LOT 2708
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC.
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). 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; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 22. Near Very Fine. Seemingly light tooling.(5.46gr, 16mm.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2708
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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Kings of Parthia, Sinatrukes AR Drachm. 93-69 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rhagai. Diademed and draped bust to left, wearing tiara / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOV APΣAKOY ΘEOΠATOPOY NIKATOPOΣ, archer (Arsakes I) seated to right, holding bow. Sellwood 33.4 ('Gotarzes I'); Shore 114 ('Gotarzes I'); Sunrise 302. 4.06gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
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Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AE 20mm. Circa 310-304/3 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Bearded head of satyr to right / Π-Α-Ν around forepart of griffin to left; below, sturgeon to left. Anokhin 1023; SNG BM Black Sea 869-71; SNG Stancomb 542; MacDonald 69; HGC 7, 113. 6.60gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. From Westminster collection, central London, UK. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 11mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Petra mint; struck circa 8/7 BC - AD 15/6. Aramaic letter hēth within laurel wreath / Eagle to left with wings closed; Aramaic letter ḥēth behind. CN 156; Schmitt-Korte II, 64. 1.14gr, 11mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
