LOT 3298
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. Very Fine.(3.95gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent.
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Western Asia Minor, Uncertain Mint AR Tetartemorion. Circa 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Archaic head of Apollo to left / Owl standing to left, head facing; within incuse square. Asia Minor Coins Online 10951; CNG 94, 700 (hammered for 700 USD); otherwise apparently unpublished in the standard references. 0.14gr, 6mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AE 11mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Nymphe to right / Rose. HGC 6, 1479. 1.22gr, 11mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Kings of Armenia, Tigranes II AE Dichalkon. Dated RY 6 (91/0 BC). Nisibis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Head of Tigranes II to left, wearing four-pointed tiara decorated with star and tied with diadem; to left, c/m: APK within rectangular incuse / BAΣΙΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY TIΓPANOY, tree; in inner left and right fields, I ς (date). Kovacs 64. 3.83gr, 17mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
