LOT 2650
Apulia, Arpi AE 20mm. Circa 3rd century BC.
Laureate head of Zeus to left; [ΔAI]OY before, [thunderbolt behind] / Boar running to right; spearhead above, APΠAN[ΩN] in exergue. HN Italy 642; SNG ANS 635-9; HGC 1, 534. Very Fine.(6.68gr, 20mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market before 2000.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem mint. Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between the horns / 'Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews' (in Paleo-Hebrew) within wreath. Cf. Hendin GBC 6, 6186; HGC 10, 641. 2.13gr, 15mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint 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; countermark 196 and 'lvv' in Lydian within rectangular incuse / Oblong incuse punch; uncertain countermarks. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.56gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine. Unpublished and apparently unique countermarked inscription in Lydian, bearing possibly a personal name.
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. -
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. AD 591-628.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings, frontal crescent and star-in-crescent; stars and legends flanking, ribbons on shoulders; all within double border with star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within triple border with star-in-crescents in margin. Göbl type II/3. 4.04gr, 32mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Attractively toned.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
