LOT 2822
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. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. Good Very Fine.(3.83gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2822
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Obol-40 Drachmai. Circa 51-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Alexandria mint. Diademed and draped bust to right / KΛEOΠATPAC BACIΛICCHC, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; double cornucopiae to left, M (mark of value) to right. Svoronos 1872; Weiser 184-5; SNG Copenhagen 422-4; Noeske 383. 7.95gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AR Sela'-Drachm. Circa 30-9 BC.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Petra mint. Dated RY 11 (20/19 BC). Jugate diademed and draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru to right / 'BDT MLKA' in Nabataean to right, diademed and draped bust of Obodas to right; 'ŠNT' and date 11 in Nabataean to left. CN 50 var. (Nabataean Ḥ in field on reverse); Meshorer, Nabataea -; DCA2 1015. 4.57gr, 18mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Struck with worn dies, large lamination on reverse.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 565, 3 July 2024, lot 255. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochus VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Drachm. 138-129 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Tarsos mint. Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EYE-PΓETOY, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath in outstretched right hand; monogram of KA above monogram of NE in outer left field. SC 2056.7 = CSE 477 corr. (upper monogram); HGC 9, 1080a. 4.09gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Some deposits on reverse. Extremely rare variant with no other examples on CoinArchives.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
