LOT 2835
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Shaqilat AR Sela'-Drachm. AD 70-106.
Petra mint. Dated RY 3 (AD 72/3). Laureate and draped bust of Rabbel II to right; 'Rabbel, king of the Nabataeans. Year 3' in Aramaic around / Veiled and draped bust of Shaqilat to right; 'Shaqilat, his mother, queen of the Nabataeans' in Aramaic around. CN 218; Meshorer, Nabataea, 144. Very Fine. Obverse struck off-centre.(3.34gr, 13mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Group of Six [6] Nabataean and Phoenician AR Coins. 4th century BC-1st century AD.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Various rulers. 21.93gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 13mm. 8/7-15/16 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae; O(?) between, ḥēth in Aramaic to left and right. Cf. CN Type 150i. 2.25gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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. 3.34gr, 18mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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