LOT 3355
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. Near Very Fine. Countermark on reverse.(5.51gr, 15mm.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3355
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Philistia, Azotos AR Drachm. Mid 5th century-333 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
Bearded head to right / Facing female(?) head, wearing necklace, in pelletted square within incuse square. CNG, Auction 93, lot 574; otherwise unpublished. 3.30gr, 14mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Test cut on reverse. Exceedingly rare; apparently the second known example.
Ex the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1970-2000. -
Philistia, Uncertain mint AR Drachm. Mid 5th century-333 BC. Imitating Athens.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘ[Ε], owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Gitler & Tal IX.1D. 4.15gr, 17mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Toned. Struck with worn obverse die.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
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Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 104-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
'Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews' in paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Two cornucopiae splayed outward, adorned with ribbons; pomegranate/poppy between. Hendin 6182; TJC R; Sofaer 355-369. 2.16gr, 15mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
