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LOT 2743
Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th - 4th century BC.
Various types. Fine to Very Fine.(44.85gr total.). [8]
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor AR Didrachm. Second sole reign, 163-145 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Uncertain mint in Cyprus. Dated year 101 of an uncertain era (162/1 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, aegis around neck / [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ [ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ], eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; PA (date) between legs. Svoronos 1209; Olivier 2998-3007 (obv. die D2); SNG Copenhagen 550 (same obv. die); DCA 76. 6.19gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 560, 17 April 2024, lot 289. -
Skythia, Olbia Cast AE Dolphin. Circa 500-450/25 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Dolphin / Dolphin. SNG Stancomb 334-337; SNG BM Black Sea 359-367. 1.71gr, 30mm x 10mm.
Good Very Fine.
From a private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. From Westminster collection, central London, UK.
The method of casting this unique type of coin was adopted by the Gallic Celts who originally came from this region. Dolphins were generally struck in the form of a "tree" attached to the tail, although some examples appear to have been cast individually. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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 / Oblong incuse punch; countermark: 118. Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 7; Sunrise -. 5.38gr, 20mm.
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.
