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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Kingdom of Persis. Uncertain king II AR hemidrachm. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bearded bust to left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with two rows of pellets around pellet-in-crescent; triskeles behind / Diadem with no ties. Cf. K&M 4/59 (“Fürst Y”); cf. Tyler-Smith, Parcel type 1, 216 (obol; diadem with ties); Alram 619 var. (diadem with ties); Sunrise -. 1,31gr, 14mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120. Raydan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Head to right within circular torque / Small head to right; yanaf-monogram to left, 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.2ai; Huth 429. 1.31gr, 14mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat AE 17mm. Struck circa AD 88/9-106/6. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Jugate laureate and draped busts of Rabbel and Gamilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and above. Meshorer, Nabataea 163. 3.90gr, 17mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
