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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LOT 3377
Kingdom of Persis. Darev (Darios) II AR Hemidrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Ionia, Kolophon AR Tetartemorion. Circa 530/25-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Persic standard. Archaic head of Apollo to right / Quadripartite incuse square. SNG Kayhan 352. 0.18gr, 5mm.
Extremely Fine. Amazing details preserved for such a tiny fraction.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Diobol-80 Drachmai. Circa 51-30 BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Diademed and draped bust to right / BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ [KΛEOΠATΡAΣ], eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π (mark of value) to right. Svoronos 1871; SNG Copenhagen 419-21. 12.42gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Heavily tooled and smoothed.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AE 25mm. Circa 300-281 BC. Quasi-autonomous municipal issue of Seleukeia Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Winged thunderbolt; [ΣΕΛΕYΚEΩN] to right, monogram within circle to left. HGC 9, 1384. 13.73gr, 25mm.
Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
