LOT 2805
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AE 20mm. 30-9 BC.
Petra mint. Dated RY 18 (13/2 BC). Laureate head to right / Hagaru standing to left and raising her right hand; date in legend to upper right. Barkay, King 41A; Meshorer, Nabataea -. Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one other example on CoinArchives (CNG e-462, 172).(5.09gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2805
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AE 20mm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Judaea. First Jewish War AE Prutah. Dated Year 2 (67/8 CE).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Jerusalem mint. 'Year two' in Paleo-Hebrew, amphora with broad rim and two handles / 'The freedom of Zion' in Paleo-Hebrew; vine leaf on small branch with tendril. TJC 196a; Sofaer 11-4; Hendin GBC 6, 6389; Hendin GBC 5, 1360. 2.55gr, 16mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 24mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΠΑΡ monogram in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1271-1275; HGC 3.2, 1428. 9.66gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Two hoplites, holding shields, on galley to left, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp to left / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. E&E-B Group IV.4.2 ('Aynel); cf. HGC 10, 139 (same). 0.75gr, 10mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
