LOT 2990
Nabataea, Obodas II AE 23mm. Circa 30-9 BC.
Petra mint. Dated RY 4 (27/6 BC). Diademed and draped bust to right / Filleted cornucopia to right(?); 'Obodas the king, king of the Nabataeans' in Aramaic around, 'Year 4' across field. Cf. CN 31; Meshorer, Nabataea -; DCA -. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one other example on CoinArchives (CNG e-541, 198).(9.33gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. AD 591-628.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
NH / WH (Nahr Tire?) mint; uncertain date. Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings and star set on crescent; star-in-crescent before; all within double border with star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; all within triple border with star-in-crescents in margin. For mint's initials see Göbl, Tafel XVI, 51. 3.85gr, 32mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Rare mint.
Ex property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Caria, Knidos AE 19mm. Circa 200-130 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΠΑΝΤΑΛΕΩΝ (Pantaleon), magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΠΑ[ΝΤΑΛΕΩΝ] ΚΝΙΔ[ΙΩΝ], forepart of bull to left, head turned facing. Cf. HN online 732; cf. SNG Keckman 217. 4.24gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Macedon, Skione AE 20mm. Circa 400-350 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Diademed male head to right / ΣΚΙΩΝΑΙ, Corinthian helmet to right; kantharos(?) before. Cf. SNG ANS 716. 6.62gr, 20mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
