LOT 3309
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.(5.53gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3309
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Cilicia, Uncertain Mint AR Tetartemorion. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Female head facing, her hair in two hanging braids / The Persian Great King in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in his right hand and bow in his left. Göktürk -; Troxell & Kagan 2 var. (hair style); Sunrise 97. 0.14gr, 6mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare Tetartemorion.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Adramyteion AE 18mm. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed head of Zeus to right / [AΔPA]ΜΥΤΗ[ΝΩΝ], horseman, wearing chlamys, on horse galloping to right, raising his right hand in salute. SNG BnF 9-10; Stauber & Barth 58; Von Fritze 25. 2.92gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AE 14mm. Circa 226-220 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Diademed and veiled female bust (of Berenike II?) to right / [PO], prow of galley to right; above, rose. R. Ashton: Rhodian Bronze Coinage and the Earthquake of 229-229 BC, in: NC 1986, Group 1; BMC 228; SNG Kayhan 1706. 3.04gr, 14mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Very rare and of historical importance.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
R. Ashton connects this type with the disaster relief sent by Ptolemy III to Rhodes after the devastating earthquake of circa 226 BC.
