LOT 3303
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. Countermarks on both sides.(5.49gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3303
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Sicily, Syracuse AE Tetras. Time of Timoleon and the Third Democracy, circa 344-332 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘ-ΟΣ, laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios to left; behind, in the field to right, star of eight rays / ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ. triskeles to left. Calciati 82; HGC 2, 1457; SNG ANS 544; SNG Morcom 720. 6.46gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Slightly tooled.
Ex John Moore, York, UK, in the late 1990s. Property of a Harrow, UK gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Berenike II, wife of Ptolemy III AE Dichalkon. Circa 244/3-221 BC. Uncertain mint on the Levantine Coast.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
ΒΕPENIKHΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ, diademed and draped bust of Berenike II to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, filleted cornucopiae. Svoronos 1054; CPE B454; SNG Copenhagen -; Weiser 82. 3.89gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III Quarter Unit. 336-323 BC. Uncertain Macedonian mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress / ΑΛΕ-ΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, club and quiver. Price 267. 1.34gr, 13mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
