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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Decapolis, Gadara AE 20mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Dated year 18 of the Pompeian Era (47/6 BC). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche to right; palm frond over shoulder / ΓΑΔΑ-[ΡΕ]ധΝ, cornucopia; L IH (date) to inner left. Spijkerman 4; SNG ANS 1287; Sofaer 5. 4.49gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Calabria, Tarentum AR Drachm. Circa 280-272 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
ΣΩ- (So-), magistrate. Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with Skylla hurling rock / ΤΑΡΑΝΤΙΝΩΝ, owl standing facing on thunderbolt, with wings open; ΣΩ upwards to right. Vlasto 1068; HN Italy 1018. 3.05gr, 16mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Illyria, Dyrrhachion AR Drachm. Circa 80/70-60/55 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ΜΕΝΙΣΚΟΣ (Meniskos) and ΛΥΚΙΣΚΟΣ (Lykiskos), magistrates. Cow standing to right, looking back at suckling calf standing to left below; MENIΣKOΣ above, statue of Isis to right / Double stellate pattern in double linear square; ΔYP ΛY-KIΣ-KOY around; all within linear circle border. Ceka 325; Maier 278; HGC 3, 40. 2.78gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
