LOT 2700
Kings of Parthia. Vologases III AE Dichalkon. Circa AD 105-147.
Seleukeia mint. Dated Seleucid Era 451 (AD 139/140). Crowned facing bust wearing tiara; ANY (date) upwards to right / Tyche seated to left on column; palm to left. Sellwood 79.50; Shore -. Near Very Fine. Very rare.(3.70gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 12mm. Circa 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint; struck circa 8/7 BC - AD 15/6. Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae; Aramaic letter ḥēth in between. Meshorer, Nabataea 70; CN 96. 1.15gr, 12mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos. Circa 486-420 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Type IIIb (early). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear with right hand and bow with left; countermark: 121 / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 9. 5.48gr, 15mm.
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. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaeus PB Prutah. 103-76 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Contemporary imitation in lead. BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Seleukid anchor within circular inner border / Blundered imitation of Paleo-Hebrew legend within dotted border. AJC I, group D; Hendin 476. 3.58gr, 18mm.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
