LOT 3306
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.(5.54gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3306
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Ionia, Teos AR Tetartemorion. Circa 450-425 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Griffin seated to right, raising forepaw / Quadripartite incuse square. SNG Copenhagen 1442. 0.15gr, 7mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
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. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos II Kallinikos AE 11mm. 246-226 BC. Uncertain mint in Northern Syria or Mesopotamia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Head of Athena to right, wearing Attic helmet / [ΒΑΣΙ ΣΕΛΕ], forepart of horned(?) horse to left; in left field, monogram; in right field, EY. SC -; HGC 9, -; Obolos 24, 325. 1.38gr, 11mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; unpublished and apparently the second known example.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
