LOT 2993
Sicily, Himera AE Hemilitron or Hexonkion. Circa 415-409 BC.
Head of nymph to left; six pellets (mark of value) to left / Six pellets (mark of value) within wreath. CNS 35; HGC 2, 479. Very Fine.(4.13gr, 20mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Nabataea, Rabbell II, with Shaqilat AE 16mm. AD 70-106. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Jugate busts to right of Rabbel II and Shaqilat / Inscription in two lines in Nabataean within filleted crossed double cornucopiae. 2.80gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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. 3.74gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat AE 20mm. Struck circa AD 88/9-106/6. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Jugate laureate and draped busts of Rabbel and Gamilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. CN 235; Meshorer, Nabataea 163. 3.94gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
