LOT 2816
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. Near Very Fine.(4.29gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 24mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑNTI ΚΑΛΧΑΔο, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΔΑ in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1257-1262 (ΚΑΛΧΑΔΩ); HGC 3.2, 1428. 11,07gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Drachm. 336-323 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Miletos mint. Struck under Philoxenos, circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, legs spread, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings, monogram of ΔΗ in left field. Price 2090; ADM I Series I. 4.11gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Bristol gentleman. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Chalkis ad Libanon AE 19mm. 40-36 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £18
ΛΥΣΑΝΙΑΣ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ (Lysanias, tetrarch and archiereus). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Diademed head to right; ΠΤΟ monogram beneath chin / ΛΥΣΑΝΙΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΩΣ, Athena Nikephoros standing to left, resting upon shield set on ground; ΦΑ monogram to right. Herman 12; RPC I 4770; Sofaer 40; HGC 9, 1449. 4.71gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
