LOT 2729
Nabataea, Rabbell II, with Gamilat AE 16mm. AD 70-106. Petra mint.
Laureate head of Rabbell to right / Veiled head of Shaqilat to right. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 153-4. Near Very Fine.(3.63gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. Circa 196-146 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right / ΙΣΤΙ-ΑΙΕΩΝ, the nymph Histiaia seated to right on stern of galley, holding stylis; wing on galley. HGC 4, 1525. 1.95gr, 14mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, John Hyrcanus I AE Prutah. Uncertain SE date, 131-129 BCE. Jerusalem mint. In the name of Seleukid king Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lily / Upright anchor; [BAΣIΛEΩΣ] ANTIOXOY to left, EYEPΓETOY to right, [date] below. Sofaer 4-5; TJC p. 30; Hendin GBC 6, 6165; Hendin GBC 5, 1131; SC 2123. 2.24gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AR Drachm. Circa 88-84 BC. Uncertain magistrate. Plinthophoric standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Radiate head of Helios to right / [...]ΔΡΟΣ(?), rose with bud to right; P-O flanking; all within incuse square. HGC 6, 1461. 1.89gr, 14mm, 11h.
Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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