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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Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 27mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Wreathed and veiled head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑNT ΚΑΛΧΑΔ, Poseidon seated to right, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΔΑ in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1257-62; HGC 3.2, 1428. 11.10gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Tetradrachm. 138-129 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head to right / Athena Nikephoros standing to left, resting hand on shield and spear under arm; ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY in right field, EVEPΓETOV in left field; to outer left, mint monogram above monogram; O to inner right; all within wreath. SC 2061.4c; Lorber, Die, 802-6 (obv. die A100); HGC 9, 1067d. 16.18gr, 29mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 560, 17 April 2024, lot 222. -
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 16.81gr, 24mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
