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LOT 2809
Nabataea, Aretas IV PB Tessera or Token. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Petra mint. Struck circa 9/8–6/5 BC. Laureate head of Zeus to right / Bull butting to left, legend(?) above. Cf. CN Category II, Group K, fig. 11.10; cf. Younis Al-Qatanani, Nabataean Coins, p. 141, 250, t1. Condition as seen.(1.96gr, 13mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Good Very Fine.
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Opening Bid: £14
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Good Fine.
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Kings of Commagene, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE Oktachalkon. AD 38-72.
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Samosata mint; struck circa AD 54-65. BAΣIΛΕYΣ MΕΓ-AΣ ANTIOXOΣ, diademed and draped bust of Antiochos IV to right / KOMMAΓ-HNΩN, scorpion within wreath; above, diadem. RPC I 3857; Kovacs 238 corr. (BAΣIΛΕYΣ not BAΣIΛΕΩΣ). 12.75gr, 27mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Blue-green patina.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
