LOT 3323
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat AE 15mm. Struck circa AD 88/9-106/6. Petra mint.
Jugate laureate and draped busts of Rabbell and Gamilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae. CN 235; Meshorer, Nabataea 163. Near Very Fine.(2.90gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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South Arabia, Himyar AR Unit. 2nd-3rd century AD. 'Bucranium Series'.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Diademed male head to left; curved symbol of Almaqah to left, symbol of Athtar to right; disc-crescent of Dhat-Hamim above; 'ayin' letter below / Head of antelope facing; monogram to left, curved symbol of Almaqah to right; disc-crescent of Dhat-Hamim above. Cf. Huth 309. 2.13gr, 16mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Private Collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy V Epiphanes AE 28mm. Circa 204-180 BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Head of Isis to right, wearing wreath of grain ears, and her hair in long curls / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle with open wings standing to left on thunderbolt. Svoronos 1234; SNG Copenhagen 247. 15.73gr, 28mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 59, 26 July 2020, lot 205 (since professionally cleaned). Property of a London antiquarian. -
Kingdom of Persis. Vahsir (Oxathres) AR Hemidrachm. 1st century BC-1st century AD. Istakhr (Persepolis) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Bearded bust to left, wearing diadem and torque; [symbol] to right / Vahšīr standing to left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar to left. van't Haaff, Persis, Type 582/585; K&M 4/21; Tyler-Smith, Parcel 125; Alram 583; cf. Sunrise 606. 1.99gr, 14mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
