LOT 3306
Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Comprising: various types and issues. Condition as seen.(44.84gr total.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Lydia, Sardes AE 16mm. Circa 133 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΣAPΔI-ANΩN, club; all within oak wreath; [above, monogram]. Cf. SNG Tübingen 3778-9. 4.13gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Sidon. Mazaios (Mazday), satrap of Eber Nari AR Sixteenth Shekel. 353-333 BC. Uncertain date.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Phoenician galley sailing to left; [date in Phoenician above], waves below / Persian king or hero, holding dagger, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on its hind legs; MZ (in Phoenician) between. HGC 10, 265. 0.70gr, 9mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 184 (129/8 BC). Tyre mint. Phoenician standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Diademed and draped bust to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗMΗΤΡΙΟΥ, eagle standing to left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder, to left, [I]EPA above club surmounted by Tyre monogram, to right, AΣY above ΔΠP (date), monogram between legs. SC 2195.2c; HGC 9, 1122; DCA2 170. 12.51gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Cleaned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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