LOT 2648
Calabria, Tarentum AR Hemiobol. Circa 325-280 BC.
Two crescents back-to-back; pellet above and below, T to left / Two crescents back-to-back; pellet and Π above, pellet below. Vlasto -; HN Italy -; HGC 1, -; unpublished with the combination of these letters. Extremely Fine. Variant not found in the major references.(0.26gr, 7mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceSwiss private collection, acquired in 1992.
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Cilicia, Tarsos AR Obol. 384-361/0 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Tarkumuwa (Datames), satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia. Diademed female head (Aphrodite?) to right / Helmetted male head (Ares?) to right; 'trkmw' in Aramaic before. Casabonne Series 1, pl. 3, 22; Göktürk 25; Mildenberg, Kleingeld 18; SNG BnF 278-81. 0.63gr, 10mm, 4h.
Near Extremely 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): £46
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; uncertain countermark / Oblong incuse punch; countermark: 30. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.49gr, 14mm.
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. -
Ionia, Uncertain Mint El 1/24 of Stater or Myshemihekte. Circa 600-550 BC.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £225
Head of bridled horse to left / Rough incuse square. Rosen 288; SNG Kayhan 717; Weidauer 145. 0.59gr, 6mm.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, 1990s.
