LOT 3095
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AE 11mm. 281-261 BC.
Europos (Dura), Macedonian shield anchor in central boss / BAΣI... - ANTI..., elephant walking right; monogram above. SC
366; HGC 9, 197. Very Fine. Very Rare.(1.29gr, 11mm, 12h.).
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AR Sela'-Drachm. Dated RY 33(?) (AD 24/5). Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Long-haired, moustached, laureate and draped bust of Aretas IV to right; inscription in Nabataean around / Jugate draped busts to right of Aretas IV, and Shaqilat; inscription in Nabataean containing date around. Cf. Barkay 172-173. 4.13gr, 15mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kings of Parthia, Phraates IV Fourrée Tetradrachm. Circa 38/7-2 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Uncertain date.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Diademed and draped bust to left / BAΣIΛEΩC BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ, Phraates seated to right on throne, receiving palm from Tyche standing to right, holding cornucopia; uncertain date in exergue. Cf. Sellwood 51.43; cf. Callataÿ, Tétradrachmes 224. 11.73gr, 28mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea, Uncertain Ruler AE Prutah. 1st century BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Legend in Paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between the horns. 2.36gr, 15mm, 2h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
