AD 40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Inscription in Nabataean around long-haired, moustached, laureate and draped bust of Aretas IV to right / Inscription in Nabataean around jugate, draped busts to right of Aretas IV, long-haired and moustached, laureate, V-shaped ornament on his forehead, and Shaqilat, veiled and wearing Isis headdress. Al-Qatanani 112; Barkay 179. 4.16gr, 15mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat AR Sela'-Drachm. AD 70/1-105/6. Petra mint. Uncertain date.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate and draped bust of Rabbel to right; [date to left] / Veiled and draped bust of Gamilat to right. Cf. CN 226-234 (for type). 3.38gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Scythian, Imitative of Eukratides I AR Tetradrachm. c.130-80 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Diademed and draped bust right, wearing horned Boiotian helmet, within bead-and-reel border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, Dioscuri on horseback charging right, with couched spears and holding palm branches, monogram ANT in lower right field. HGC 12, 150. 15.63gr, 32mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
