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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Sikyonia, Sikyon AR Triobol or Hemidrachm. Circa 100-60 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΔΑΣ (Olympiadas), magistrate. Reduced standard. Dove flying to right / Large Σ; ΟΛΥΜ-ΠΙ-Α-ΔΑΣ in three lines across fields; all within incuse square. BCD Peloponnesos 344.1; HGC 5, 217. 1.88gr, 14mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Tetrobol. 246-222 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Alexandria mint. Series 4B. Laureate head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing taenia with basileion / [ΠΤΟΛ]ΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt, head to right; cornucopia bound with royal diadem across shoulders behind, E between legs. CPE B366; Köln 91; SNG Copenhagen 224-226 (Ptolemy IV); Svoronos 974. 44.60gr, 38mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm. 121/0-97/6 BC.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Damaskos mint. Dated SE 204 (109/8 BC). Diademed head to right within fillet border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ, Zeus Ouranios, nude, standing to left, holding star and sceptre; monogram above ZH to outer left; ΔΣ (date) in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2324.1b; HGC 9, 1196e; DCA 266. 16.12gr, 30mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Nicely toned. Slightly double struck.
From a private collection, Europe.
