LOT 3270
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, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3270
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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North Africa, Carthage AE 18mm. Circa 300-264 BC. Sardinian(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Wreathed head of Tanit to left; three pellets(?) behind / Head of horse to right; palm tree before. Cf. CNP 252ad; cf. MAA 57p (Carthage). 2.93gr, 18mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Diobol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Forepart of boar to left with short mane; to right, tunny fish / Head of roaring lion to left within incuse square. Von Fritze, Nomisma IX Kyzikos, Gruppe II 9. 1.19gr, 10mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Cleaned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Arados AR 1/3 Stater. Circa 380-351/0 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head of Melkart to right / Galley over waves. Cf. Betlyon 26 (Stater). 3.08gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
