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LOT 2725
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 19mm. 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.(4.38gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 19mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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. 4.38gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes III to Darios III AE Unit. Circa 350-333 BC. Uncertain mint in Ionia or Caria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding spear and bow / Two concentric squares; line projecting outward from one side of the outer square. Bodzek pl. IX, 4; Sunrise 72. 1.31gr, 13mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Indo-Greek Kingdom, Philoxenos Aniketos AE Double Unit(?). Circa 125-110 BC. Square module.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΟΥ, Tyche standing to left, raising hand and holding cornucopia; monogram to lower left / Zebu standing to right; Σ below. Bopearachchi 10H; SNG ANS 1209-14; HGC 12, 274. 8.56gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired from CGB. From the Nick Collins collection. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 78, 17 December 2020, lot 700. Property of a London antiquarian.
