LOT 3030
Kushan Empire, time of Kujula Kadphises to Vima Takto AE Didrachm. AD 80-113.
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. Near Extremely Fine.(8.25gr, 20mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3030
Kushan Empire, time of Kujula Kadphises to Vima Takto AE Didrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Kingdom of Persis. Darev (Darios) II AR Obol. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Diademed bust to left, wearing tiara decorated with crescent / King standing to left before fire altar. K&M 4/6; Alram 565. 0.67gr, 9mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Jerusalem mint. BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, anchor / "Yehonatan the King" in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem. Hendin 6189; Meshorer Group K; HGC 10, 637. 3.33gr, 15mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Sikyonia, Sikyon AR Triobol or Hemidrachm. Circa 330-280 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Chimaera standing to left, raising forepaw; ΣI below / Dove flying to left. BCD Peloponnesos 283. 2.34gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
