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)
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Cyclades, Tenos AE 18mm. Circa 308-288 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Horned and laureate head of Apollo Karneios to right / [T-H N-I?], bunch of grapes. Cf. Etienne 109.II-III; cf. HGC 6, 737. 3.51gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caria, Amyzon AE 18mm. 2nd-3rd centuries AD.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
AMYZO-NЄധN, female African head to right wearing braids / Laureate male head to right; c/m: large B (denominational mark). RPC IV.2 Online 11847; Robert, Amyzon 20. 2.85gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare type; only five specimens cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Sicily, Gela AE Tetras or Trionkion. Circa 420-405 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
ΓΕΛΑΣ, head of the river-god Gelas to right; [barley grain behind neck] / Bull standing to left, head lowered, as if to charge; three pellets (mark of value) in exergue. Jenkins, Gela, Group VIII-IX, 499; CNS 9; HGC 2, 379. 4.64gr, 19mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
