LOT 2636
Caria, Iasos AE 17mm. Circa 250-190 BC.
ΜΕΝΕΚΛΗΣ (Menekles), magistrate. Group C. Apollo Delphinios standing to left, holding bow and arrow, dolphin at feet; illegible inscription to right / MENE[ΚΛΗΣ], Artemis advancing to right, drawing arrow from quiver, to right [IA]; all within laurel wreath. Cf. Ashton, The Pre-Imperial Coinage of Iasos p.72, 2-3, pl.14, 216-7. Near Very Fine. Very rare.(3.45gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Group of Two [2] AE Coins of the Ptolemaic Kindgom of Egypt. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Time of Ptolemy IX to Ptolemy XII. 17.67gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darios II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle). 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 with uncertain designs in the middle and corner; countermark: similar to 87 & 88 (unlisted). Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 10; Sunrise -. 5.59gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine. Very rare with this incuse punch.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Group of Twenty-Three [23] Ancient AE Coins. Circa 2nd century BC-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Various types. 139gr total.
Near Fine to Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
