LOT 2714
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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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.52gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Darios II AR Siglos. Circa 455-420 BC. Sardes mint. Type IV, Group A. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group A. 5.49gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Countermarks on both sides.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.74gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
