LOT 3359
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
Lydo-Milesian standard. 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. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. Near Very Fine. Countermarks on both sides.(5.54gr, 16mm.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3359
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Kingdom of Persis. Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) II AR Hemidrachm. 2nd half of 1st century BC. Istakhr (Persepolis) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Small bust to left, wearing short beard, diadem, and mural crown; monogram behind / Artaxerxes standing to right, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar to left. van't Haaff, Persis, Type 571/574.1-1 var. (no monogram; Artaxerxes standing to left). 1.69gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Phrygia, Akmoneia AE 16mm. 1st century BC. ΤΙΜΟΘΕΟΣ ΜΕΝΕΛΑΟΥ (Timotheos, son of Menelaos), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of Zeus to right, wearing oak wreath / [AK]MO[...] TIMOΘ[...] MENE[...], Asklepios standing facing, leaning upon serpent-entwined staff. SNG Copenhagen 12. 3.61gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Mesambria AE 19mm. Circa 2nd-1st century BC. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Diademed head to right / [...]ΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ, Athena Alkidemos striding to left, holding shield on her left arm and brandishing thunderbolt with her right hand. For prototype cf. SNG BM Black Sea 280. 5.03gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
