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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Nabataea, Aretas IV(?) AE 15mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Petra mint. Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 73a; cf. Sofaer 48. 3.31gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Phrygia, Hierapolis AE 22mm. 2nd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Pseudo-autonomous issue. ZЄYC BΩZIOC, bare head of Zeus Bozios to right; c/m: female(?) bust to right within rectangular incuse / IЄPAΠΟΛЄΙΤ-Ω-Ν, Apollo holding reins in right hand and bipennis over left shoulder in left, riding horse to right. RPC III, 2358C; BMC Phrygia 42; SNG Copenhagen 429; SNG Munich 223. 5.79gr, 22mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 11mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Petra mint; struck circa 8/7 BC-AD 15/6. Aramaic letter hēth within laurel wreath / Eagle to left with wings closed; Aramaic letter ḥēth behind. CN 156; Schmitt-Korte II, 64. 1.14gr, 11mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Ex property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
