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 AE 16mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint; struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Laureate head to right; [Aramaic letter ḥēth to right?] / 'Aretas' in Aramaic within wreath. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 115; cf. CN 189. 1.52gr, 16mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Persis. Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) II AR Obol. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed bust of Artaxerxes II to left, wearing mural crown; behind, monogram / King standing to left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar to left. Klose & Müseler 4/13; Alram 572; Tyler-Smith 81-93; cf. Sunrise 596 (no monogram). 0.73gr, 11mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE Quarter Unit. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Petra mint. Struck circa AD 1/2. Laureate head to right / Quarter (in Nabataean, mark of value) within wreath. CN 134; Meshorer, Nabataea 81. 2.60gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
