LOT 2965
Cyprus, Amathos AR Obol. Rhoikos, circa 350 BC.
Head of lion to right / Forepart of lion to right, head facing. Tziambazis -; Amandry, Amathonte 133 B, pl. 20; Zapiti & Michaelidou 20; SNG Copenhagen 4. Very Fine.(0.44gr, 10mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceEx Spink, 1970s.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484. Unclear mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Bust to right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Cf. SNS type IIIb/1e. 2.96gr, 26mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Phrygia, Apameia AE 23mm. Circa 88-40 BC. ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΥΣ (Antiphon, son of Menekles), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / AΠAME[ΩN], eagle, with star above, alighting on base of maeander pattern flanked by caps of the Dioscuri; ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕ[ΟΥΣ] below. SNG Copenhagen 164; HGC 7, 670. 10.10gr, 23mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Possibly type IIIb (early), style B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Lydo-Milesian standard. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Cf. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B (pl. XII). 5.57gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermarked on both sides.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
