LOT 2826
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. Very Fine.(3.72gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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. -
Sicily, Messana. The Mamertinoi AE 26mm. Circa 275-264 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Ares to right; uncertain symbol behind, Α[ΡΕΟΣ] before / Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, wings spread; MΑΜΕΡ-[ΤΙΝΩΝ] around. Cf. CNS 2; HGC 2, 870. 17.93gr, 26mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex property of a UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Drachm. 336-323 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings, uncertain monogram in left field. Cf. Price 3424 (Arados; tetradrachm). 4.06gr, 17mm, 5h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Bristol gentleman.
