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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Lesbos, Mytilene AR Tetradrachm. Circa 188-170 BC. Late posthumous issue in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; ΔO monogram above lyre in left field, Δ in exergue. Price 1729. 16.16gr, 37mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caria, Antioch ad Maeandrum AE 12mm. Circa 168-100 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Laureate head of Zeus to right; c/m: kerykeion within triangular incuse / ANTIO[...], forepart of humped bull recumbent to left on Maeander pattern, bunch of grapes in right field. Not in the major references. 1.24gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Cilicia, Anazarbos AE Dichalkon. Struck circa 19 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Helmeted head of Athena to right / ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΕΩΝ, plow; monogram above AN to left. SNG Levante 1365 var. (slightly different monogram); Lindgren I 1420 var. (different monogram; no AN). 3.95gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare type.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
