LOT 3304
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Possibly 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.(5.58gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3304
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Janiform female heads, with central earring / Inscription around, helmeted head of Athena to right. Cf. SNG Arikantürk 622-6. 1.25gr, 11mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AE 23mm. Struck after 301 BC. Uncertain mint in Western Anatolia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Male head in peaked Phrygian helmet to right / Trophy; [BAΣ]ΙΛΕΩΣ to left, [ΛYΣI]MAXOY to right. SNG Copenhagen 1164; HGC 3.2, 1755. 6.22gr, 23mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 217. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AE 12mm. 281-261 BC. Tarsos mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet / BA AN, laureate pileus. SC 334; HGC 9, 217 (R3). 1.53gr, 12mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
