LOT 2924
Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AE 15mm. Circa 250-200 BC.
Wreathed head of Pan to left / ΠΑΝ beneath bow and arrow. MacDonald 118; HGC 7, 124. Good Very Fine.(2.67gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes 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; unlisted countermark / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.55gr, 16mm.
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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Mysia, Pergamon AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. 166-67 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Struck circa 123-95 BC. Group 2. Basket (cista mystica), with half-open lid, from which snake coils, around, ivy wreath with fruits / Two snakes coiled around a bow case ornamented with aplustre, and containing a strung bow, between the snake heads, MIH monogram, civic monogram of ΠΕΡ to left, serpent-entwined staff to right. Kleiner, Hoard 184 = ANS 1944.100.37470; Pinder 103. 12.59gr, 26mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Very rare variant.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Cyprus. Soloi. Pasikrates (Stasikrates) AR Tetradrachm. Circa 330s-310s BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Struck circa 325/3-319/8 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; prow in left field. Zapiti & Michaelidou 24; Price 3094 (Amathos). 16.55gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection of a North London lady before 2000. Property of a London gentleman.
