LOT 2710
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darios II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch with uncertain designs in the middle and corner; countermark: similar to 87 & 88 (unlisted). Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 10; Sunrise -. Near Very Fine. Very rare with this incuse punch.(5.59gr, 16mm.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii.
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LOT 2710
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darios II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. 323-317 BC.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Babylon mint. Struck under Archon, Dokimos, or Seleukos I, circa 323-318/7 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; M in left field, ΛY beneath throne. Price 3692. 16.38gr, 26mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Thrace. Lysimachos AE 20mm. Circa 306/5-301/0 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lysimacheia mint. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Lion leaping to right above spearhead to right; BAΣIΛEΩΣ above, ΛYΣIMAXOY below. SNG Copenhagen 1150; HGC 3.2, 1758. 4.89gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. 37-43 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). BAC[IΛЄധC AΓP]IΠA, canopy / Three ears of corn; [L]-Ϛ (date) across fields. RPC I 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 3.04gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
