LOT 2852
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; uncertain countermark / Oblong incuse punch; countermark: cf. 20. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. Near Very Fine.(5.54gr, 19mm.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2852
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 104-76 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem mint. "Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews" in paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Two cornucopiae splayed outward, adorned with ribbons; pomegranate/poppy between. Hendin 6182; TJC R; Sofaer 355-369. 1.87gr, 14mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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Seleukid Empire, Tryphon AE 18mm. Circa 142-138 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head to right / Spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor; BAΣIΛEΩΣ TPYΦΩNOΣ to right, AYTOKPATOPOΣ to left, piloi of the Dioskouroi to inner left. SC 2034.2d; HGC 9, 1061. 5.04gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AR Drachm. 30-9 BC.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £65
Petra mint. Dated RY 18 (13/2 BC). Diademed and draped bust of Obodas to right; 'Obodas, king of the Nabataeans. Year 18' in Aramaic around; hēth behind / Jugate draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru to right; hēth behind. Meshorer, Nabataea 34; Huth -; DCA 965. 4.19gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
