LOT 3077
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.(5.57gr, 14mm.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3077
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Sasanian Kingdom. Bahram II, with Queen and Prince 4 AR Drachm. AD 276-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Jugate busts of Bahram II, wearing winged crown with korymbos, and his queen, wearing kolah with boar's head, to right, vis-a-vis cuirassed bust of Prince 4, wearing kolah with eagle's head and presenting a wreath to the royal couple, to left / Fire altar with ribbon; flanked by Bahram on the left and his queen on the right, holding ring; to left of flames, fravahr symbol. Cf. SNS type VII/5; cf. Göbl type X/3. 4.38gr, 29mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market circa 2015. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Northwestern Arabia, Lihyan AE 'Tetradrachm'. 2nd-1st centuries BC. Imitating Athens.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Stylised head of Athena to right, upward crescent on cheek / Owl standing to right, head facing; [A?]ΘΕ before, olive spray to left. Huth, Athenian, fig. 5, e; Huth 40. 13.43gr, 22mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 26mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right; c/m: monogram within incuse square / ΒΥZΑNT ΚΑΛΧΑ[...], Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΔΑ in inner right field. Cf. Schönert-Geiss 1257-1262 (ΚΑΛΧΑΔΩ); HGC 3.2, 1428. 9.33gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
