LOT 3193
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AR Sela'-Drachm. Dated RY 33(?) (AD 24/5). Petra mint.
Long-haired, moustached, laureate and draped bust of Aretas IV to right; inscription in Nabataean around / Jugate draped busts to right of Aretas IV, and Shaqilat; inscription in Nabataean containing date around. Cf. Barkay 172-173. Good Fine.(4.13gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander AR Tetradrachm. 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; monogram in left field. Price -. 16.54gr, 25mm, 10h.
Near Extremely Fine. Apparently unpublished and possibly unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor AE 26mm. Second sole reign, 163-145 BC. Alexandria mint. Series 7B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Head of Isis to right, wearing wreath of grain ears, and her hair in long curls / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle, with open wings, standing to left on thunderbolt; monogram to left. Svoronos 1384 (Ptolemy VI and Kleopatra I as Regent); SNG Copenhagen 279-87 (Ptolemy VI and Kleopatra I as Regent). 14.10gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Sidon. Mazaios (Mazday), satrap of Eber Nari AR Sixteenth Shekel. 353-333 BC. Uncertain date.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Phoenician galley sailing to left; [date in Phoenician above], waves below / Persian king or hero, holding dagger, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on its hind legs; MZ (in Phoenician) between. HGC 10, 265. 0.70gr, 9mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
