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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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. -
Ionia, Ephesos AR Diobol. Circa 390-330 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Bee / Two stag's heads facing one another; ΕΦ above. SNG Kayhan 194-207; SNG Copenhagen 243. 0.95gr, 10mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 386-338 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet and Λ in one sunken quarter, [pellet?] and X in the opposite. McClean -; HGC 3, 1437. 2.41gr, 14mm.
Very Fine. Very rare with these control marks.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
