LOT 3314
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
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.(3.73gr, 18mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Moesia, Istros AR Drachm. Circa 313-280 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Facing male heads, the left inverted / Sea-eagle to left, grasping dolphin with talons; monogram of ΔΙ below. Dima Group IV, Subgroup IV, 9; AMNG I 421; HGC 3, 1802. 4.17gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Iridescent tone.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Kings of Charakene, Attambelos IV AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 372(?) (AD 60/1). Charax-Spasinu mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Diademed head to right / Herakles seated to left on rock, holding club; monogram above arm, letter beneath arm; TOB(?) (date) in exergue. Alram -; BMC 6 (listed as Attambelos III); DCA 490 (same). 14.46gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 57, 30 May 2019, lot 571. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Philistia, Azotos AR Drachm. Mid 5th century-333 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
Bearded head to right / Facing female(?) head, wearing necklace, in pelletted square within incuse square. CNG, Auction 93, lot 574; otherwise unpublished. 3.30gr, 14mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Test cut on reverse. Exceedingly rare; apparently the second known example.
Ex the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1970-2000.
