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LOT 3186
Nabataea, Syllaios, with Aretas IV AR Quarter Sela'-Drachm. 9-6 BC. Petra mint.
Diademed head of Obodas III to right; Aramaic 'shin' before / Aramaic 'shin' (Syllaios) and 'het' (Aretas) within wreath. Hoover & Barkay 2010, 32; Hoover, The Royal Nabataean Collection of Uri Mizrahi, 71; Barkay, Usurper 4; Huth 60; Meshorer, Nabataea Sup 4. Very Fine.(1.12gr, 9mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3186
Nabataea, Syllaios, with Aretas IV AR Quarter Sela'-Drachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Kushan Empire, time of Kujula Kadphises to Vima Takto AE Didrachm. AD 80-113. Uncertain (possibly Begram) mint. 'Soter Megas' issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Radiate and diademed bust to right, holding sceptre; tamgha to left / [ΒΑCΙΛ]ЄV ΒΑCΙΛЄV⟒Ν C⟒ΤΗΡ ΜЄ[ΓΑC], King on horseback to right, holding axe; tamgha to lower right. ANS Kushan 186-95; Senior B17.1vT (listed as tetradrachm); Donum Burns 60. 8.36gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain king AR 1/16 Shekel. Circa 435-425 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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. 0.79gr, 9mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Samaria, "Middle Levantine" Series AR Obol. Circa 375-333 BC. Imitating Athens.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Helmeted head of Athena to right / Owl standing to right, head facing; [olive spray to left], 'BD'L (in Aramaic) to right. Meshorer & Qedar 59; Sofaer 114-5. 0.76gr, 9mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
