LOT 3050
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: 7. Carradice Type IIIb. Near Very Fine.(5.49gr, 17mm.).
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 3050
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Kingdom of Macedon, Perdikkas II AR Tetrobol. 451-413 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Aigai(?) mint; struck circa 437-431 BC. Rider on horse leaping to right, wearing petasos and holding two spears / Forepart of lion to right; kerykeion to right above, all within incuse square. SNG Alpha Bank 123; HGC 3.1, 792. 2.37gr, 15mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Phasael AE 13mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £34
Petra mint. Struck circa 5/4 BC. Laureate head to right; ḥēth in Aramaic before, [mark behind] / Crossed cornucopiae; Phaṣa (in Nabataean) between. Meshorer, Nabataea 64A. 2.09gr, 13mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Group of Four [4] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms. 5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Various mints. 17.11gr total.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
