LOT 3131
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H F?] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. Good Very Fine.(3.80gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Mysia, Parion AR Drachm. 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue / Irregular pattern within quadripartite incuse square. SNG Paris 1351-2. 3.92gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) I AR Drachm. AD 531-579.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
GD (Gay) mint. Dated RY 29 (AD 559). Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent, stars flanking; ribbons on shoulders, crescent before; all within single border with crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within single border. Göbl type II/2. 4.01gr, 30mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Ex property of a South West London gentleman. -
Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AY (Ērān-xvarrah-Šābuhr [Susa]) mint. Struck circa AD 477-484. Type 3. Bust to right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SNS type IIIb/1e; Sunrise -. 3.91gr, 27mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Ex property of a South West London gentleman.
