LOT 3384
Kingdom of Persis. Napad (Kapat) AR Hemidrachm. 1st century AD.
Bearded bust to left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara / Bearded bust to right, wearing diadem; star and crescent before(?). K&M 4/47; Tyler-Smith, Parcel type 3b, -; Alram 611; Sunrise 633 var. (diademed bust to left). Very Fine.(1.55gr, 15mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AE 18mm. Circa 152-145 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Alexander I to right, wearing lion skin headdress / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY, Apollo standing facing, head to left, holding arrow and grounded bow; trident to outer left, monogram in exergue. Cf. SC 1795.3; HGC 9, 901. 5.08gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE 23mm. Time of Agathokles, circa 295-289 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Draped bust of Artemis Soteira to right; quiver over shoulder, ΣΩTEIPA downwards before / Winged thunderbolt; AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ above, BAΣIΛEOΣ below. CNS II, 142; BAR Issue 33; SNG ANS 708; HGC 2, 1537. 10.63gr, 23mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Kingdom of Persis. Pakor II AR Obol. 1st century AD. Istakhr (Persepolis) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Diademed bust to left / Diademed bust to left. van't Haaff, Persis, Type 590. 0.58gr, 12mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
