LOT 3334
Philistia, Azotos AR Drachm. Mid 5th century-333 BC.
Bearded head to right / Facing female(?) head, wearing necklace, in pelletted square within incuse square. CNG, Auction 93, lot 574; otherwise unpublished. Very Fine. Test cut on reverse. Exceedingly rare; apparently the second known example.(3.30gr, 14mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceEx the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1970-2000.
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Kingdom of Persis. Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) II AR Hemidrachm. 2nd half of 1st century BC. Istakhr (Persepolis) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Small bust to left, wearing short beard, diadem, and mural crown; monogram behind / Artaxerxes standing to right, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar to left. van't Haaff, Persis, Type 571/574.1-1 var. (no monogram; Artaxerxes standing to left). 1.69gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Macedon, Thessalonika AE 16mm. Time of the Flavians(?), circa AD 69-96. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Nike standing on globe to left; crescent in left field / ΘЄCCAΛΟΝΙΚЄΩΝ in four lines within laurel wreath. RPC I 326; Touratsoglou, Pseudoautonomen, II B, 1–4 (Domitian?). 3.89gr, 16mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 90, 18 November 2021, lot 365 (company's ticket included). Property of a London antiquarian. -
Boeotia, Thebes AR Stater. Circa 390-382 BC. Wast(ias), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,510
Boeotian shield / Volute krater with a decorated upper half, barley grain above, FA-ΣT across central field; all within shallow incuse circle. Hepworth 36; BCD Boiotia 494; BMC 120; HGC 4, 1330. 12.14gr, 22mm, 2h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone with blue iridescence around the devices on obverse and gold on reverse.
Ex A. A. Ravel, 1938. Ex Pozzi 1443v TTB. Ex Prunier Auction, Numismatic Auction June 2022, 27 June 2022, lot 198. Acquired from Pecunia Numismatics.
Wastias was the pro-Spartan rival of Androkleidas and was instrumental in the latter's exile and assassination.
