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LOT 2758
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III AR Siglos. Circa 375-340 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Lydo-Milesian standard. Type IVc.
Persian king or hero in kneeling/running stance to right, holding dagger in his right hand and bow in his left / Rectangular incuse punch. Carradice Type IV C (pl. XV, 46-9); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 19. Very Fine.(5.39gr, 13mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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LOT 2758
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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Group of Two [2] Greek AR Coins. 1st century BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £55
Comprising: various issues and types. 9.33gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Philistia (Palestine), Uncertain Mint Fourrée Drachm. Mid 5th century-333 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring and Attic helmet adorned with olive leaves and pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry in upper left field, all within shallow incuse square. For prototype: cf. Gitler & Tal VII.1D. 3.07gr, 16mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Late 5th-4th centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Facing head of Medusa with tongue protruding and snakes as hair / Upright anchor; crayfish to left, A to right. Topalov, Apollonia p. 337, 7; HGC 3.2, 1323. 3.34gr, 13mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
