LOT 3952
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III AR Siglos. Circa 375-340 BC. Sardes mint. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group C; cf. BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 19; Sunrise 33-6. Good Very Fine.(5.41gr, 15mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
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LOT 3952
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III AR Siglos.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Kyrenaika, Kyrene AR Obol. Circa 510-490 BC. Attic standard.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Silphion fruit / Quadripartite incuse square, divided by four lines. Cf. Buttrey, Coins, Period I, Group 1A, 51 (incuse diagonally divided). 0.69gr, 7mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare incuse pattern.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Kyrenaika, Kyrene AR Obol. Circa 510-490 BC. Attic standard.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Silphion fruit; above and below(?), pellet / Quadripartite incuse square. BMC -, cf. 9 (hemiobol); Boston MFA -; Buttrey 49; SNG Copenhagen -. 0.79gr, 8mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Aeolis, Boione AE 10mm. After 310 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Female head to left, wearing sphendone / ΒΟΙΟΝΙ-ΤΗΣ, bull standing to right. Nollé, Boione Abb. 2 a; SNG Arikantürk 161ff.; SNG Copenhagen 28. 1.08gr, 10mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
The reverse legend ΒΟΙΩΝΙΤΗΣ, according to J. Nollé, refers to the bull which is interpreted as the river god Boionetes, the river of Boione.
