LOT 4258
Khwarazmia, King Kanik CU Drachm. Early 8th century AD.
Crowned bust right / King on horseback to right, holding a whip. MIG 4, Choresmia type 500. Very Fine. Chipped.(5.18gr, 28mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 19mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H]-F in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 4.09gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE 25mm. Time of Timoleon and the Third Democracy, circa 343-317 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios to right; ZE[ΥΣ ΕΛΕY]ΘΕPΙΟΣ around / Upright thunderbolt, eagle standing to right; ΣYPA[KOΣIΩN] around. CNS II, 72; SNG ANS 477-88; HGC 2, 1440. 16.44gr, 25mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine.
From an English private collection, 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.58gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
