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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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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 179 (134/3 BC). Tyre mint. Phoenician standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Diademed and draped bust to right / ANTIOXOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing to left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, IEPA above club surmounted by Tyre monogram, to right, ΑΣΥ above ΘOP (date); monogram between legs. SC 2109.7a; HGC 9, 1074; DCA2 138. 12.76gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom, Apollodotos I Soter AR Drachm. Circa 180-160 BC. Uncertain mint in the Paropamisadai or Gandhara. Square module.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, elephant standing to right; monogram of ΠΙ below / 'Maharajasa Apaladatasa tradarasa' in Kharosthi, Zebu standing to right; monogram of ΠΙ below. Bopearachchi 4G; SNG ANS 337-43; HGC 12, 119. 1.35gr, 16mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Areas of delamination.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Struck circa 8/7 BC-AD 15/6. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae; Aramaic letter in between. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 70. 1.86gr, 14mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
