LOT 3030
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. Near Very Fine.(4.01gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Euboia, Chalkis AR Drachm. Circa 338-308 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Head of the nymph Chalkis to left, wearing hair-band, single pendant earring and necklace / Χ-ΑΛ (anti-clockwise), eagle flying to left, grasping serpent with his talons that coils around his body; [to left, flower?]; all within shallow circular incuse. Cf. BCD Euboia 120; cf. Picard, Issue 2; HGC 4, 1461. 3.32gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Sasanian Kingdom. Bahram II, with Queen and Prince 4 AR Drachm. AD 276-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Jugate busts of Bahram II, wearing winged crown with korymbos, and his queen, wearing kolah with boar's head, to right, vis-a-vis cuirassed bust of Prince 4, wearing kolah with eagle's head and presenting a wreath to the royal couple, to left / Fire altar with ribbon; flanked by Bahram on the left and his queen on the right, holding ring; to left of flames, fravahr symbol. Cf. SNS type VII/5; cf. Göbl type X/3. 3.02gr, 27mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired on the UK market circa 2015. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484. Unclear mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Bust to right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Cf. SNS type IIIb/1e. 2.96gr, 26mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
