LOT 2833
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Phasael AE 14mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Petra mint; struck circa 5/4 BC. Laureate head to right / Double cornucopiae to right; palm frond to left, ḥēth in Aramaic above; 'Phaṣa' in Aramaic to lower right. CN 116a; Meshorer, Nabataea 61A. Very Fine.(2.14gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Ionia, Ephesos AR Hemihekte or 1/12 Stater. Circa 550-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Bee / Stellate pattern within incuse square. Karwiese Series IIIa; SNG Kayhan 116-17. 0.84gr, 8mm.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired in London in 2011. Private collection, Switzerland. -
Kings of Armenia, Tigranes the Younger AE Tetrachalkon. 77/6-66 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Tigranokerta(?) or Artagigarta mint; struck 66-65 BC. Diademed head to right, wearing five-pointed Armenian tiara decorated with comet / [BAΣIΛEΩΣ] TIΓ-PANOY, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath with her extended right hand; ΔHM[O] below. ACV 78; CAA 114; Kovacs 143. 5.57gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Malichos I AE 24mm. Circa 59/8-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Petra mint. Dated RY 28 (32/1 BC). Diademed head to right / Filleted cornucopia; 'Malichus the king. King of the Nabataeans' in Aramaic around; 'Year 28' across field. CN 17; Meshorer, Nabataea 18; HGC 10, 683. 11.52gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
