LOT 2685
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat, AR Drachm. AD 70/1-105/6.
Petra mint. Dated RY 2[x] (AD 89/90–91/2). Laureate head of Rabbel to right; date in legend to left (only the 20 numeral visible) / Veiled and draped bust of Gamilat to right. Cf. CN 232-4; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 153-4; DCA2 1052. Near Very Fine.(3.24gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 560, 17 April 2024, lot 256.
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Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AE 21mm. Circa 30-9 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Petra mint. Dated RY 7(?) (24/3 BC). Jugate diademed and draped busts to right / Eagle with closed wings standing to left; legend in Aramaic around; [O(?)]-Π in fields. Cf. CN 41; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 27 (Obodas III). 7.09gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman; Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 533, 22 February 2023, lot 262. -
Mysia, Pergamon AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. 166-67 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Struck circa 88-85 BC. Basket (cista mystica), with half-open lid, from which snake coils, around, ivy wreath with fruits / Two snakes coiled around a bow case ornamented with aplustre, and containing a strung bow, between the snake heads, BA above monogram of ΠΡΥΤ, civic monogram of ΠΕΡ to left, serpent-entwined staff to right. SNG BnF 1730-1; Kleiner, Hoard 30. 12.39gr, 29mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From a private collection formed since the 1940s. From UK art market. From property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Eleven [11] Greek AE Coins. 3rd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Various cities. 57gr total.
Near Fine to Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
