LOT 3174
Ionia, Kolophon AR Tetartemorion. Circa 530/25-500 BC.
Persic standard. Archaic head of Apollo to right / Quadripartite incuse square. SNG Kayhan 352. Extremely Fine. Amazing details preserved for such a tiny fraction.(0.18gr, 5mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Lydo-Milesian standard. 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; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.54gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermarks on both sides.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Thyessos AE 16mm. Circa 4th Century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Zeus Ammon to left / Eight-rayed star, Θ-Y above. GRPC Lydia 3; BMC 3 (Troas, Thymbra); SNG von Aulock 1584 (same). 4.06gr, 16mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
For the reattribution of this coinage from Thymbra in Troas to Thyessos in Lydia, see D. S. Lenger, "Thyessos in Lydia, not Thymbra in the Troad" in D. Boteva, ed., Ex nummis lux: Studies in Ancient Numismatics in Honor of Dimitar Draganov (Sofia, 2017). -
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Tetartemorion. Circa 510-490 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Archaic style female(?) head to left, wearing tainia / Helmetted head of Athena to left within incuse square. Cf. SNG Arikantürk 3, 613. 0.15gr, 6mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
