LOT 3363
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. Countermark on reverse.(5.58gr, 14mm.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3363
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Lucania, Velia AR Stater. Circa 293-280 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with griffin; [Φ?] on neck-guard, monogram of AP behind / Lion advancing to right; kerykeion above, YEΛHTΩN in exergue. SNG Ashmolean 1387; HN Italy 1316; HGC 1, 1325. 6.48gr, 21mm, 10h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
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. -
Lesbos, Mytilene AR Tetradrachm. Circa 160s BC.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Bearded head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing laurel wreath / Facing xoanon of bearded Dionysos facing, wearing polos; ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΩΝ flanking; all within wreath of ivy. Cf. EHC 650; cf. CH VIII, pl. LXIV, 2 (different obverse style). 13.92gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rough surfaces. Very rare.
From the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s.
