LOT 3317
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. Struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Petra mint.
Aretas, in military attire, standing facing, head to left, holding spear in right hand, left hand on hilt of sword; palm frond to left, Aramaic monogram to right / “Shaqilat” in Aramaic in three lines to right, Shaqilat, veiled, standing facing, head to left, raising right hand; wreath to left. Meshorer, Nabataea 97; Schmitt-Korte II 66. Very Fine. Partially double struck.(1.98gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3317
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Seleukid Empire, Alexander II Zabinas AE 21mm. Struck circa 125-122 BC. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Radiate and diademed head to right / BAΣIΛE[ΩΣ AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ], double cornucopiae; A-Π flanking, [symbol] to lower left. SC 2237.1. 10.62gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Lydo-Milesian standard. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.56gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermarks on both sides and uncertain legend on reverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Eight [8] Phoenicia, Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Various types. 7.20gr total.
Condition as seen.
Private Collection, acquired 1980–1985.
