LOT 2819
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.(3.37gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Phoenicia, Arados AR Third Shekel. Uncertain king, circa 370-346 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Contemporary imitation. Laureate head of Ba'al-Arwad to right / Galley to right above waves; Aramaic letter above. For prototype: cf. E&E-A Group III; cf. HGC 10, 40-1. 3.19gr, 14mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Lightly toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia. Byblos, Addirmilk & Iyyenael (?) AR 1/16 Shekel. Circa 348-332 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Two hoplites, holding shields, on galley to left, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp to left / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 137. 0.60gr, 9mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Skythia, Olbia Cast AE Dolphin. Circa 437-410 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΘY on flat surface / Dolphin. Anokhin 180; HGC 3, 1879. 1.53gr, 22mm x 10mm.
Very Fine.
Acquired Munich, Germany, in the early 1990s. From a private German collection. Property of a Kent, UK, lady collector since 2015.
The method of casting this unique type of coin was adopted by the Gallic Celts who originally came from this region. Dolphins were generally struck in the form of a tree attached to the tail, although some examples appear to have been cast individually.
