LOT 3307
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AR Drachm. Dated RY 18 (13/2 BC). Petra mint.
Diademed and draped bust of Obodas to right; 'Obodas, king of the Nabataeans. Year 18' in Aramaic around; hēth behind / Jugate draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru to right; hēth behind. Meshorer, Nabataea 34; Huth -; DCA 965. Very Fine. Rare.(4.19gr, 18mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3307
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AR Drachm.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Nabataea, Uncertain King PB Unit. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of Zeus-Haddad (or Dushara) to right / Bull butting to left; above, ADR in Nabataean. O. Hoover: A Reassessment of Nabataean Lead Coinage in Light of New Discoveries, in NC 166 (2006), L57. 1.39gr, 12mm, 2h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
North Africa, Carthage AR Quarter Shekel. Second Punic War issue, circa 213-211 BC. Akragas mint under Punic occupation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Male head to right (Triptolemos?), wearing wreath of grain ears / Horse leaping to right, Punic ḤT below. Burnett, The Enna Hoard, SNR 62, 148-149; SNG Copenhagen 380. 1.99gr, 14mm, 8h.
Near Extremely Fine. Deep old cabinet tone.
Acquired from Praefectus Coins (J.P. Anderson). Ex Spink, Auction 22108, 25 August 2022, lot 3098. Property of a London antiquarian. -
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Group of Four [4] Nabataean AR Sela'-Drachms. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Various types. 15.51gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
