LOT 3377
Kingdom of Persis. Darev (Darios) II AR Hemidrachm. 1st century BC.
Diademed bust to left, wearing tiara with ear flap and decorated with crescent / King standing to left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar. K&M 4/5; Tyler-Smith, Parcel 9-12; Alram 565. Near Very Fine.(1.85gr, 15mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Thrace, Mesambria AE 21mm. Circa 175-115 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed female head to right / Athena Promachos to left, between MEΣAM-BPIANΩΝ downward to each side, helmet in inner left field. SNG Stancomb 236; SNG BM Black Sea 284-6; HGC 3.2, 1573. 6.48gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Struck circa 318-315 BC. Sardes mint. In the name and types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; M or monogram of MI within circle in left field, monogram of HA beneath throne. Price 2687 var. (monogram beneath throne); ADM Series XX, 404 corr. (same); SNG Alpha Bank 647-8. 4.17gr, 17mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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): £59
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. 5.58gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermark on reverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
