LOT 3271
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.(5.50gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3271
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Phoenicia, Sidon. Ba'alsillem (Sakton) II AR Dishekel. Undated issue, struck circa 401-370 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Phoenician galley to left; B (in Phoenician) above, waves below / Persian king and driver in chariot to left; to right, king of Sidon, in Egyptian style garments, holding cultic sceptre, walking to left. E&E-S Group IV.1.1; HGC 10, 236. 27.25gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. From a private collection, Switzerland; thence by descent. From a private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. 3rd-2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right / [IΣTI]-AIEΩN, nymph seated to right on stern of galley; wing on prow. BCD Euboia 387ff.; HGC 4, 1524. 1.69gr, 13mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
Sicily, Katania AE 24mm. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Janiform head of Serapis wearing kalathos, monograms to left and right / ΚΑΤΑΝAIΩΝ, Demeter standing to left, holding grain ears. CNS III p.101-2, 14; HGC 2, 619. 14.20gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
