LOT 2831
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; cf. SNG ANS 1438-43; cf. Sofaer 67-9. Near Extremely Fine.(3.76gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.80gr, 10mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Persia, Alexandrine Empire. Uncertain Satrap AV Double Daric. After 315 BC.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,350
Babylon mint. The Great King, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear with right hand and bow with left / Wavy stripes patterned incuse punch. Cf. Nicolet-Pierre, Travaux Le Rider, p. 298, 6 and pl. 30, 6. 16.72gr, 20mm.
Good Very Fine. Test cut on reverse. Areas of weakness. Rare.
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 182, 14 March 2011, lot 362. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 123, 9 May 2021, lot 873. -
Phoenicia, Arados AR Tetradrachm. Circa 138/7-44/3 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Dated CY 183 (77/6 BC). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche to right / ΑΡΑΔΙΩΝ, Nike advancing to left, holding aphlaston and palm; ΓΠP (date), Phoenician letter 'Q', and MΣ to left; all within wreath. Duyrat 3668-78; DCA 772; HGC 10, 72. 15.17gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Tooled and smoothed.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 327, 28 May 2014, lot 796.
