LOT 3353
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Possibly type IIIb (early), style B.
Lydo-Milesian standard. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Cf. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B (pl. XII). Near Very Fine. Countermarks on both sides and on rim.(5.49gr, 16mm.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3353
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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North Africa, Carthage AE Unit. Circa 221-210 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Wreathed head of Tanit to left / Horse standing to right, head to left. MAA 88; SNG Copenhagen 307. 7.52gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. Includes old collector's ticket, noting '30/5/42'. -
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Judaea. Herodians, Herod II Archelaus AE Half Prutah. 4 BCE-6 CE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Prow to left; H-P-ധ anticlockwise around / ЄΘN within wreath. RPC I 4916; TJC 72; Hendin 1197. 1.72gr, 14mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 15mm. Struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Aretas, in military attire, standing facing, head to left, holding spear and sword; het in Nabataean to top right, palm frond to left / Shaqilat, veiled, standing to left, raising hand; 'Shuqailat' in Nabataean in three lines to right, wreath to left. CN 187d; Meshorer, Nabataea 97. 2.35gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
