LOT 3073
Lydia, Sardeis AE 17mm. Circa 2nd-1st centuries BC. ΗΡΑΙΟΣ (Heraios), magistrate.
Laureate bust of young Herakles to right, lion's skin tied around neck / ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΗΡΑΙΟΣ, nude Apollo standing to left, holding bird and laurel branch; monogram of NωTE before; all within laurel wreath. GRPC Lydia 86; SNG Copenhagen 493; BMC Lydia pg. 240, 36; Waddington 5202. Very Fine.(6.50gr, 17mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III Fourrée Drachm. 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / Zeus seated to left on throne, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; uncertain symbol or monogram in field. 2.63gr, 15mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AE 17mm. Circa 152-145 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Alexander I to right, wearing crested Boeotian helmet / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ [ΑΛ]ΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY, Nike standing facing, head to left, crowning royal name with wreath and holding palm, monogram in exergue. HGC 9, 899. 6.58gr, 17mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.57gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
