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LOT 2759
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes III to Darios III AE Unit. Circa 350-333 BC. Uncertain mint in Ionia or Caria.
Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding spear and bow / Two concentric squares; line projecting outward from one side of the outer square. Bodzek pl. IX, 4; Sunrise 72. Good Very Fine.(1.31gr, 13mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Classical Numismatic Group.
Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
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LOT 2759
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes III to Darios III AE Unit.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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Sicily, Syracuse AE 21mm. Time of Hieron II, circa 275-265 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Wreathed head of Kore to left; ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ before, bucranium behind / Bull butting to left; club and M above, IE in exergue. CNS II, 191 (Ds18R1 / 1ff., combination of bucranium and M not listed); HGC 2, 1469. 6.11gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare variety.
Ex cgb.fr. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Apulia, Arpi AE 22mm. Circa 3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head of Zeus to left; ΔAIOY before, [thunderbolt behind] / Boar running to right; spearhead above, APΠANΩN in exergue. HN Italy 642; SNG ANS 635-9; HGC 1, 534. 7.04gr, 22mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AR Tetradrachm 359-336 B.C. Amphipolis mint. Posthumous issue. Struck under Kassander, circa 316-314 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΠOΥ, nude youth, holding palm frond, on horseback to right; aplustre below, pellet-in-Π beneath raised foreleg. Le Rider pl. 46, 18; Troxell, Studies, Group 9, 323-5; SNG ANS 738-46. Slab: 62 grams, 85 x 60mm
NGC graded AU Strike: 4/5 Surface: 4/5 Fine Style (#8221307-001).
Acquired on the UK art market. Ex County Durham collector. Ex private collection, UK.
