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LOT 2666
Dynasts of Lykia. Uncertain dynast AR Third Stater or Tetrobol. 5th century BC.
Forepart of goat or horse to left / Triskeles within incuse square. Traité -; Müseler -; Vismara -. Good Fine. Apparently unpublished.(2.87gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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LOT 2666
Dynasts of Lykia. Uncertain dynast AR Third Stater or Tetrobol.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
'Yehonatan the King' in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ [ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ], upright anchor. Hendin 6189; Meshorer Group K; HGC 10, 637. 2.45gr, 15mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ilyria, Dyrrhachion AR Drachm. Circa 3rd-1st century BC. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Cow standing to right, looking back at suckling calf standing to left below; blundered legend above, ornament behind / Double stellate pattern in double linear square; blundered legend around. For prototype cf. HGC 3, 40. 2.90gr, 17mm, 9h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Sasanian Kingdom. Husrav (Khosrau) I AR Drachm. Dated RY 26 (AD 556). AW (Ohrmazd-Ardaxšir [Ahwāz]) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Bust to right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, korymbos set on crescent; behind head, 'may he increase' in Pahlawi, before head, 'Khosrau' in Pahlawi; crescent on right shoulder, stars flanking crown, ribbon over each shoulder; all within single border with crescents in margin. Countermark: crowned head to right within circular incuse / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; to left, date, to right, mint in Pahlawi; star and crescent flanking flames. SSCT -; SC Tehran -. 3.97gr, 31mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Very well-struck countermark. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
