LOT 2705
Ionia, Uncertain Mint EL 1/48 Stater. Circa 600-550 BC.
Crab(?) / Incuse square with irregular lines within. Weidauer -; Elektron -; cf. Rosen 81 and 346-7 (1/6 and 1/96); cf. Traité I 114 = BMC 26 (1/96); SNG Kayhan -; SNG von Aulock -; Weber -. For another similar specimen cf. TimeLine Auctions 160, 2935. Near Very Fine.(0.37gr, 5mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired in London in 2011.
Private collection, Switzerland.
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. 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; uncertain countermark / Oblong incuse punch; countermark: 30. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.49gr, 14mm.
Near Very 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. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Phasael AE 14mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Petra mint; struck circa 5/4 BC. Laureate head to right / Double cornucopiae to right; palm frond to left, ḥēth in Aramaic above; 'Phaṣa' in Aramaic to lower right. CN 116a; Meshorer, Nabataea 61A. 2.14gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Philistia (Palestine), Uncertain Mint AR Drachm. Mid 5th century-333 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Imitating Athens. Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring and Attic helmet adorned with olive leaves and pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry in upper left field, all within shallow incuse square. Gitler & Tal IX.1D. 4.18gr, 12mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
