LOT 3067
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. Countermarked on both sides.(5.57gr, 14mm.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3067
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Nabataea. Obodas II, with Hagaru I AR Sela'-Drachm. Circa 30-9 BC. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Jugate diademed and draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru to right; Nabataean Ḥ to left / Diademed head of Obodas to right; Nabataean Ḥ to inner left, inscription in Nabataean around. Cf. Al-Qatanani 42 t9; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea, Sup. 3. 4.60gr, 16mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120. Raydan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Head to right within circular torque / Small head to right; yanaf-monogram to left, 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.2ai; Huth 429. 1.35gr, 15mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Drachm. 246-222 BC. Alexandreia mint. Series 5A.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, no control marks. CPE B392; Svoronos 1002; SNG Copenhagen -. 65.94gr, 41mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
