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LOT 3195
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat(?) AR Sela'-Drachm. Struck circa 9/8 BC-AD 40. 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(?), veiled; inscription in Nabataean around. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataean 100-110. Near Very Fine. Obverse slightly off-centre.(3.85gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Phoenicia, Ake-Ptolemaïs AE 16mm. Dated year 9 of the Caesarean Era (41/0 BC).
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Near Very Fine.
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Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
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Near Very Fine. Test cut.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor AE Obol. First sole reign, 180-170 BC. Cyprus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; lotus flower in left field, EYΛ between legs; c/m: Seleukid anchor within rectangular incuse. Svoronos 1398 (Ptolemy VI with Eulaios); Lorber, Lotus Series VI.3; Weiser 152 (Ptolemy VI with Eulaios); SNG Copenhagen 294; Noeske -. 15.56gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
