LOT 3024
Persia, Achaemenid Empire AR Siglos. Time of Darios II to Artaxerxes II, circa 420-375 BC.
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. 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 / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43); cf. Meadows, Administration 326 (Type IV, Group C); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 10; Sunrise -. Near Very Fine. Toned; interesting bankers' marks.(5.47gr, 14mm). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old UK collection;
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 548, 18 October 2023, lot 188;
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
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5 Nabataean and 1 Phoenician AR Coins 4th century BC - 1st century AD.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Including Drachms of Nabataean Kings, a Didrachm of Obodas II and Hagaru and a 1/16 Phoenician Shekel. 21.93gr total
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kings of Parthia, Pakoros I AR Drachm. Circa AD 78-120.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Ekbatana mint. Diademed head to left, with long beard / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right, no throne base visible, holding bow; monogram beneath bow. Sellwood 78.3 (Vologases III); Shore 413 (safe). 3.36gr, 20mm, 11h
Extremely fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer. -
Phoenicia, Tyre AE 16mm. Dated CY 256 = AD 130/1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Pseudo-autonomous issue, time of Hadrian. Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right; palm frond over shoulder / ΤΥΡ(as monogram) ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄധΣ ΙЄΡ ΑΣ, palm tree with date clusters; ς-NC (date) across fields. RPC III, 3905 corr. (no Phoenician letters on reverse); Rouvier 2160. 3.11gr, 16mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
