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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Pontos, Komana ΑΕ 21mm. Dated CY 23 (AD 56/7). Time of Nero. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Radiate head of Helios(?) to right / Γ-Κ (date) ΚΟ-ΜΑ-ΝΩ-Ν in three lines, vertical club. RPC I 2161a.9 (this coin); RG 7; Amandry-Rémy, Comana 11-12. 6.99gr, 21mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk). -
Phoenicia. Byblos, 'Aynel (Enylos) AR 1/16 Shekel. Circa 350-326 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left; legend in Phoenician above. E&E-B Group IV.4.2; HGC 10, 139. 0.84gr, 11mm, 2h.
Good Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Cyclades, Andros AE 17mm. Circa 200-180 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Head of young Dionysos to right, wearing ivy-wreath; c/m: kantharos / Filletted thyrsos; Α-Ν-Δ-ΡΙ across fields, bunch of grapes to right. BMC Crete pg. 86, 14; Joy 510; SNG Copenhagen 613; HGC 6, 472; for countermark see Tselekas & Papageorgiadou-Banis, Countermarks on the Hellenistic coinages of the Cyclades in ΜΕΛΕΤΗΜΑΤΑ 53, p. 159. 4.11gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare countermarked Cycladic bronze.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
