LOT 2820
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; monogram above, [letter?] before / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 112 (letter behind). Near Extremely Fine.(3.71gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea. Herodians, Herod II Archelaus AE Half Prutah. 4 BCE-6 CE.
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Jerusalem mint. Prow to left; H-P-ധ anticlockwise around / ЄΘ[N] within wreath. RPC I 4916; TJC 72; Hendin 1197. 1.15gr, 15mm, 7h.
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Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy IV Philopator AE Hemidrachm. 222-205/4 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Tyre mint. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; club to left, ΛΙ(?) between legs. Svoronos 1130; Weiser -; SNG Copenhagen -; cf. Noeske 95 var. (ΔΙ) 30.14gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AT (Ādurbādagān) mint. Struck circa AD 477-484. Bust to right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SNS III type IIIb/1c. 4.13gr, 28mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Wavy flan.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
