LOT 2821
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; [H-F?] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. Very Fine.(3.34gr, 18mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Cilicia, Tarsos AR Stater. Mazaios, satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia. Circa 361-334 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Baaltars seated to left on persian diphros, his body turned to front, holding eagle, ear of corn and bunch of grapes in right hand, lotus-headed sceptre in left; Aramaic legend 'BLTRZ' (Baaltars) to right, Aramaic 'TR' to left; beneath throne, Aramaic 'M' / Lion attacking bull to left, Aramaic legend 'MZDI' (Mazaios) above; monogram below. Casabonne series 2, group C; SNG Levante 106; SNG von Aulock -; BMC 49 var. (no monogram). 10.89gr, 23mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. Sharply struck example on lustrous metal.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Ionia, Phokaia EL 1/6 of Stater or Hekte. Circa 521-478 BC.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £675
Head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet to left; behind neck, seal swimming upwards / Quadripartite incuse square. BMFA 1906; Bodenstedt 32; SNG von Aulock -. 2.61gr, 9mm.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 25, 27 February 2016, lot 81 (since professionally cleaned). Ex Nomos AG, Auction 20, 10 July 2020, lot 217 (company's ticket included). -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint 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; uncertain countermark / Oblong incuse punch; countermark: cf. 20. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.54gr, 19mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
