LOT 3667
Group of Four [4] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms. 5th century AD.
Various mints and dates. Condition as seen.(16.78gr total.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market circa 2015.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Various types. 44.61gr total.
Condition as seen.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Sidon. Ba'alsillem (Sakton) II AR Dishekel. Undated issue, struck circa 401-370 BC.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Phoenician galley to left; B (in Phoenician) above, waves below / Persian king and driver in chariot to left; to right, king of Sidon, in Egyptian style garments, holding cultic sceptre, walking to left. E&E-S Group IV.1.1; HGC 10, 236. 27.25gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. From a private collection, Switzerland; thence by descent. From a private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Group of Three [3] Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobols. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right / The nymph Histiaia seated to right on stern of galley, holding stylis; IΣTIAIEΩN around. HGC 4, 1525. 4.78gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
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