LOT 3320
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 13mm. Struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Petra mint.
Aretas in military dress, standing to left, holding spear and scabbard; palm branch to left, het in Nabataean in upper right field / Shaqilat, veiled and wearing Isis-headdress, standing to left, raising hand, wreath in left field, 'Shuqailat' in Nabataean in three lines in right field. Meshorer, Nabataea 97; CN Type 187d. Near Very Fine.(2.07gr, 13mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3320
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 13mm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Phoenicia, Sidon AE 16mm. 110-52 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
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Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Mysia, Lampsakos AE 22mm. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Bearded head of Priapos to right, wearing ivy wreath / ΛΑΜΨΑ-ΚΗΝΩΝ, forepart of Pegasos to right. SNG BnF 1246. 8.88gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Persis. Napad (Kapat) AR Obol. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Diademed bust to left, wearing Parthian-style tiara / Diademed bust to left. K&M 4/50; Alram 614. 0,44gr, 10mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
