LOT 3367
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 right, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar to left. van't Haaff, Persis, Type 571/574.1-1 var. (no monogram; Artaxerxes standing to left). Very Fine. Toned.(1.69gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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LOT 3367
Kingdom of Persis. Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) II AR Hemidrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Lydo-Milesian standard. 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 B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.51gr, 14mm.
Very Fine. Countermarks on reverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Sardes AE 18mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Head of Dionysos to right, wearing wreath of ivy / ΣAPΔIANΩN, forepart of lion to right, monogram of ΠΑΤΟ behind. GPRC Lydia 184; SNG von Aulock 8255. 3.40gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea, Caesarea Maritima AE 'Minim'. 1st-3rd centuries AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Turretted head of Tyche to right; three pellets before / Palm tree; three pellets(?) to left. Cf. Hamburger, “Minute Coins from Caesarea,” ‘Atiqot I (1955), 17-19 (different marks on obverse). 0.60gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
