LOT 3056
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. Carradice Type IV, Group B. Very Fine.(5.55gr, 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 3056
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 23mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Tripod; ΒΥZΑNTI to right, ΚΑΛΧΑΔ to left; uncertain countermark. Schönert-Geiss 1283-9; SNG BM Black Sea -; HGC 3.2, 1427. 5.45gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE Quarter Unit. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Petra mint. Struck circa AD 1/2. Laureate head to right / Quarter (in Nabataean, mark of value) within wreath. CN 134; Meshorer, Nabataea 81. 2.60gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 26mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑNT ΚΑΛΧΑΔ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΔΑ in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1257-1262; HGC 3.2, 1428. 11.12gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
