LOT 3268
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.(5.58gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3268
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔOY, anchor / 'Yehonatan the King' in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem. Hendin 6189; HGC 10, 637. 1.98gr, 15mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Earthern green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AE Diobol. Struck 260s-246 BC. Alexandria mint. Series 3.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle, with closed wings, standing to left on thunderbolt; Λ between legs. CPE B249; Svoronos 481; SNG Copenhagen -. 22.64gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Aiolis, Kyme, AE 17mm. c.165-90 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Apatourios, magistrate, draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / KY, oinochoe; laurel branches flanking, A-ΠA/T-OY/P-I/O-Σ across inner fields. SNG Ashmolean 1416-8; SNG Copenhagen 106-7. 3.39gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
