LOT 3055
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; countermarks: 50, 96 and uncertain / Oblong incuse punch; countermarks: 116 and uncertain (cf. 195 & 46). Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 19. Near Very Fine.(5.48gr, 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 3055
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H F] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.54gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Macedon, Skione AE 20mm. Circa 400-350 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Diademed male head to right / ΣΚΙΩΝΑΙ, Corinthian helmet to right; kantharos(?) before. Cf. SNG ANS 716. 6.62gr, 20mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Minor Asia & Levant PB Tessera. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Anchor in the form of club / Wreath containing uncertain inscription. 3.00gr, 14mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
