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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South Arabia, Himyar AR Unit. 1st century AD. 'Bucranium Series'.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Diademed male head to right; curved symbol of Almaqah to right, symbol of Athtar to left; disc-crescent of Dhat-Hamim above; musnad letter below / Head of antelope facing; monogram to left, curved symbol of Almaqah to right; disc-crescent of Dhat-Hamim above. Munro-Hay 2.3ai; SNG ANS -. 1.91gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Private Collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Cilicia, Tarsos AR Twelfth Stater or Obol. Struck circa 380-379 BC. Pharnabazos, Persian military commander.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Female head facing slightly to left; [dolphin to lower left?] / Bearded and helmetted male head (Ares?) to left. Casabonne Series 2–3, pl. 4, 14; Göktürk 21; SNG BnF 303. 0.65gr, 9mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Lucania, Velia AR Stater. Circa 293-280 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with griffin; [Φ?] on neck-guard, monogram of AP behind / Lion advancing to right; kerykeion above, YEΛHTΩN in exergue. SNG Ashmolean 1387; HN Italy 1316; HGC 1, 1325. 6.48gr, 21mm, 10h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
