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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Spain. Segobriga, Segobirices Horseman AR Denarius. Circa 120-30 BC. Long Lance Type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Curly-haired male head right, crescent behind head, Iberic S below / Horseman right, long spear in hand, SECoBiRICeS below. Vill 292.5; Burgos 2168; Calico 1147 var. 3.75gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Bright silver, great curly haired head. Rare.
Ex Chris Rudd, 130, lot 1, ref. no.16541. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
Celtiberian Secobirices (Roman Segobriga) was near Saelices (Cuenca), central Spain. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
BACIΛЄ[ധC AΓPIΠA], canopy / Three ears of corn; L [Ϛ] (date) across fields. RPC I 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 2.54gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120. Raydan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Head to right within linear circle interrupted at top / Small head to right; yanaf-monogram to left, 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.2bi; Huth 428. 1.65gr, 15mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
