LOT 2989
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AE 24mm. Circa 30-9 BC.
Petra mint. Dated RY 6 or 7 (25/4 or 24/3 BC). Jugate diademed and draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru to right / Crossed cornucopiae; 'Obodas the king, king of the Nabataeans year
6 (or 7)' in Aramaic around, O-ח across fields. Cf. CN 38a or 42a; cf. Barkay, King 19A or 23A; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 26. Near Very Fine.(11.35gr, 24mm, 12h.).
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Seleucid Empire, Antiochos XII Dionysos AE 22mm. 87/6-83/2 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Damaskos mint. Struck 87-86/5 BC. Diademed and draped bust to right / BACIΛEΩC ANTIOXOV EΠIΦANOVC in three lines to right, ΦIΛO-ΠATOPOC KAΛ-ΛINIKOV in two lines to left; Tyche standing to left, holding cornucopia with left hand and palm frond horizontally with right; Π in outer left field. SC 2473; HGC 9, 1327. 6.88gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AE 20mm. Circa 310-304/3 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Beardless head of satyr to left; c/m: twelve-rayed star within circular incuse / Head of lion to left, sturgeon to left in exergue, Π-A-N around; c/m: bow in bow case (cut into die?). MacDonald 70; Anokhin 130; SNG Stancomb 554-5; SNG BM Black Sea 885-9; HGC 7, 114. 6.79gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection.
MacDonald argues that after the application of these countermarks, coins without them were no longer considered legal tender. There are some examples of the countermarks being engraved directly into the dies, as they became a necessary feature of the design for the coins to circulate legally. -
Seleucid Empire, Alexander I Balas AR Tetradrachm. 152-145 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 165 (148/7 BC). Diademed head to right / Zeus Nikephoros enthroned to left holding sceptre; BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, ΘEOΠATOPOΣ EYEPΓETOY to left, EΞP (date) and monogram in exergue. SC 1784.4c; HGC 9, 875a. 15.04gr, 28mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 108, 13 April 2023, lot 543.
