LOT 2851
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; countermark: 45 / Oblong incuse punch; countermark: 45. Carradice Type IIIb. Very Fine.(5.60gr, 14mm.).
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 2851
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Nabataea, Aretas IV PB Tessera or Token. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint. Struck circa 9/8–6/5 BC. Laureate head of Zeus to right / Bull butting to left, legend(?) above. Cf. CN Category II, Group K, fig. 11.10; cf. Younis Al-Qatanani, Nabataean Coins, p. 141, 250, t1. 1.96gr, 13mm, 2h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kings of Armenia, Tigranes the Younger AE Tetrachalkon. 77/6-66 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Tigranokerta(?) or Artagigarta mint; struck 66-65 BC. Diademed head to right, wearing five-pointed Armenian tiara decorated with comet / [BAΣIΛEΩΣ] TIΓ-PANOY, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath with her extended right hand; ΔHM[O] below. ACV 78; CAA 114; Kovacs 143. 5.57gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £276
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 16.44gr, 23mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
