LOT 3031
Kushan Empire, Vasudeva I CU Tetradrachm. Circa AD 190-230.
Main mint in Kapisha (Begram?). Middle phase. Vasudeva, nimbate, helmeted, and diademed, standing facing, head to left, sacrificing over altar and holding trident; to left, trident with additional crossbar / Ithyphallic Siva standing facing, holding garland or diadem and trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing to left; tamgha to right. MK 1000; ANS Kushan 1103-5; Donum Burns 481-5. Very Fine.(9.79gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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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 mint 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 with uncertain design (scarab?). Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17; for another example with similar reverse design cf. Leu Numismatik, Web 31, 704. 5.54gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine. Very rare with this design on reverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.37gr, 17mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Pontos, Amisos (as Peiraieos) AR Siglos-Drachm. Circa 435-370 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΔΙΟ-(?) (Dio-), magistrate. Head of Hera to left, wearing decorated polos, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / Owl standing facing on shield, with wings spread, ΔI-O(?) across fields, ΠΕΙΡΑ below. HGC 7, 229. 5.55gr, 20mm, 3h.
Fine. Test cut.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.
