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LOT 3029
Nabataea, Aretas IV PB Tessera or Token. Struck circa 9/8–6/5 BC. Petra mint.
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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Phoenicia, Marathos AE 20mm. 130/29-24/3 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Double cornucopiae. HGC 10, 195. 8.41gr, 20mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £139
Various types. 44.81gr total.
Condition as seen.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos IV Philopator AE Serrate. 187-175 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Bust of Artemis to right, wearing stephane and with quiver over shoulder; [monogram of AB behind?] / Artemis huntress standing facing, head to left, holding spear and with small deer standing to left at her feet; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ to left, monogram of AB or NB to outer right. Cf. SC 1317.3; HGC 9, 591. 5.47gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare variant.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
