LOT 3357
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.(5.52gr, 15mm.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3357
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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Judaea, Caesareia Maritima AE 'Minim'. 1st-3rd centuries AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Turretted head of Tyche(?) to right / Palm tree. Cf. Hamburger, “Minute Coins from Caesarea,” Atiqot I (1955), 22-23. 0.78gr, 13mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Troas, Gentinos AE 11mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Female head to right, wearing mural crown; crescent(?) before / Г-Е, bee in linear square. SNG Copenhagen 336 (crescent not mentioned); SNG Ashmolean 1141 (same). 1.41gr, 11mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Very rare mint.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 19mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £27
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 112. 4.21gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
