LOT 2618
Cyclades, Naxos AE 16mm. Circa 400-300 BC.
Bearded head of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath / N-A Ξ-I, kantharos; above, grape bunch. Joy 545; Nicolet-Pierre, Naxos II pl. III, 1-9; HGC 6, 636. Near Very Fine.(3.74gr, 16mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Cyclades, Naxos AE 16mm. Circa 400-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Bearded head of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath / N-A Ξ-I, kantharos; above, grape bunch. Joy 545; Nicolet-Pierre, Naxos II pl. III, 1-9; HGC 6, 636. 3.74gr, 16mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AE 21mm. Circa 30-9 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Petra mint. Dated RY 7(?) (24/3 BC). Jugate diademed and draped busts to right / Eagle with closed wings standing to left; legend in Aramaic around; [O(?)]-Π in fields. Cf. CN 41; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 27 (Obodas III). 7.09gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman; Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 533, 22 February 2023, lot 262. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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 / Oblong incuse punch with uncertain design (scarab?); countermarks: 48? (rim) and unlisted. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17; for another example with similar reverse design cf. Leu Numismatik, Web 31, 704. 5.42gr, 15mm.
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.
