LOT 3162
Nabataean Kingdom, AR Coin Group. 1st century BC.
Two silver coins of the Nabataean kingdom. Condition as seen.(9.33gr total.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3162
Nabataean Kingdom, AR Coin Group.
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
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Cilicia, Seleukeia ad Kalykadnon AE 22mm. Circa 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΠΟΛΕΜΑΡΧΟΣ (Polemarchos), magistrate. Laureate and draped bust of Artemis (or Apollo) to right, with bow and quiver at shoulder; AΘH (retrograde) behind, palm branch before / Athena Nikephoros standing to left, holding shield; ΠΟΛΕΜΑΡ-ΧΟΥ downwards in two vertical lines to right, CΕΛΕΥΚ-ΕΩΝ downwards in two vertical lines to left. SNG Levante -; SNG Levante Supp. -; SNG BnF -; BMC Lycaonia 15. 6.83gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left; unlisted countermark on rim / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 26. 5.40gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Tetradrachm. 138-129 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head to right / Athena Nikephoros standing to left, resting hand on shield and spear under arm; ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY in right field, EVEPΓETOV in left field; to outer left, mint monogram above monogram; O to inner right; all within wreath. SC 2061.4c; Lorber, Die, 802-6 (obv. die A100); HGC 9, 1067d. 16.18gr, 29mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 560, 17 April 2024, lot 222.
