LOT 3025
Indo-Scythians, Azes AR Drachm. Circa 58-12 BC.
BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY AZOY, king on horseback riding to right, 'Ti' in Karosthi before horse / Pallas Athena standing to right holding spear and shield, right arm extended in benediction, monogram to left and right. HGC 12, 653. Near Very Fine.(2.49gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx A.G. & S.Gillis, South Yorkshire, UK.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Indo-Scythians, Azes AR Tetradrachm. Circa 58-12 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΖΟΥ, king on horseback to right, holding whip; letter in Kharosthi before / Athena standing to right, holding spear and shield in left hand and raising right; monogram to left, Γ(retrograde) and monogram to right. Senior 98.324T. 8.95gr, 24mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). 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; countermark: unlisted (cf. 42). Carradice Type IIIb. 5.49gr, 15mm.
Good 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, Dyrrhachion AR Drachm. Circa 250-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ΜΕΝΙΣΚΟΣ (Meniskos) and ΑΡΧΙΠΠΟΣ (Archippos), magistrates. Cow standing to right, head reverted, suckling calf; MENIΣKO[Σ] above, rudder in exergue / Double stellate pattern in double linear quadrangle; ΔYP AP-[XIΠ-ΠOY] around. Ceka 318; Maier 144; HGC 3, 40. 3.15gr, 18mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
