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LOT 2747
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. 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. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B. Very Fine. Countermark on reverse.(5.44gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2747
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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Phoenicia, Marathos AE 22mm. Dated CY 131(?) (129/8 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Double cornucopia; date to right, Phoenician letters in fields. Cf. Duyrat, Ateliers 325; HGC 10, 195. 8.03gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kings of Parthia, Orodes II AR Drachm. Struck circa 50-42 BC. Margiane mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Diademed and draped bust to left; crescent to right / Blundered legend, archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; Π beneath bow. Sellwood 46.13; Sunrise -; Shore -. 3.84gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Fine. Porous.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 16mm. 110-52 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck CY 55(?) (57/6 BC). Turretted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche to right / Phoenician galley to left; above, date above ΣΙΔΩΝΙΩΝ; Phoenician legend below. Cf. HGC 10, 292. 3.41gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
