LOT 3310
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.(5.47gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3310
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Cyclades, Naxos AE 10mm. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Bearded head of Dionysos to left, wearing wreath of ivy with berries at the tip / Kantharos; grape bunch above, ivy leaves at sides, N-A flanking base. Nicolet-Pierre, Naxos II, Canthare 1a, 1-6; SNG Copenhagen 709; HGC 6, 641. 1.20gr, 10mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
The Thracian Chersonese, Cardia AE 12mm. 357-309 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Lion standing to left / ΚΑΡ-ΔΙΑ, barleycorn within square frame. HGC 3, II, 1482. 1.62gr, 12mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos II Kallinikos AE 17mm. 246-226 BC. Sardes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Apollo standing to left, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ to left, two monograms to outer left, HP monogram to outer right. SC 660.8a; WSM 1659; HGC 9, 345. 3.81gr, 17mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2009. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
