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LOT 3954
Persia, Achaemenid Empire AR Tetartemorion. Time of Artaxerxes II to Darios III, circa 400-332 BC. Kolophon(?) mint.
Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger and bow / Female head to left, wearing necklace. Corfù Type 3.2; Troxell & Kagan -; Sunrise -. Very Fine.(0.17gr, 6mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3954
Persia, Achaemenid Empire AR Tetartemorion.
Estimate £70 - 90€81 - 104 (for guidance only)$95 - 122 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Moesia, Istros AR Obol. 313-280 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Facing male heads, the left inverted / ΙΣΤΡΙΗ, sea-eagle to left, grasping dolphin in its talons; AΠ monogram below. Cf. SNG GB 250 (1.12gr). 0.86gr, 11mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £245
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss, and pearl necklace / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 17.17gr, 23mm, 5h.
Good Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 96, 5 May 2022, lot 152. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Kings of Parthia, Mithradates I AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 173 (140/139 BC). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint.
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,300
Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates I to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ME-ΓAΛOY APΣA-KOY ΦIΛEΛ-ΛHNOΣ, Herakles standing to left, holding skyphos in his right hand and club and lion skin in his left; monogram of APT in outer left field; Γ[ΟΡ] (date) in exergue. Sellwood 13.3; Shore 36; Sunrise 261. 15.57gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Minor deposits. Rare.
Swiss private collection, acquired in 1992.
