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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Very Fine.
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Possibly type IIIb (early), style B. Lydo-Milesian standard.
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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, Groups A/B (pl. XII). 5.54gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Countermarked.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III Fourrée Drachm. 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint.
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Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / Zeus seated to left on throne, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; uncertain symbol or monogram in field. 2.63gr, 15mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
