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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Thessaly, Larissa AR Drachm. Circa 356-342 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,755
Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly to the left, wearing ampyx, pendant earring, and simple necklace / [ΛΑΡΙΣ]-ΑΙΩΝ, horse grazing to right; below, branch. BCD I 1156; BCD II 320; HGC 4, 454. 6.12gr, 20mm, 6h
Good Extremely Fine. Attractively toned with traces of blue and gold iridescence around the devices.
From a European collection, acquired prior to 2005; Ex Nomos AG, Auction 21, 21 November 2020, lot 144 (dealer's ticket included). -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AR Drachm. 336-323 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Miletos mint. Struck under Philoxenos, circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, left leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; ΔΗ monogram in left field. Price 2090; Müller 763. 4.14gr, 17mm, 11h
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Kings of Parthia, Artabanos II BI Tetradrachm. AD 10-38.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £140
Uncertain SE year. Diademed and draped bust to left, wearing long tapered beard and earring / BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ BAΣΙΛΕΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠΙΦANOYΣ ΦΙΛEΛΛHNOΣ, Artabanos seated to right on throne, receiving palm branch from Tyche standing to left and holding cornucopia; uncertain year in exergue. Cf. Sellwood 61.1-6 (date in central field); Shore 330. 9.97gr, 26mm, 12h
Very Fine. Exceedingly rare variant.
From a UK private collection.
