LOT 3053
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; unlisted countermark / Oblong incuse punch; countermarks: cf. 169 and 48. Carradice Type IV, Group B. Near Very Fine.(5.49gr, 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 3053
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Sicily, Syracuse AE 20mm. Roman rule, after 212 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed head of Serapis to right, wearing atef crown / [ΣYPAK]-O-CIΩN, Isis standing facing, head to left, holding sistrum with right hand and sceptre with left. CNS II, 240 corr. (wreath); HGC 2, 1478. 8.63gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s; collector's ticket included. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE Half Prutah. 40-4 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Jerusalem mint. Circa 37-34 BCE. Cornucopia; [BACI]Λ to left, HPѠΔ to right / Eagle standing to right. Hendin GBC 6, 6221; Hendin GBC 5, 1190; TJC 66; RPC I 4909. 0.75gr, 14mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleucid Empire, Alexander I Balas AR Tetradrachm. 152-145 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 165 (148/7 BC). Diademed head to right / Zeus Nikephoros enthroned to left holding sceptre; BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, ΘEOΠATOPOΣ EYEPΓETOY to left, EΞP (date) and monogram in exergue. SC 1784.4c; HGC 9, 875a. 15.04gr, 28mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 108, 13 April 2023, lot 543.
