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. Pakor II AR Obol. 1st century AD. Istakhr (Persepolis) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Diademed bust to left / Diademed bust to left. van't Haaff, Persis, Type 590. 0.58gr, 12mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Caria, Halikarnassos AE 20mm. Circa 200-180 BC. ΑΙΘΩΝ (Aithon), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Facing head of Apollo-Helios, turned slightly to right / Helmetted and draped bust of Athena to right; ΑΛΙΚΑΡΝΑ before, AI[ΘΩN] behind. HNO Online 2585; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; BMC 54-5. 6.73gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Aeolis, Kyme AR Tetradrachm. Circa 155-143 BC. ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟΣ (Olympios), magistrate. Stephanophoric type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
Head of the Amazon Kyme to right, wearing taenia / ΚΥΜΑΙΩΝ, horse prancing to right; one-handled cup below, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟC in exergue; all within laurel wreath. E-E&E-Ö, Phase II, 9, no. 18 (same obverse die); Oakley obv. die 51; BMC 80; SNG Copenhagen -. 16.61gr, 30mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Toned. Die break on obverse.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
