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.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Kings of Sophene, Mithradates II Philopator AE 18mm. Circa 89-after 85 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Bust to left, wearing bashlyk; uncertain countermark / [BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΙΘΡΙΔΑΤ ΦΙΛO], club within wreath. Kovacs 36. 4.30gr, 18mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Islands off Thessaly, Skiathos AE 13mm. Circa 350-344 BC.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Male head to left, wearing taenia / ΣΚΙ-ΑΘΙ, kerykeion; herm to inner left. HGC 6, 414. 2.12gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lucania, Metapontion AE 14mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Athena Alkidemos standing to left, holding shield and brandishing spear / META, owl standing to left on stalk of barley ear. Johnston, Bronze coinage 68c; Historia Numorum Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 3.17gr, 14mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.
