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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Group of Twenty Five (25) Greek AE Coins. c.3rd-1st century B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Comprising: mixed rulers, issues, denominations and reverse types. 131gr total.
As shown.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Phrygia, Sanaos AE 18mm. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
ΑΠΟΛ- (Apol-), magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΣΑΝΑΗΝΩΝ ΑΠΟΛ, tripod flanked by two laurel branches. Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p. 286, 1; Von Aulock, Phrygien I, 856-8. 3.76gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped. Extremely rare mint.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Sanaos was probably located on the northern coast of the salt Lake Anava, on the eastern road between Apamea and Laodicea. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor & Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AE Diobol(?). 170-163 BC. Alexandria mint. Coregency issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟY ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopiae in left field. Svoronos 1424 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI); Weiser 142 (Ptolemy V); SNG Copenhagen 308-310 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI); Noeske 212-5 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI). 20.14gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
