LOT 3047
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; countermark: unlisted (cf. 42). Carradice Type IIIb. Good Fine.(5.49gr, 15mm.).
ProvenanceEx '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.
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LOT 3047
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 19mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H F?] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 4.09gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Sidon AR Shekel-Tetradrachm. 107/6 BC-AD 43/4.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Dated CY 5 (107/6 BC). Veiled, draped, and turreted bust of Tyche to right, wearing single-pendant earring and pearl necklace / ΣIΔΩNIΩN, eagle standing to left on ram of galley; palm frond in background; to left, L E (date) above monogram of ΔΡΙ. Rouvier 1305; Prieur -; HGC 10, 275. 13.79gr, 29mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Nicely toned. Rare.
Acquired in 1995. From a private collection. -
Group of Five [5] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms. 6th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Various mints. 21.11gr total.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
