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LOT 2741
Indo-Scythians, Azes AR Drachm. Circa 58-12 BC.
Azes on horseback to right, wearing cataphractus and holding whip aloft; Karosthi letter before horse / Zeus Nikephoros standing to left, holding transverse sceptre; monogram to left, Karoshthi letter to right. Cf. Senior 105.500D; HGC 12, 655. Good Very Fine.(2.00gr, 15mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceEx Lockdales.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Indo-Scythians, Azes AR Drachm. Circa 58-12 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Azes on horseback to right, wearing cataphractus and holding whip aloft; Karosthi letter before horse / Zeus Nikephoros standing to left, holding transverse sceptre; monogram to left, Karoshthi letter to right. Cf. Senior 105.500D; HGC 12, 655. 2.00gr, 15mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Lockdales. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) 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 dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.44gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Countermark and bankers' marks on obverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Persis. Darev (Darios) II AR Hemidrachm. 1st century BC. Istakhr (Persepolis) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Diademed bust to left, wearing tiara with ear flap and decorated with crescent / King standing to left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar. van't Haaff, Persis Type 565.2-2. 2.05gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
