LOT 2824
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. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. Good Very Fine.(4.42gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Ionia, Uncertain Mint El 1/6 of Stater or Hekte. Circa 600-550 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Head of lion with open jaws to right / Rough incuse square. Rosen 313; SNG Kayhan -; Weidauer -; Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 27, lot 632 (same dies; hammer: 2,200 CHF). 2.51gr, 11mm.
Very Fine. Double struck of obverse. Extremely rare.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Ionia, Uncertain Mint EL 1/48 Stater. Circa 600-550 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Crab(?) / Incuse square with irregular lines within. Weidauer -; Elektron -; cf. Rosen 81 and 346-7 (1/6 and 1/96); cf. Traité I 114 = BMC 26 (1/96); SNG Kayhan -; SNG von Aulock -; Weber -. For another similar specimen cf. TimeLine Auctions 160, 2935. 0.37gr, 5mm.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired in London in 2011. Private collection, Switzerland. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. 37-43 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). BACIΛЄധC AΓPIΠA, canopy / Three ears of corn; L [Ϛ] (date) across fields. RPC I 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 3.35gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
