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LOT 2753
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.(5.42gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2753
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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Kings of Parthia, Orodes II AR Drachm. Circa 57-38 BC. Ekbatana mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Diademed and draped bust to left; star to left, crescent above star to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; monogram beneath bow; anchor symbol behind throne. Sellwood 48.9; Sunrise 381; Shore 261. 3.67gr, 18mm, 11h.
Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Philistia (Palestine), Uncertain Mint Fourrée Drachm. Mid 5th century-333 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring and Attic helmet adorned with olive leaves and pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry in upper left field, all within shallow incuse square. For prototype: cf. Gitler & Tal VII.1D. 3.07gr, 16mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE Two Prutot. Dated RY 3 (38/7 BCE). Mint in Samaria (Sebaste?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Poppy on stalk / [ΒΑΣΙΛΕ]ΩΣ [ΗΡ]ΩΔ[ΟΥ], winged kerykeion; [L Γ (date) to left, monogram to right]. RPC I, 4903; Meshorer 46; Hendin 6206; HGC 10, 653. 1.74gr, 17mm, 1h.
Good Fine. Seemingly overstruck.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
