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LOT 2646
Kingdom of Macedon, Demetrios I Poliorketes AE 12mm. Struck circa 300-295 BC. Salamis mint.
Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet adorned with bull's horn / Prow of galley to right; BA above, monogram of MNOY below. Newell, Demetrius 20; SNG Alpha Bank 954-5; SNG Copenhagen 1194; Lindgren 1306; Tziambazis 25. Near Very Fine.(2.33gr, 12mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2646
Kingdom of Macedon, Demetrios I Poliorketes AE 12mm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Ionia, Miletos AR 1/48 Stater or Tetartemorion. Circa 525-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Forepart of lion to right, head turned back to left / Bird standing to left within incuse square. Klein 430; SNG Kayhan 940-3 (Mylasa); SNG Keckman I 926-7 (Myalasa); SNG Tübingen 3001. 0.21gr, 5mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Darios II AR Siglos. Circa 455-420 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV, Group A. 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 A. 5.45gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H-F?] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 4.16gr, 18mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
