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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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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm. Undated issue, struck circa 261/0 BC. Uncertain mint 16 in Asia Minor.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Diademed head to right, wearing aegis / [ΠΤΟ]ΛEΜΑΙOΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; in left field, Galatian shield with thunderbolt device. CPE 399; Svoronos 607, pl.xiv, 24; Meydancikkale 5198. 13.06gr, 27mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Exceedingtly rare emission with Galatian shield symbol . No other examples on CoinArchives.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Mysia, Parion AR Drachm. 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue / Irregular pattern within quadripartite incuse square. SNG BnF 1351-2; SNG von Aulock -. 3.23gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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.
