![Group of Eight [8] AE Ancient Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/224337b.jpg "Group of Eight [8] AE Ancient Coins.")
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LOT 2735
Group of Eight [8] AE Ancient Coins. 3rd-1st century BC.
Various rulers and cities. Fine to Very Fine.(39.30gr total.). [8]
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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![Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/223545-s.jpg)
Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th - 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Various types. 44.85gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Apollonis AE 15mm. Circa 200-1 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / AΠOΛΛΩ-NIΔEΩN, winged thunderbolt. GRPC Lydia 3; SNG Copenhagen 17; BMC 4; SNG München 33. 4.17gr, 15mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left; unlisted countermark on rim / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 26. 5.40gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii.
