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LOT 2745
Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Various types. Fine to Very Fine.(44.96gr total.). [8]
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, 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): £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; countermarks: 118 & 7 / Oblong incuse punch; countermarks: 41 & 48(?). Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 11; Sunrise -. 5.50gr, 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. -
South Arabia. Himyar, Dhamar'ali Yuhabirr AR Fraction. Late 1st century BC-early 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Raidan mint. Head of male with curly hair to right / Bearded head of male to right; inscription in South Arabian in fields and below. CAF 3.14iii and 3.21iii; Huth 401-3. 0.36gr, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Tralleis AE 20mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Uncertain magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus to right / Illegible inscription, eagle standing to right on thunderbolt, wings spread. Cf. GRPC 23 (ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ). 4.13gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
