LOT 2962
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat, AE 17mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Petra mint. Aretas in military dress, standing to left, holding spear and scabbard; palm branch to left, ḥēth in Aramaic in upper right field / Shuqailat, veiled and wearing Isis-headdress, standing to left, raising hand, wreath in left field, 'Shuqailat' in Aramaic in two lines in right field. Meshorer, Nabataea 97; CN Type 187a. Very Fine.(2.60gr, 17mm, 11h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. 323-317 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
'Kolophon' mint; struck under Menander or Kleitos, circa 323-319 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, left leg drawn back, 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; kerykeion beneath throne, spearhead in outer right field. Price 1756; Müller 208. 3.98gr, 17mm, 3h
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Boiotia, Thebes AR Stater. Circa 390-382 BC.
Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,750
Wast(ias), magistrate. Boiotian shield / Volute krater with a decorated upper half, barley grain above, FA-ΣT across central field; all within shallow incuse circle. Hepworth 36; BCD Boiotia 494; BMC 120; HGC 4, 1330. 12.14gr, 22mm, 2h
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone with blue iridescence around the devices on obverse and gold on reverse.
Ex A. A. Ravel, 1938; Ex Pozzi 1443v TTB; Ex Prunier Auction, Numismatic Auction June 2022, 27 June 2022, lot 198; Acquired from Pecunia Numismatics.
Wastias was the pro-Spartan rival of Androkleidas and was instrumental in the latter's exile and assassination. -
Mysia, Pergamon AR Diobol. Circa 310-282 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Archaistic Palladion: statue of Pallas Athena standing facing, holding spear and shield; ΠEPΓAM upwards to left. Von Fritze, Pergamon, pl. I, 10; SNG BnF 1559-66; Klein 278. 1.28gr, 11mm, 11h
Good Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
