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LOT 2754
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. Various countermarks on both sides.(5.50gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2754
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Tetrobol. Struck circa 246-222 BC. Alexandreia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Laureate head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt, head to right, cornucopiae bound with royal diadem across shoulders behind, E between legs. CPE B366; Svoronos 974; Köln 91; SNG Copenhagen 224-226. 42.35gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.75gr, 10mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE Serrate. 175-164 BC. Ake-Ptolemaïs mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Apollo to right; monogram(?) behind / [BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY], Apollo seated to left on omphalos, testing arrow. HGC 9, 725. 3.40gr, 16mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
