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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Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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Near Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
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Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Good Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
