LOT 2651
Sicily, Messana. The Mamertinoi AE 26mm. Circa 275-264 BC.
Laureate head of Ares to right; uncertain symbol behind, Α[ΡΕΟΣ] before / Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, wings spread; MΑΜΕΡ-[ΤΙΝΩΝ] around. Cf. CNS 2; HGC 2, 870. Near Very Fine.(17.93gr, 26mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx property of a UK gallery, early 2000s.
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Seleukis and Pieria, Chalkis ad Libanum AE 16mm. Circa 85-40 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Ptolemaios, tetrarch. Dated SE 240 (73/2 BC). Bust of Artemis to right, bow and quiver at shoulder / Nike standing to left, holding wreath and palm frond; L MΣ (date) downward to left. Sofaer 3-7; Herman 2; HGC 9, 1442; DCA 468. 4.78gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 16mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Petra mint. Undated, but attributed to years AD 26-48. Aretas, in military attire, standing facing, head to left, holding spear and sword; ligate letters in Aramaic to top right, palm frond to left / Shaqilat, veiled, standing to left, raising hand; 'Shaqilat' in two lines in Aramaic to right, wreath to left. CN 187c. 2.58gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. 37-43 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). BACIΛЄധC AΓPIΠA, canopy / Three ears of corn; L [Ϛ] (date) across fields. RPC I 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 3.35gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
