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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Cyprus, Paphos. Timarchos or Nikokles AE 11mm. Circa 350-320 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Aprodite to left, wearing decorated crown / Rose. Destrooper, Monnayage 10; Zapiti & Michaelidou 23; cf. Tziambazis 93. 1.42gr, 11mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Phrygia, Apameia, AE 20mm. c.133-48 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Andron- and Alkio- magistrates, laureate head of Zeus right / ΑΝΔΡΟΝ ΑΛΚΙΟ, cult statue of Artemis Anaïtis facing. SNG Copenhagen 177; SNG von Aulock 8338. 7.30gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H-F?] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.74gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
