LOT 3370
Kingdom of Persis. Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) II AR Hemidrachm. 1st century BC.
Diademed bust to left, wearing mural crown / Ardaxšir (Artaxerxes) II standing to right, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar. K&M 4/13 var. (king sacrificing to left); Alram 578. Good Very Fine. Toned.(0.58gr, 11mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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LOT 3370
Kingdom of Persis. Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) II AR Hemidrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Islands off Ionia, Chios AE 13mm. 84-30 BC. ΑΡΙΣΤΟΚΛΗΣ (Aristokles), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Sphinx seated to right; raised foreleg on prow / Pointed amphora, ΑΡΙΣΤΟ-ΚΛΗΣ to right, XIOΣ to left. SNG Copenhagen 1631. 1.93gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 25mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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. 10.13gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Macedon, District of Bottiaia. Coinage in the name of the Botteatans(?) AE 18mm. Circa 168-148 BC. Pella mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet / Ox grazing to right. Cf. AMNG III.1 131. 7.16gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
