LOT 3297
Group of Seven [7] Phoenicia, Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Various types. Condition as seen.(5.88gr total.). [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980-1985.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos AR Tetradrachm. 261-246 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Diademed head of Antiochos I to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ [A]NT-IOXOY, Apollo Delphios, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, wearing laurel wreath and seated on omphalos to left, testing arrow with his right hand and resting his left on a bow leaning against the omphalos behind him; monogram of MATP to outer left and monogram of HPAE to outer right. SC 587.4c; ESM 190; HGC 9, 236g. 16.04gr, 27mm, 8h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Southern Sogdiana Tribal Rulers, AR Obol. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Diademed and bearded Parthian style bust of a king to left; around, traces of legend ('Kydr' (?) = Kidara in Sogdian) / Archer standing facing, head to right, holding bow in his left hand; all within circular incuse. HGC 12, 512; MIG 656 and 661. 0.33gr, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (early), style B. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B (pl. XII). 5.45gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Banker's mark.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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