LOT 3054
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; uncertain countermarks (cf. 126 and 168) / Oblong incuse punch; countermarks: 116 and 202. Carradice Type IV, Group B. Near Very Fine.(5.44gr, 15mm.).
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 3054
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom, Antimachos I Theos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 180-170 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
Diademed and draped bust to right, wearing kausia / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΘΕΟΥ ANTIMAXOY, Poseidon, laureate, standing facing, holding trident with right hand and filleted palm with left; monogram of ΔΙΦ to inner right. Bopearachchi 1A; SNG ANS 274-5; HGC 12, 106. 17.30gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Professionally cleaned.
Acquired in 1995. From a private collection. -
Caria, Knidos AE 19mm. Circa 200-130 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΠΑΝΤΑΛΕΩΝ (Pantaleon), magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΠΑ[ΝΤΑΛΕΩΝ] ΚΝΙΔ[ΙΩΝ], forepart of bull to left, head turned facing. Cf. HN online 732; cf. SNG Keckman 217. 4.24gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Five [5] Thrace, Byzantion AE Coins. Circa 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Various varieties. 44.85gr total.
Near Very Fine to Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
