LOT 3391
Baktria, Uncertain Mint AR Diobol. Circa 4th century BC.
Forepart of boar to right, monogram or symbol below / Head of roaring lion to right. Cf. CNG 87, 604; cf. CNG E-243, 153; cf. CNG E-225, 159; otherwise unpublished. Very Fine. Extremely rare.(1.09gr, 10mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 57, 30 May 2019, lot 575.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Kingdom of Persis. Pakor II AR Obol. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Diademed bust to left / Diademed bust to left. Cf. Van't Haaff, Persis, Type 590. 0.57gr, 8mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Hemiobol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Forepart of boar to left with short mane and dotted truncation; to right, tunny fish / Head of roaring lion to left with bristling mane, outstretched tongue, and dotted truncation, in upper left field, star with four rays; all within incuse square. Von Fritze II 14; SNG Arikantürk 446-447; SNG BnF 275. 0.33gr, 9mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AE 19mm. Dated SE 177 (136/5 BC). Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Winged bust of Eros to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY to right, ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ to left, Isis headdress resting on two grain ears and inverted crescent; monogram above Φ to outer left, ZOP (date) to inner left, crescent beneath main type. SC 2067.12; HGC 9, 1087. 5.43gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
