LOT 3008
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. CN 188a (letters above Shaqilat's head). Very Fine.(4.21gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left; unlisted countermark / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.55gr, 16mm.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii. -
Nabataea, Obodas III AE 20mm. 30-9 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Petra mint. Dated RY 21 (10/9 BC). Laureate head to right; ḥēth-[semkath?] across fields / Female figure standing facing, head to left, raising right hand; 'Obodas, king of the Nabataeans' and date in Aramaic around; semkath-ḥēth' across fields. Meshorer, Nabataea 39a; Sofaer 25-6. 4.61gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint; struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Laureate head to right; [Aramaic letter ḥēth to right?] / 'Aretas' in Aramaic within wreath. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 115; cf. CN 189. 2.01gr, 14mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
