LOT 3354
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late).
Lydo-Milesian standard. 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. Very Fine.(5.49gr, 15mm.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3354
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Pontos, Amisos AE 20mm. Struck under Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 100-95 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Wreathed head of Mithradates VI as young Dionysos to right / ΑΜΙΣΟΥ, panther skin and thyrsos on cista mystica; monogram of HTPK to left. Malloy 26c; HGC 7, 243. 7.96gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Nabataea, Uncertain King PB Tessera or Token. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Male head to right / Bull butting to left. Cf. CN Category II, Group K, fig. 11.10; cf. Younis Al-Qatanani, Nabataean Coins, p. 141, 250, t1. 1.91gr, 13mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Tyre AR Shekel. Dated CY 4 (123/2 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
Bust of Melkart to right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing to left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, L Δ (date) above club; monogram of ZB and Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 10; Rouvier 1957; DCA 919; BMC 51; Hunt II 606; HGC 10, 357. 13.91gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
