LOT 3192
Nabatea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AR Sela'-Drachm. 9 BC-AD 40. Petra mint.
Inscription in Nabataean around long-haired, moustached, laureate and draped bust of Aretas IV to right / Inscription in Nabataean around jugate, draped busts to right of Aretas IV, long-haired and moustached, laureate, V-shaped ornament on his forehead, and Shaqilat, veiled and wearing Isis headdress. Al-Qatanani 112; Barkay 179. Good Fine.(4.16gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Head of tunny to right, superimposed on head of bull to right / Quadripartite incuse square. For a similar example cf. CNG 88, 290, otherwise unpublished. 0.72gr, 9mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Possibly type IIIb (early), style B. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B (pl. XII). 5.54gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Countermarked.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Gandhara, AR Shana. c.500-331 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Blank / Six-arm Taxila-Gandharan septa-radiate symbol. Pieper 11; ACW 4079-4080; HGC 12, 763. 1.39g, 16mm.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
