LOT 2726
Cilicia, Tarsos AR Obol. 384-361/0 BC.
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. Near Extremely Fine.(0.63gr, 10mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2726
Cilicia, Tarsos AR Obol.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
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Group of Two [2] Greek AR Coins. 1st century BC.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Various types. 9.33gr total.
Condition as seen.
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 / Oblong incuse punch; countermarks: 116 & unlisted. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 26. 5.51gr, 16mm.
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. -
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Judaea, Uncertain Ruler AE Prutah. 1st century BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Jerusalem mint. Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between the horns / Legend in Paleo-Hebrew within wreath. 2.02gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
