LOT 3376
Kingdom of Persis. Vahsir (Oxathres) AR Hemidrachm. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Diademed bust to left; symbol behind / King standing to right, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar. K&M 4/21; cf. Alram 583 & 586. Very Fine.(1.64gr, 13mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Seleukid Empire, Seleukos II Kallinikos AE 17mm. 246-226 BC. Sardeis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, Apollo standing to left, holding arrow in right hand and resting left on bow set on ground; to left, monogram of ΚΘ above monogram of ΜΗΤΡ. SC 660.5a; HGC 9, 345. 3.51gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Sardes AE 17mm. Circa 133 BC - AD 1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Club; ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ across fields, monogram below; all within laurel wreath. GRPC Lydia 70; SNG Munich 483. 4.57gr, 17mm, 11h.
Good 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, as Strategos of Asia AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 36 of 'Ozmilk (314/3 BC). Tyre mint. In the name and types of Alexander III. Struck under Menes.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝ[ΔΡΟΥ], 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; -|O (Phoenician 'K [= 'Ozmilk]) and ||| ||| – = (date [36 in Phoenician]) in left field. Price 3292 (Ake); DCA2 938. 15.35gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Corroded.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
