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LOT 2752
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.(5.52gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2752
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor Fourrée Tetradrachm Core. Imitating Salamis mint, dated RY 7 (AD 164/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Diademed head to right, wearing aegis around neck / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, L Z (Z reversed) Σ Α flanking eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt. For prototype cf. Svoronos 1333. 12.93gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Late 5th-4th centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Gorgoneion facing, with protruding tongue and snakes as hair / Upright anchor; in field to right, crayfish. SNG Copenhagen 453; SNG BM Black Sea 157 var. (no 'A'); HGC 3.2, 1323 var. (same). 3.28gr, 13mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.82gr, 11mm, 5h.
Good Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
