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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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. 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. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114; cf. SNG ANS 1438-43; cf. Sofaer 67-9. 4.11gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Indo-Scythians, Azes AR Tetradrachm. Circa 58-12 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΖΟΥ, king on horseback to right, holding whip; letter in Kharosthi before / Athena standing to right, holding spear and shield in left hand and raising right; monogram to left, Γ(retrograde) and monogram to right. Senior 98.324T. 9.71gr, 24mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
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Thrace, Ainos AR Diobol. Circa 458/7-455/4 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Head of Hermes to right, wearing petasos / A-I, kerykeion within incuse square. May, Ainos 34-6; McClean 3810; HGC 3.2, 1273. 1.33gr, 9mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
