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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Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
BAC[IΛЄധC AΓPIΠA], canopy / Three ears of corn; [L Ϛ (date)] across fields. RPC I 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 2.40gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Cilicia, Korykos AE 21mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Turreted head of Tyche to right; behind, AN / KOPYKIΩTΩN, Hermes standing to left, holding purse in right hand and kerykeion in left; to left, ΔI above NI above AN. SNG BnF 1086-93; SNG Levante 791. 8.27gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Dark green patina.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. First Jewish War AE Prutah. Dated year 3 (68/9 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
'Year three' in Paleo-Hebrew, amphora with broad rim, two handles and a lid / 'The freedom of Zion' in Paleo-Hebrew; vine leaf on small branch with tendril. TJC 204; Sofaer 31-35; Hendin GBC 6, 6392; Hendin GBC 5, 1363. 2.64gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
