LOT 3273
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. Near Very Fine.(5.48gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3273
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Greek King of Baktria, Demetrios I AR Tetradrachm. 200-185 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Baktra, diademed and draped bust of Demetrios I to right, wearing elephant skin headdress / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY, youthful Herakles, nude, standing facing, crowning himself with a wreath with his right hand and holding club and lion skin his left; in inner left field, monogram. MIG 103e; HGC 12, 63. 15.06gr, 32mm, 12h.
Very FIne. Chipped.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Kings of Parthia, Phriapatios to Mithradates I AR Drachm. Circa 185-132 BC. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Diademed and draped bust to left, wearing bashlyk / BΛᕒIΛEΩᕒ ΜΕΓΛΛΟΥ ΛPΣΛKOY, Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on omphalos, holding bow. Cf. Sellwood 10.1 (Mithradates I; Hekatompylos mint). 3.09gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV Lead Tessera or Token. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 20/1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Diademed head to right / Nike standing to left, holding wreath(?) and palm branch. Cf. Al-Qatanani, Nabataean Coins, 252. 2.31gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
