LOT 2634
Islands off Thrace, Thasos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 168/7-148 BC.
Head of youthful Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath, and with his hair partially knotted at the back and partially falling down the back of his neck / ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ, Herakles, nude but for laurel wreath and lion's skin over his left shoulder, standing to left, holding club with his right hand, M to inner left. Le Rider, Thasiennes 51; SNG Copenhagen 1039; BMC 72; HGC 6, 359. Very Fine.(16.76gr, 31mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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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. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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. 5.50gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Countermarks on reverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484. AW (Ahwaz) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Bust to right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Göbl III/1; Alram 885. 3.85gr, 26mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos III AE 13mm. 198 BC or later. Uncertain Mint 61, in Southern Coele Syria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Laureate head of Apollo to right / [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, horse trotting to right. SC 1094; CSE 438-9; HGC 9, 526. 3.02gr, 13mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Very rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
