LOT 3358
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.(5.50gr, 17mm.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3358
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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North Africa, Carthage AR Quarter Shekel. Second Punic War issue, circa 213-211 BC. Akragas mint under Punic occupation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Male head to right (Triptolemos?), wearing wreath of grain ears / Horse leaping to right, Punic ḤT below. Burnett, The Enna Hoard, SNR 62, 148-149; SNG Copenhagen 380. 1.99gr, 14mm, 8h.
Near Extremely Fine. Deep old cabinet tone.
Acquired from Praefectus Coins (J.P. Anderson). Ex Spink, Auction 22108, 25 August 2022, lot 3098. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemiobol. Circa 500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Forepart of lion to right, head to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Traité I 1801; HGC 3, 1436. 0.31gr, 7mm.
Good Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Persis. Pakor II AR Obol. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Diademed bust to left / Diademed bust to left. Cf. Van't Haaff, Persis, Type 590. 0.57gr, 8mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
