LOT 3210
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Shuqailat II 16mm. Attributed to year 6 (AD 75/6). Petra mint.
Jugate busts of Rabbel II, laureate and draped and Shuqailat II, laureate, veiled and draped to right / Crossed cornucopiae, 'Rabbell Shuqailat' in Aramaic in two lines; 'his mother' in Aramaic below. Meshorer, Nabataea 146; CN Type 223; Barkay, Rabbel 18. Near Very Fine.(3.07gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain king AR 1/16 Shekel. Circa 435-425 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Phoenician galley under sail to left; waves below / Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance to right, drawing bow, within incuse square. E&E-S Group II.4; HGC 10, 217. 0.77gr, 8mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, upright anchor / 'Yehonatan the King' in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem. Hendin 6189; Meshorer Group K; HGC 10, 637. 2.11gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Da Yuezhi Rulers of Baktria, Imitative of Eukratides I AR Obol. c.AD 50-90.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Helmeted bust right / Garbled Greek legend, caps of the Dioskouroi; monogram IAI below. ANS 5-13; HGC 12, 152. 0.38gr, 10mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Chipped. Rare.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
