LOT 3365
Kingdom of Persis. Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) II AR Hemidrachm. 2nd half of 1st century BC. Istakhr (Persepolis) mint.
Small bust to left, wearing short beard, diadem, and mural crown; monogram behind / Artaxerxes standing to left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar to left. van't Haaff, Persis, Type 571/574.1-1 var. (no monogram). Very Fine.(1.48gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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LOT 3365
Kingdom of Persis. Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) II AR Hemidrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Mysia, Parion Fourrée Hemidrachm. Circa 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bull standing to left, head reverted / Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue. Cf. SNG BnF 1368-70. 1.31gr, 12mm.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 26mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΔΑ in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1257-1262; HGC 3.2, 1428. 11.28gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
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Phokis, Elateia AE 14mm. 3rd-2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[ΕΛ] above filletted bull head facing / ΦΩΚ[ΕΩΝ], laureate head of Apollo to right. Cf. BCD Lokris 420. HGC 4, 1143. 3.31gr, 14mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
