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LOT 2743
Kushano-Sasanians, Ohrmazd (Hormizd) I AE Drachm. Circa AD 265-295. Bactrian mint, probably Balkh.
Draped bust to right, wearing crown with decorated korymbos and lion's head; before head, 'Hormizd King' in Pahlawi / 'Exalted God' in Bactrian Shiva standing facing and holding trident in left hand; behind him, the bull Nandi standing to left. ANS Kushan, 2219. Good Fine.(2.06gr, 17mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes III to Darios III AE Unit. Circa 350-333 BC. Uncertain mint in Ionia or Caria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding spear and bow / Two concentric squares; line projecting outward from one side of the outer square. Bodzek pl. IX, 4; Sunrise 72. 1.31gr, 13mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 14mm. Struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Aretas, in military attire, standing facing, head to left, holding spear and sword; palm frond to left, [het (in Nabataean) to upper right] / Shaqilat, veiled, standing to left, raising hand; wreath to left. CN 187d; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 97. 2.70gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
'Yehonatan the King' in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem / [ΒΑΣ]ΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕ[ΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ], upright anchor. Hendin 6, 6189; Meshorer Group K; HGC 10, 637. 2.22gr, 15mm.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
