LOT 3369
Kingdom of Persis. Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) IV AR Hemidrachm. Late 2nd century BC.
Diademed bust to left, wearing korymbos; [symbol?] to right / Crowned and diademed head to left. Cf. Alram 652 (triple pellets). Very Fine.(0.91gr, 15mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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LOT 3369
Kingdom of Persis. Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) IV AR Hemidrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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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): £65
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. 5.56gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermarks on both sides and uncertain legend on reverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 19mm. 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. 4.91gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Islands off Cilicia, Elaioussa Sebaste AE 21mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Zeus to right; E behind / EΛAIOYΣΣΙΩN, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm frond; ΔIO to left. Ziegler 559-68 var. (controls); SNG BN 1131; SNG Levante 823. 6.53gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
