LOT 3130
Nabataea, Obodas III AE 20mm. 30-9 BC.
Petra mint. Dated RY 21 (10/9 BC). Laureate head to right; ḥēth-[semkath?] across fields / Female figure standing facing, head to left, raising right hand; 'Obodas, king of the Nabataeans' and date in Aramaic around; semkath-ḥēth' across fields. Meshorer, Nabataea 39a; Sofaer 25-6. Near Very Fine.(4.61gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H F?] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.80gr, 17mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Group of Five [5] Thrace, Byzantion AE Coins. Circa 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Various varieties. 44.85gr total.
Near Very Fine to Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. AD 591-628.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
NH / WH (Nahr Tire?) mint; uncertain date. Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings and star set on crescent; star-in-crescent before; all within double border with star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; all within triple border with star-in-crescents in margin. For mint's initials see Göbl, Tafel XVI, 51. 3.85gr, 32mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Rare mint.
Ex property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
