LOT 3274
Persia, Alexandrine Empire. Uncertain Satrap AV Double Daric. After 315 BC. Babylon mint.
The Great King, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear with right hand and bow with left / Wavy stripes patterned incuse punch. Cf. Nicolet-Pierre, Travaux Le Rider, p. 298, 6 and pl. 30, 6. Good Very Fine. Test cut on reverse. Areas of weakness. Rare.(16.72gr, 20mm.).
ProvenanceEx Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 182, 14 March 2011, lot 362.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 123, 9 May 2021, lot 873.
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LOT 3274
Persia, Alexandrine Empire. Uncertain Satrap AV Double Daric.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
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Group of Two [2] Coins from Nabataea. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: various issues and reverse types. 2.94gr total, 10-13mm.
Condition as seen.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 13mm. Struck circa 8/7 BC-AD 15/6. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae; Aramaic letter in between. CN 150m; Meshorer, Nabataea 71. 1.64gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Troas, Achaiion AE 18mm. Circa 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΑΧΑ-ΙΤധN, Artemis standing facing, head to left, quiver over shoulder and holding bow and arrow in right hand. A. Ellis-Evans: The Coinage and History of Achaiion in the Troad, in: REA 119 (2017), p. 31, 4. 5.04gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare type of an exceedingly rare city; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
