LOT 3236
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AE 11mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Head of Nymphe to right / Rose. HGC 6, 1479. Near Very Fine.(1.22gr, 11mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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Caria, Amyzon AE 18mm. 2nd-3rd centuries AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
AMYZO-NЄധN, female African head to right wearing braids / Laureate male head to right; c/m: large B (denominational mark). RPC IV.2 Online 11847; Robert, Amyzon 20. 2.85gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare type; only five specimens cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Indo-Greek Kingdom, Menander I Soter AR Drachm. Circa 166/155-130 BC. Taxila mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ, diademed bust to right, with aegis on shoulder, holding spear / 'Maharajasa tratarasa Menamdrasa' in Kharosthi characters around Athena Alkidemos standing to left, hurling thunderbolt and holding aegis; in right field, monogram. Bopearachchi series 7, 26; Mitchiner 224e; SNG ANS 723. 1.88gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
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): £72
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. 5.47gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
