LOT 3318
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 15mm. Struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Petra mint.
Aretas, in military attire, standing facing, head to left, holding spear in right hand, left hand on hilt of sword; palm frond to left, Aramaic monogram to right / “Shaqilat” in Aramaic in three lines to right, Shaqilat, veiled, standing facing, head to left, raising right hand; wreath to left. Meshorer, Nabataea 97; Schmitt-Korte II 66. Good Very Fine.(2.43gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Asia Minor or Lydia, Uncertain Mint or King AR Hemiobol. Circa 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Head of roaring lion to right / 'buquru'(sic) in Lydian(?) around symbol; all within circular incuse. SNG Kayhan 746 var. (uncertain mint of Ionia or Karia; no inscription); Rosen 406 var. (same). 0.31gr, 7mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. Struck under Philotas or Philoxenos, circa 323-317 BC. Uncertain mint in Cilicia. In the name and types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; wreath in left field, ΔI beneath throne. Price 2949 [Side(?)]; Müller 550. 17.17gr, 26mm, 9h.
Extremely Fine. Lustrous metal; gold iridescence around the devices.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Thrace, Ainos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 405-357 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Head of Hermes facing three-quarters to left, wearing petasos / Goat standing to right; AINION above, Corinthian helmet before. May 413 (A.249/P.292); HGC 3.2, 1278. 14.68gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Delamination on obverse.
From the Thrax Collection, formed in London between 1991 and 2018. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 58, 20 June 2019, lot 469. Property of a London antiquarian.
