LOT 3312
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 15mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114 (H-F across fields on obverse). Very Fine.(3.23gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Circa 470-435 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Thraco-Macedonian standard. Facing gorgoneion / Upright anchor; crayfish to right. Topalov, Apollonia 41; HGC 3, 1323; SNG Ruse 106-117. 3.30gr, 14mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE 23mm. Time of Agathokles, circa 295-289 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Draped bust of Artemis Soteira to right; quiver over shoulder, ΣΩTEIPA downwards before / Winged thunderbolt; AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ above, BAΣIΛEOΣ below. CNS II, 142; BAR Issue 33; SNG ANS 708; HGC 2, 1537. 10.63gr, 23mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AE Serrate. 152-145 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Diademed head of Alexander I to right / BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Athena standing to left, holding Nike in right hand, left hand resting on shield set on ground; in inner left field, KA monogram above star above Δ. SC 1793.4; HGC 9, 900. 7.32gr, 22mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
