LOT 3671
Group of Four [4] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms. 5th-6th century AD.
Various mints and dates. Condition as seen.(15.13gr total.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market circa 2015.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Ionia, Ephesos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 150-140 BC. Cistophoric standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Basket (cista mystica), with half-open lid, from which snake coils, around, ivy wreath with fruits / Two snakes coiled around a bow case ornamented with aplustre, and containing a strung bow; to left, bee above ΕΦΕ; to right, serpent coiled around altar. Kleiner & Noe Series 28; Pinder 22; SNG von Aulock 7837. 12.62gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Two hoplites, holding shields, on galley to left, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp to left / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. E&E-B Group IV.4.2 ('Aynel); cf. HGC 10, 139 (same). 0.75gr, 10mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Spain. Bolskan (Osca) AR Denarius. 100-72 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
BoN (in Iberian) behind bearded male head to right, wearing pearl necklace / BoLSCaN (in Iberian) beneath horseman with couched lance galloping to right. ACIP 1423; CNH 212/13; MIB 79/11c; SNG BM Spain 710-33; Vives 43/2. 3.15gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Area of delamination on reverse.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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