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LOT 2738
Kings of Parthia, Orodes II AR Drachm. Struck circa 50-42 BC. Margiane mint.
Diademed and draped bust to left; crescent to right / Blundered legend, archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; Π beneath bow. Sellwood 46.13; Sunrise -; Shore -. Good Fine. Porous.(3.84gr, 20mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.44gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Countermark and bankers' marks on obverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AE 17mm. Second reign, 129-126/5 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate and bearded head of Zeus to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath in right hand and palm branch in left. HGC 9, 1133. 4.79gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
'Yehonatan the King' in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛE[ΞANΔPOY], anchor. Hendin 6189; Meshorer Group K; HGC 10, 637. 2.70gr, 16mm.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
