LOT 2854
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; countermark: cf. 62. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. Near Very Fine.(5.51gr, 14mm.).
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 2854
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AR Drachm. 281-261 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Aï Khanoum; struck circa 280-271 BC. Diademed head to right / Horned and bridled horse's head to right; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] behind, [ΑΝ]ΤΙΟΧΟΥ below; Δ within circle before. SC 432.3; SMAK A1DH; HGC 9, 136. 3.79gr, 15mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE Eight Prutot. 40-4 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Mint in Samaria (Sebaste?). Dated RY 3 (38/7 BCE). Pileus on couch topped by star; two palm branches above / HPΩΔOY BAΣIΛΕΩΣ, tripod; L Γ (date) to left, monogram of TP to right. RPC I, 4901; Meshorer 44; Hendin 1169. 6.56gr, 22mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Apulia, Arpi AE 20mm. Circa 3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Laureate head of Zeus to left; [ΔAI]OY before, [thunderbolt behind] / Boar running to right; spearhead above, APΠAN[ΩN] in exergue. HN Italy 642; SNG ANS 635-9; HGC 1, 534. 6.68gr, 20mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
