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LOT 2756
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. Very Fine. Countermarks on reverse.(5.50gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2756
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Kushano-Sasanians, Ohrmazd (Hormizd) I AE Drachm. Circa AD 265-295. Bactrian mint, probably Balkh.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Draped bust to right, wearing crown with decorated korymbos and lion's head; before head, 'Hormizd King' in Pahlawi / 'Exalted God' in Bactrian Shiva standing facing and holding trident in left hand; behind him, the bull Nandi standing to left. ANS Kushan, 2219. 2.06gr, 17mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Marathos AE 22mm. Dated CY 131(?) (129/8 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Double cornucopia; date to right, Phoenician letters in fields. Cf. Duyrat, Ateliers 325; HGC 10, 195. 8.03gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Struck circa 310-301 BC. Teos mint. In the name and types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ[Υ], Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; monogram of ΔΗ in left field and monogram of ΠΡ beneath throne. Price 2290. 4.30gr, 17mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. Lustrous metal. Slightly double struck of reverse.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
