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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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Tetradrachm. Struck under Antipater, circa 325-323/2 BC. Amphipolis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, legs spread, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; to left, cock standing to left. Price 79; Troxell, Studies, Issue E3. 16.25gr, 28mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Lydo-Milesian standard. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.60gr, 15mm.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios I Soter AE Serrate. 162-150 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Apollo to right, bow and quiver over shoulder / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, tripod. SC 1644; HGC 9, 821. 19.55gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
