LOT 3312
Indo-Skythians, Maues AR Tetradrachm. Circa 95-57 BC. Taxila mint.
BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY MAYOY, Zeus standing to left, holding long sceptre / 'Rajadirajasa mahatasa Moasa' in Kharosthi, Nike standing to left, holding wreath and palm over shoulder; monogram to right. Mitchiner 699a; HGC 12, 524. Good Very Fine. Bend with hairline crack.(9.49gr, 29mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3312
Indo-Skythians, Maues AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Cyclades, Paros AE Dichalkon. Late 3rd-mid 2nd century BC.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
Wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΠAPI, goat standing to right; in right field, grain ear(?). Cf. HGC 6, 670. 4.09gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare, apparently unpublished with this control.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Bithynia, Kios AR Half Siglos or Hemidrachm. Circa 345-315 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ (Demetrios), magistrate. Persic standard. Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΔΗΜΗ-ΤΡΙΟΣ, prow of galley to left. RG 3; HGC 7, 553. 2.39gr, 14mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Possibly type IV (middle) B. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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. 5.58gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
