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LOT 2723
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. Very Fine.(3.88gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Seleukid Empire, Demetrios III Eukairos AE 20mm. Circa 97/6-88/7 BC. Damascus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Radiate and diademed head to right / ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOV ΘEOV ΦIΛOΠΑTOPOΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ, Hermes standing to left on square basis, holding palm and kerykeion. Cf. HGC 9, 1312. 3.58gr, 20mm, 11h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 16mm. 110-52 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck CY 55(?) (57/6 BC). Turretted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche to right / Phoenician galley to left; above, date above ΣΙΔΩΝΙΩΝ; Phoenician legend below. Cf. HGC 10, 292. 3.41gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE Trichalkon. Dated year 35 of the Actian era (AD 4/5). Struck under the legate L. Volusius Saturninus. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΣΑΤΟΡΝΙΝΟΥ ΟΥΟΛΟ, Tyche seated to right, holding palm branch in right hand; below, river god Orontes swimming to right; to right, EΛ (date). RPC I, 4262; McAlee 88; SNG Copenhagen 93. 5.53gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
