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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Thrace, Abdera AR Drachm. Circa 322-321 BC. ΕΥΡΗΣΙΠΠΟΣ (Euresippos), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Laureate head of Apollo to right within linear square; EΠI EYP-HΣIΠΠ[OY] around / Griffin seated to left, raining both forepaws, ABΔH[PIT]EΩN above and beneath exergue. May, Abdera 542 (Group CXXXIV); HGC 3.2, 1227h. 2.49gr, 16mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Toned.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 104-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
'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 6181; TJC P; Sofaer 274-313. 2.24gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Cilicia, Seleukeia ad Calycadnum AE 23mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Helmetted and draped bust of Athena to right; ΣA behind / ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΩΙ ΚΑΛΥΚΑΔΝΩΙ, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath; monograms of ΘΕΟΔΩ, EP and MHP to left. SNG Levante 683. 7.66gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
