LOT 3316
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 19mm. 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 112. Very Fine.(4.21gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Seleukid Empire, Tryphon AE 17mm. Circa 142-138 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΟΣ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ, Macedonian helmet with ibex horn to left; AΣK to inner left. SC 2039; HGC 9, 1061. 5.28gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kings of Paphlagonia, Pylaemenes II or III AE 22mm. Circa 133-103 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bust of Pylaemenes as Herakles to right; club over shoulder, lion skin around neck / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΛΑΙΜΕΝΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Nike standing to left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left. SNG BM Black Sea 1552; SNG Copenhagen 321; SNG von Aulock 149. 4.66gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of an antiquarian, Bavaria c. 1960s-1990s. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 57, 30 May 2019, lot 493. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Kingdom of Persis. Napad (Kapat) AR Hemidrachm. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Bearded bust to left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara / Bearded bust to right, wearing diadem; star and crescent before(?). K&M 4/47; Tyler-Smith, Parcel type 3b, -; Alram 611; Sunrise 633 var. (diademed bust to left). 1.55gr, 15mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
