LOT 3209
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat AE 16mm. Struck circa AD 88/9-106/6. Petra mint.
Jugate laureate and draped busts of Rabbel and Gamilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. CN 235; Meshorer, Nabataea 163. Near Very Fine.(2.28gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Kingdom of Axum, Anonymous AE Unit. Circa AD 359/60-450.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
BACI-VCΛC ('King'), draped bust to right, wearing headcloth; within double circle border / TOYTO AᒋⵎEͶ TH XШᒋA (retrograde) ('may this please the country'), small cross within circle. Cf. SACAM 151-89. 1.85gr, 15mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Shaqilat II AR Sela'-Drachm. Dated RY 2(?) (AD 71/2). Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate and draped bust of Rabbel to right; date in legend to left / Veiled, laureate, and draped bust of Shaqilat to right. Cf. Barkay 216; cf. DCA 984. 3.83gr, 14mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor AE Obol. First sole reign, 180-170 BC. Cyprus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; lotus flower in left field, EYΛ between legs; c/m: Seleukid anchor within rectangular incuse. Svoronos 1398 (Ptolemy VI with Eulaios); Lorber, Lotus Series VI.3; Weiser 152 (Ptolemy VI with Eulaios); SNG Copenhagen 294; Noeske -. 15.56gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
