LOT 3190
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Huldu AR Sela'-Drachm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40. Petra mint.
Laureate head of Aretas to right / Jugate busts right of Aretas, laureate, and Huldu, diademed, draped, and wearing Isis crown; [date to left]. Cf. CN 87 and 125 for type. Near Very Fine.(3.97gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy V Epiphanes AE Obol(?). Struck 180 BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Head of Isis to right, wearing grain ear wreath / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, head to right, cornucopia over shoulder. Svoronos 1238; cf. SNG Copenhagen 256-259. 3.48gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
India, Indo-Sasanian Gadhiya Paisa BI Drachm. Circa AD 950-1050.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Indo-Sasanian style bust to right; pellets and ornaments around / Stylised fire altar; pellets around. Mitchiner, Non-Islamic 422-4. 4.03gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Cilicia, Korykos AE 18mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ΚΩ-ΡΥΚΙ, aphlaston / AVTO-NOM, winged kerykeion. SNG Levante 804; SNG BnF 1104-5. 3.54gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a UK gallery.
