LOT 2856
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) 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; countermarks: 116 & unlisted. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 26. Near Very Fine.(5.51gr, 16mm.).
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 2856
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Ionia, Ephesos AR Hemihekte or 1/12 Stater. Circa 550-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Bee / Stellate pattern within incuse square. Karwiese Series IIIa; SNG Kayhan 116-17. 0.84gr, 8mm.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired in London in 2011. Private collection, Switzerland. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 19mm. 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Petra mint. Dated RY 10 (AD 1). Laureate head to right / Eagle with closed wings standing to left; date at end of legend to right. Meshorer, Nabataean 80; Sofaer 53. 4.58gr, 19mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
South Arabia, Himyar. 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Raidan mint. Bare head to right, within plain border terminated by arrowhead / Small head to right; YNF monogram in left field; South Arabian legend: 'MDN BYN (king's name) above, RYDN (mint) below, 'sceptre' symbol to right. CAF 3.2ai; Huth 430-1 corr. (obv. border interrupted); SNG ANS 1582-94. 1.09gr, 13mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
