LOT 2707
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. 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; countermark: 118. Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 7; Sunrise -. Near Very Fine.(5.38gr, 20mm.).
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 2707
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Kingdom of Macedon, Kassander, as regent or king. 317-305 BC or 305-298 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 307-297 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III. 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; in left field, Λ above torch; beneath throne, M above star. Price 481; Ehrhardt 22. 16.51gr, 26mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Sicily, Katane AR Drachm. Circa 405-403/2 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
KATANAIΩ-N, charioteer driving quadriga galloping to right, holding kentron in his right hand and reins in his left; above, Nike flying to left, crowning the charioteer with wreath / AMENANOΣ, head of the river-god Amenanos to left, wearing taenia; two fish and crayfish around. HGC 2, 582; SNG ANS 1263; SNG Copenhagen 181. 3.81gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Ian Roper collection, UK, before 2000. Property of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos IV Philopator AR Tetradrachm. 187-175 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £943
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΕΛ-ΕΥΚΟΥ, Apollo Delphios, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, wearing laurel wreath and seated on omphalos to left, testing arrow with his right hand and resting his left on a bow leaning against the omphalos behind him; filleted palm frond to outer left. SC 1313.6a; HGC 9, 582d. 17.17gr, 29mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a private collection in Europe.
