LOT 3104
Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 163 (150/49 BC). Laodikeia in Phoenicia (Berytos) mint. Phoenician standard.
Diademed and draped bust to right / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on palm frond; to left, ΓΞP (date) above monogram; trident to right. SC 1824.2; HGC 9, 881; DCA2 60. Near Very Fine.(12.52, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H?]-F in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.42gr, 18mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Syllaios(?), Usurper AE 12mm. Circa 9-6 BC. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Diademed head of Obodas II to right / Veiled head of queen to right. Cf. CN 74; cf. Al-Qatanani 63. 1.48gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Dichalkon. 246-222 BC. Kyrene mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, draped bust of Libya to right, wearing taenia; double cornucopiae beneath chin. CPE B483; Svoronos 857. 3.30gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
