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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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LOT 2723
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (early), style B. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B. 5.44gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Countermark on reverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor Fourrée Tetradrachm Core. Imitating Salamis mint, dated RY 7 (AD 164/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Diademed head to right, wearing aegis around neck / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, L Z (Z reversed) Σ Α flanking eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt. For prototype cf. Svoronos 1333. 12.93gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE Two Prutot. 40-4 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Tripod table with flat object (vessel?) upon it; palm fronds flanking / [ΗPΩΔOΥ ΒΑCΙΛΕΩC], closed diadem with cross at centre. Hendin 6213; HGC 10, 654. 2.80gr, 18mm.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
