LOT 3789
Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Various types. Fine to Very Fine.(44.51gr total.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Time of Ptolemy VIII to Kleopatra III & Ptolemy X AR Drachm. Circa 117/6-107/6 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Paphos mint. Draped bust of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath; thyrsus over shoulder / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt. Svoronos 1794; Olivier 2652ß65; SNG Copenhagen 639 & Supp. 1321-3. 3.22gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 515, 4 May 2022, lot 292. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 41, 19 March 1997, lot 1025 (as Ptolemy V). -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint; struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Laureate head to right; [Aramaic letter ḥēth to right?] / 'Aretas' in Aramaic within wreath. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 115; cf. CN 189. 2.01gr, 14mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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; countermarks: cf. 169 and 48. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.49gr, 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.
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