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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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Seleukid Empire, Cleopatra Thea & Antiochos VIII AE 19mm. Dated SE 190 (123/2 BC). Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Radiate and diademed head to right / Owl standing to right, head facing, on overturned amphora; BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ KΛEOΠATPAΣ in two lines to right, KAI BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY in three lines to left; IE to inner right; below, ꟼP (date) and dolphin to right. SC 2263.3c var. (IE to outer right); SNG Spaer 2448 var. (same). 6.11gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variant.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Bithynia, Kios AR AR Eighth Siglos-Obol. 345-315 BC. ΑΘΗΝΟΔΩΡΟΣ (Athenodoros), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Laureate head of Apollo right / ΑΘΗΝΟΔΩΡΟΣ, prow left; grain ear to right. Unpublished denomination for series but cf. CNG, e-595, 88. 0.97gr, 10mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; the second known example.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia, Alexandrine Empire. Uncertain Satrap AV Double Daric. After 315 BC. Babylon mint.
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,200
The Great King, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear with right hand and bow with left / Wavy stripes patterned incuse punch. Cf. Nicolet-Pierre, Travaux Le Rider, p. 298, 6 and pl. 30, 6. 16.72gr, 20mm.
Good Very Fine. Test cut on reverse. Areas of weakness. Rare.
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 182, 14 March 2011, lot 362. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 123, 9 May 2021, lot 873.
