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LOT 3674
Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Various types. Condition as seen.(44.81gr total.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3674
Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire.
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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Phoenicia, Sidon. Ba'alsillem (Sakton) II AR Dishekel. Undated issue, struck circa 401-370 BC.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Phoenician galley to left; B (in Phoenician) above, waves below / Persian king and driver in chariot to left; to right, king of Sidon, in Egyptian style garments, holding cultic sceptre, walking to left. E&E-S Group IV.1.1; HGC 10, 236. 27.25gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. From a private collection, Switzerland; thence by descent. From a private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Tetradrachm. Struck under Antipater, circa 325-323/2 BC. Amphipolis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, legs spread, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; to left, cock standing to left. Price 79; Troxell, Studies, Issue E3. 16.25gr, 28mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. 3rd-2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Wreathed head of the Nymph Histiaia right / IΣTIAIEΩN, nymph seated right on stern of galley; thunderbolt on prow; ΔI below. BCD Euboia -; SNG Copenhagen 533; HGC 4, 1524. 1.84gr, 15mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From a 1990s English collection.
