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LOT 3262
Kingdom of Axum, Anonymous AE Unit. Circa AD 359/60-450.
Draped bust to right, wearing head-cloth / ΤΟΥΤΟ APECH TH XWPA, cross within linear border. Cf. Hahn & West 146; cf. Hahn & Keck, MAKS, 39. Near Very Fine.(0.65gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Macedon, Amphipolis AE 21mm. Circa 148-32/1 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Laureate head of Apollo to right, bow and quiver over shoulder / ΑΜΦΙΠΟ-ΛΙΤΩΝ, bull butting to right. SNG ANS 113. 7.74gr, 21mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
Greek King of Baktria, Demetrios I AR Tetradrachm. 200-185 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Baktra, diademed and draped bust of Demetrios I to right, wearing elephant skin headdress / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY, youthful Herakles, nude, standing facing, crowning himself with a wreath with his right hand and holding club and lion skin his left; in inner left field, monogram. MIG 103e; HGC 12, 63. 15.06gr, 32mm, 12h.
Very FIne. Chipped.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
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): £72
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. 5.57gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
