LOT 3308
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. Near Very Fine.(5.52gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3308
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Aeolis, Larissa Phrikonis AE 11mm. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head of Apollo to right / [ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙΩΝ], bull standing to right. BMC -; SNG Ashmolean -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Obolos 23, 437 (hammer: 374 GBP). 1.10gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished and the second known example.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Phrygia, Kolossai AE 15mm. Late 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Radiate head of Helios to right / ΚΟΛΟΣ-ΣΗΝΩΝ, lyre. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München -; SNG Tübingen -; SNG von Aulock -; Leu Numismatic AG, Web Auction 20, 1309 (hammer: 379 GBP). 3.06gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently the third known example.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Kolossai was one of the early Christian churches of Asia, and the apostle Paul addressed one of his epistles to the people of this place. -
Phrygia, Alia AE 13mm. Circa AD 30-276.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Helmeted bust of Athena to right / ΑΛΙΗΝΩΝ, zebu standing to right. Von Aulock, Phrygien I, 36-38; Paris 255. 3.26gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare city; no other examples of this type on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
