LOT 2818
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, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Northwestern Arabia, Lihyan AE 'Tetradrachm'. 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Imitating Athens. Stylised head of Athena to right, upward crescent on cheek / Owl standing to right, head facing; [A?]ΘΕ before, olive spray to left. Huth, Athenian, fig. 5, e; Huth 40. 7.56gr, 19mm x 20mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Struck on square flan.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kings of Lydia, Kroisos Fourrée or BI Siglos. 560-546 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Sardeis mint. Confronted foreparts of lion to right, with extended right foreleg, and bull to left / Oblong incuse punch. Cf. Berk 23; cf. Demeester 136. 4.24gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
North Arabia, Lihyan(?) AE 17mm. Circa 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Imitating Athens. Schematic head of Athena to right, with crescent on cheek, wearing crested Attic helmet / Stylised owl standing to right, head facing; olive sprig to left, [A]Θ[E] downwards to right. Cf. Huth 40 = Huth, Athenian, fig. 5, e. 5.82gr, 17mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
