LOT 3028
India, Post-Mauryan (Deccan). Satavahanas (Andhras), Sri Satakarni BI Karshapana. Circa 70-60 BC.
Elephant with raised trunk standing to right; legend in Brahmi above / Satavahana symbol. AICR 675; MACW 4941-52. Very Fine.(2.13gr, 19mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
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LOT 3028
India, Post-Mauryan (Deccan). Satavahanas (Andhras), Sri Satakarni BI Karshapana.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left; countermarks: 50, 96 and uncertain / Oblong incuse punch; countermarks: 116 and uncertain (cf. 195 & 46). Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 19. 5.48gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii. -
Illyria, Apollonia AR Drachm. Circa 80/70-48 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΡΙΣΤΩΝ (Ariston) and ΛΥΣΗΝΟΣ (Lysenos), magistrates. Cow standing to left, head reverted, suckling calf; APIΣTΩN above; monogram of AP in exergue / Double stellate pattern in double linear quadrangle; AΠOΛ ΛΥ-ΣΗ-ΝΟΣ around. Ceka 27; Maier 63; P&G 66. 3.24gr, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Minor Asia & Levant PB Tessera. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Anchor in the form of club / Wreath containing uncertain inscription. 3.00gr, 14mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
