LOT 3029
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Contemporary imitation(?)
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Cf. HGC 4, 1597. Good Fine.(15.44gr, 24mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3029
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Kushan Rulers of Baktria, Wima Takto, Soter Megas CU Drachm Imitating Heliokles Type. AD 90-113.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed and draped bust right / Corrupt inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΟΥΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ, horse standing left with foreleg raised. SNG ANS 670-680; HGC 4, 177; MIG 507. 3.79gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Phoenicia, Tyre AR Half Shekel. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Melkart to right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing to left on prow, palm frond in background. Cf. HGC 10, 358. 5.88gr, 19mm, 2h.
Good 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. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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. 5.54gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
