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LOT 3305
Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Comprising: various types and issues. Condition as seen.(44.41gr total.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Attica, Athens AR Drachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Contemporary imitation.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig in upper left field, all within incuse square. For prototype, cf. Kroll 10 and HGC 4, 1631; for another similar example cf. CNG, e-374, 229. 2.93gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Test cut.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia, Achaemenid Empire. Time of Artaxerxes II to Darios III AR Obol(?) 4th century BC. Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor (Ionia or Caria?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Head of Satrap to right, wearing bashlyk / Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding spear and bow. Corfù pl. 4, 3; Sunrise 92 (Uncertain Cilicia). 0.59gr, 12mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 310-290 BC. Karrhai mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / [ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ Α]ΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in left field, crescent above monogram of MAZP; monogram of AYP in circle beneath throne. SC 41.3b; Price 3816; HGC 9, 10a. 16.80gr, 25mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
