LOT 2834
Nabataea, Malichos II, with Shuqailat II AR Sela'-Drachm. AD 40-70.
Petra mint. Uncertain date. Laureate and draped bust of Malichos to right / Veiled and draped bust of Shuqailat to right. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 123-139. Very Fine.(3.68gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 2834
Nabataea, Malichos II, with Shuqailat II AR Sela'-Drachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Nabataea, Syllaios, Usurper AE 14mm. Circa 9-6 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Petra mint. Diademed head to right; [..]-ḥēth in Aramaic across fields. / Crossed cornucopiae; long torch between; shin-[...] in Aramaic across fields. Cf. CN 83 (letters at left on reverse); Meshorer, Nabataea -. 2.92gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod II Archelaus AE Half Prutah. 4 BCE-6 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Jerusalem mint. Prow to left; H-P-ധ anticlockwise around / ЄΘ[N] within wreath. RPC I 4916; TJC 72; Hendin 1197. 1.15gr, 15mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Skythia, Olbia Cast AE Dolphin. Circa 500-450/25 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Dolphin / Dolphin. SNG Stancomb 334-337; SNG BM Black Sea 359-367. 2.43gr, 31mm x 11mm.
Very Fine.
Acquired Munich, Germany, in the early 1990s. From a private German collection. Property of a Kent, UK, lady collector since 2015.
The method of casting this unique type of coin was adopted by the Gallic Celts who originally came from this region. Dolphins were generally struck in the form of a tree attached to the tail, although some examples appear to have been cast individually.
