LOT 3669
Group of Five [5] Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE Coins. 300-200 BC.
Various types. Condition as seen.(51.98gr total.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3669
Group of Five [5] Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE Coins.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484. ART (Ardaxšir-Xvarrah) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Bust to right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Cf. SNS type IIIb/1c. 4.05gr, 26mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea. Obodas II, with Hagaru I AR Sela'-Drachm. Circa 30-9 BC. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Jugate diademed and draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru to right; Nabataean Ḥ to left / Diademed head of Obodas to right; Nabataean Ḥ to inner left, inscription in Nabataean around. Cf. Al-Qatanani 42 t9; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea, Sup. 3. 4.60gr, 16mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Possibly type IIIb (early), style B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Lydo-Milesian standard. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Cf. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B (pl. XII). 5.57gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermarked on both sides.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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