LOT 3074
Minor Asia & Levante, PB Trial Strike(?). 2nd-1st century BC.
Incuse of jugate male bearded and wreathed(?) heads / Blank. Condition as seen.(17.02gr, 24mm.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Kingdom of Persia. Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) II AR Hemidrachm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Diademed and draped large bust to left, wearing mural crown; monogram before / Ardaxšir standing to left before altar, holding sceptre. Alram 574; Sunrise 599. 1.65gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle). 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; countermarks: 53 & unlisted. Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 10; Sunrise -. 5.52gr, 17mm.
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. First Jewish War AE Prutah. Dated Year 2 (67/8 CE).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem mint. 'Year two' in Paleo-Hebrew, amphora with broad rim and two handles / 'The freedom of Zion' in Paleo-Hebrew; vine leaf on small branch with tendril. TJC 196a; Sofaer 11-4; Hendin GBC 6, 6389; Hendin GBC 5, 1360. 2.25gr, 15mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
