LOT 3235
Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AE 18mm. Circa 152-145 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Head of Alexander I to right, wearing lion skin headdress / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY, Apollo standing facing, head to left, holding arrow and grounded bow; trident to outer left, monogram in exergue. Cf. SC 1795.3; HGC 9, 901. Near Very Fine.(5.08gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 13mm. Struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Aretas in military dress, standing to left, holding spear and scabbard; palm branch to left, het in Nabataean in upper right field / Shaqilat, veiled and wearing Isis-headdress, standing to left, raising hand, wreath in left field, 'Shuqailat' in Nabataean in three lines in right field. Meshorer, Nabataea 97; CN Type 187d. 2.07gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Mysia, Adramyteion as Agathokleia AE 16mm. Circa 287-282 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £27
Diademed male head to right / ΑΓΑΘΟ, owl standing to right, head facing; uncertain countermark. CN Online 50369; Stancomb, Agathopolis: A mint on the Black Sea Coast, 2-3; Tekin, Agathocles and Adramyteum, 36. 3.68gr, 16mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Rarely counterarked issue of Adramyteion as Agathokleia.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Four [4] Nabataean AR Sela'-Drachms. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Various types. 15.51gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
