LOT 3064
Kingdom of Persis. Vahsir (Oxathres)(?) AR Obol. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Diademed and draped bust to left / Vahšīr standing to right before altar(?), holding sceptre. Cf. Alram 584. Near Very Fine.(0.56gr, 9mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 19mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H F?] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 4.09gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kushan Empire, time of Kujula Kadphises to Vima Takto AE Didrachm. AD 80-113.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Uncertain (possibly Begram) mint. "Soter Megas" issue. Radiate and diademed bust to right, holding sceptre; tamgha to left / [ΒΑCΙΛЄV ΒΑCΙ]ΛЄV⟒Ν C⟒ΤΗΡ [ΜЄΓΑC], King on horseback to right, holding axe; tamgha to lower right. ANS Kushan 186-95; Senior B17.1vT (listed as tetradrachm); Donum Burns 60. 8.25gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Persis. Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) II AR Obol. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Bearded bust to left, wearing diadem and mural crown; monogram behind / Ardaxšir standing to left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar to left. KM 4/13; Alram 572; Sunrise 596. 0.75gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
