LOT 3190
Asia Minor or Lydia, Uncertain Mint or King AR Hemiobol. Circa 5th century BC.
Head of roaring lion to right / 'buquru'(sic) in Lydian(?) around symbol; all within circular incuse. SNG Kayhan 746 var. (uncertain mint of Ionia or Karia; no inscription); Rosen 406 var. (same). Very Fine.(0.31gr, 7mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3190
Asia Minor or Lydia, Uncertain Mint or King AR Hemiobol.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Lydo-Milesian standard. 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. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.56gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermarks on both sides and uncertain legend on reverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Troas, Larissa-Ptolemais AE 21mm. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Bearded male head to right / ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙ, amphora; grain ear to right. BMC 1 (Larissa Phrikonis in Aeolis); Robert L., Études de numismatique grecque, pl. 4, 6-7. 8.67gr, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Bosporos, Thothorses BI Stater. Dated BE 588 (AD 291/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
BACIΛЄധC ⵙOⵙ[ധPCOV], diademed bust to right / Laurate bust to right, tamgha of Thothorses in right field, ΗΠΦ (date) below. RPC X Unassigned ID 85422; MacDonald 640/2 (ΦΠH). 7.89gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
