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LOT 2740
Indo-Scythians, Azes AR Drachm. Circa 58-12 BC.
Azes on horseback to right, holding whip; Kharosthi letter before / Zeus standing to left, holding Nike and sceptre; monogram to left; Kharosthi letter(?) to right. HGC 12, 655. Good Fine.(1.88gr, 14mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484. AW (Ahwaz) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Bust to right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Göbl III/1; Alram 885. 3.85gr, 26mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos, as Strategos of Asia AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 36 of 'Ozmilk (314/3 BC). Tyre mint. In the name and types of Alexander III. Struck under Menes.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝ[ΔΡΟΥ], Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; -|O (Phoenician 'K [= 'Ozmilk]) and ||| ||| – = (date [36 in Phoenician]) in left field. Price 3292 (Ake); DCA2 938. 15.35gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Corroded.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kushano-Sasanians, Ohrmazd (Hormizd) I AE Drachm. Circa AD 265-295. Bactrian mint, probably Balkh.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Draped bust to right, wearing crown with decorated korymbos and lion's head; before head, 'Hormizd King' in Pahlawi / 'Exalted God' in Bactrian Shiva standing facing and holding trident in left hand; behind him, the bull Nandi standing to left. ANS Kushan, 2219. 2.06gr, 17mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
