LOT 2947
Kings of Armenia, Artaxias III AE 23mm. Posthumous imitation, circa AD 35-54.
Blundered legend around four-pointed Armenian tiara to left; Δ before, star behind / Blundered legend around horse standing to right. Kovacs 194. Very Fine.(10.14gr, 23mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. 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; countermark: cf. 98. Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43). 5.49gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii. -
Nabataea, Anonymous AE 17mm. Mid 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Petra(?) mint. Imitating staters of Alexander III of Macedon. Helmetted head of Athena to right / Nike standing to left, holding wreath and placing hand on uncertain object. Barkay, Earliest, Group 3; CN 3; HCG 10, 671. 3.59gr, 17mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 533, 22 February 2023, lot 259. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod II Archelaos AE Prutah. 4 BCE-CE 6.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Jerusalem mint. HPѠΔOY, bunch of grapes and vine leaf on stem / ЄΘNAPXO, crested helmet; caduceus in left field. RPC I, 4917; TJC 73; Hendin 1196. 2.59gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
