LOT 2858
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 / Oblong incuse punch; countermarks: 188 and uncertain. Carradice Type IV, Group B. Near Very Fine.(5.52gr, 17mm.).
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 2858
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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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. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 4.42gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Skythia, Olbia Cast AE Dolphin. Circa 500-450/25 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Dolphin / Dolphin. SNG Stancomb 334-337; SNG BM Black Sea 359-367. 1.90gr, 34mm x 9mm.
Good Very Fine. Highlights of green patina.
Acquired Munich, Germany, in the early 1990s. From a private German collection. Property of a Kent, UK, lady collector since 2015.
The method of casting this unique type of coin was adopted by the Gallic Celts who originally came from this region. Dolphins were generally struck in the form of a tree attached to the tail, although some examples appear to have been cast individually. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy IV Philopator AE Drachm. 222-205/4 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Alexandria mint. Series 5D, circa 219-205/4 BC. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle, with closed wings, standing to left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, ΔI between legs. CPE B495; Svoronos 1125; SNG Copenhagen -. 69.00gr, 41mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Nice colourful patina.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
