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LOT 3194
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AR Sela'-Drachm. Dated RY 31(?) (AD 22/3). Petra mint.
Long-haired, laureate, moustached, 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 around containing date at end. Cf. Barkay 170; cf. DCA 975. Fine. Obverse off-centre.(3.33gr, 14mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
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Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat AR Sela'-Drachm. AD 70/1-105/6. Petra mint. Uncertain date.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate and draped bust of Rabbel to right; [date to left] / Veiled and draped bust of Gamilat to right. Cf. CN 226-234 (for type). 3.38gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lydia, Sardes AE 16mm. Circa 133 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
