LOT 3052
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle). 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; countermarks: 53 & unlisted. Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 10; Sunrise -. Very Fine.(5.52gr, 17mm.).
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 3052
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 26mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; HP monogram in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1263-1270; HGC 3.2, 1428. 9.14gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Sikyonia, Sikyon AR Triobol or Hemidrachm. Circa 330-280 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Chimaera standing to left, raising forepaw; ΣI below / Dove flying to left. BCD Peloponnesos 283. 2.47gr, 15mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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.
