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, Rabbel II, with Gamilat AR Sela'-Drachm. AD 70/1-105/6.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Petra mint. Uncertain date, but circa RY 17-22 (AD 86/7-91/2). Laureate head of Rabbel to right; [date in legend behind] / Veiled and draped bust of Gamilat to right. Cf. CN 230-4; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 151-4; DCA2 1052. 3.27gr, 13mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 531, 25 January 2023, lot 367. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 560, 17 April 2024, lot 257. -
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Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 18mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Petra mint; dated RY 4 (6/5 BC). Laureate head to right; Aramaic ḥēth and [semkath] flanking neck / Huldu standing to left, raising her right hand; date to right, Aramaic ḥēth and semkath across fields. CN 108; Meshorer, Nabataea 56. 5.78gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 529, 14 December 2022, lot 343. Ex property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Parion AR Drachm. 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue / Irregular pattern within quadripartite incuse square. SNG Paris 1351-2. 3.85gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
