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LOT 3682
Group of Four [4] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms. 5th-6th century AD.
Various mints and dates. Condition as seen.(15.11gr total.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market circa 2015.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3682
Group of Four [4] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 26mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Wreathed and veiled head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑNT ΚΑΛΧΑΔ, Poseidon seated to right, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left. Schönert-Geiss 1276-82; HGC 3.2, 1428. 9.54gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. Dated RY 36 (AD 627). AHM (Hamadan) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings, frontal crescent and star-in-crescent; stars and legends flanking, ribbon on shoulders; all within double border with star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within triple border, with star-in-crescents in margin. SC Tehran 1594-1605; Göbl II/3. 4.08gr, 33mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
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. -
Sasanian Kingdom. Ardaxsir (Ardashir) I AE 29mm. Circa AD 233/4-238/9. Mint C (Ctesiphon"). Phase 3.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Bust to right, wearing diadem (type G) and mural crown / Fire altar (flames 2) with diadems (type G). SNS type V(4a)/3a(2b) and pl. 13, A35; Sunrise 724; CNG E-446, lot 191. 17.42gr, 29mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
