LOT 2944
Pisidia, Selge 12mm. Circa 200-1 BC.
Laureate head of Herakles to right, club over shoulder / Thunderbolt; bow to right, Σ-Ε-Λ across fields. SNG BnF 1979; SNG von Aulock 5288; SNG Copenhagen 263; Lindgren 1353. Very Fine.(2.43gr, 12mm, 5h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired at an UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, collector;
Collector's ticket included.
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Crete, Knossos AE 28mm. Circa 40-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Pseudo-autonomous issue, struck during the Roman Republic. Kydas, cretarch. Laureate head of Zeus to right; B beneath neck, thunderbolt beneath chin / Eagle standing to right with open wings; KYΔAΣ in three lines across field. RPC I 934; Svoronos, Numismatique 147-8; SNG Copenhagen 388. 15.83gr, 28mm, 12h
Near Very Fine. Edge split.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 562, 15 May 2024, lot 329 (dealer's ticket included); From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat, AE 18mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Petra mint. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; letter(?) before / Crossed cornucopiae; legend between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114; cf. SNG ANS 1438-43; cf. Sofaer 67-9. 3.88gr, 18mm, 12h
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat, AR Drachm. AD 70/1-105/6.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Petra mint; uncertain regnal year. Laureate head of Rabbel to right; Aramaic legend and date around / Veiled and draped bust of Gamilat to right; Aramaic legend around. Cf. CN 226-234; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 149-154. 3.37gr, 15mm, 11h
Good Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
