LOT 2752
Phoenicia, Arados AR Third Shekel. Uncertain king, circa 370-346 BC.
Contemporary imitation. Laureate head of Ba'al-Arwad to right / Galley to right above waves; Aramaic letter above. For prototype: cf. E&E-A Group III; cf. HGC 10, 40-1. Very Fine. Lightly toned.(3.19gr, 14mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Kings of Commagene, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE Oktachalkon. AD 38-72.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Samosata mint; struck circa AD 54-65. BAΣIΛΕYΣ MΕΓ-AΣ ANTIOXOΣ, diademed and draped bust of Antiochos IV to right / KOMMAΓ-HNΩN, scorpion within wreath; above, diadem. RPC I 3857; Kovacs 238 corr. (BAΣIΛΕYΣ not BAΣIΛΕΩΣ). 12.75gr, 27mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Blue-green patina.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AE 20mm. 30-9 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Petra mint. Dated RY 18 (13/2 BC). Laureate head to right / Hagaru standing to left and raising her right hand; date in legend to upper right. Barkay, King 41A; Meshorer, Nabataea -. 5.09gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one other example on CoinArchives (CNG e-462, 172).
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm. 121/0-97/6 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Damaskos mint. Dated SE 204 (109/8 BC). Diademed head to right within fillet border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ, Zeus Ouranios, nude, standing to left, holding star and sceptre; monogram of KA above ZH to outer left; ΔΣ (date) in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2324.1b; HGC 9, 1196e; DCA 266. 16.12gr, 30mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Nicely toned. Slightly double struck.
From a private collection, Europe.
