LOT 3057
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: cf. 98. Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43). Near Very Fine.(5.49gr, 14mm.).
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 3057
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Minor Asia & Levante, PB Trial Strike(?). 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Incuse of jugate male bearded and wreathed(?) heads / Blank. 17.02gr, 24mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Parthia. Pakoros I AR Drachm. AD 78-120.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust to left, with long beard / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right, no throne base visible, holding bow; monogram beneath bow. Sellwood 78.3 (Vologases III); cf. Sunrise 439 (throne base represented by two dots); Shore 413 (Vologases III). 3.62gr, 22mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Indo-Parthians. Gondopharid Dynasty, Sases (Gondophares-Sases) BI Tetradrachm. Circa AD 19/20-46.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
King on horseback to right, raising right hand; tamgha to right; Kharosthi A beneath horse / Zeus standing to right, raising right hand and holding sceptre with left; nandipada to left; va above pa in Kharosthi to right; Greek A between Zeus' legs. Senior 242.615T. 9.42gr, 21mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
