LOT 2991
Nabataea, Syllaios, Usurper and Aretas IV AE 15mm. Circa 9-6 BC.
Petra mint. Diademed head to right; shin in Aramaic behind / Crossed cornucopiae; shin in Aramaic between, ḥēth in Aramaic to right. Meshorer, Nabataea 43; Sofaer 32. Very Fine.(2.79gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera AR Tetradrachm. 51-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Alexandria mint. Dated RY 16 (37/6 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I το right, wearing aegis / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, with palm over shoulder; to left, L Iς (date) above crown of Isis; ΠA to right. Svoronos 1830 (Ptolemy XIII); SNG Copenhagen 411; DCA 70. 13.60gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 15mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Petra mint; struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Laureate head to right; Aramaic letter ḥēth to right / 'Aretas' in Aramaic within wreath. Meshorer, Nabataea 115; CN 189. 1.85gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kushan Empire, Vasudeva I CU Tetradrachm. Circa AD 190-230.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Main mint in Kapisha (Begram?). Middle phase. Vasudeva, nimbate, helmeted, and diademed, standing facing, head to left, sacrificing over altar and holding trident; to left, trident with additional crossbar / Ithyphallic Siva standing facing, holding garland or diadem and trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing to left; tamgha to right. MK 1000; ANS Kushan 1103-5; Donum Burns 481-5. 9.79gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
