LOT 2689
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. Good Fine.(0.82gr, 11mm, 5h.). [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III AR Siglos. Circa 375-340 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Lydo-Milesian standard. Type IVc.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Persian king or hero in kneeling/running stance to right, holding dagger in his right hand and bow in his left / Rectangular incuse punch. Carradice Type IV C (pl. XV, 46-9); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 19. 5.39gr, 13mm.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor Fourrée Tetradrachm Core. Imitating Salamis mint, dated RY 7 (AD 164/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Diademed head to right, wearing aegis around neck / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, L Z (Z reversed) Σ Α flanking eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt. For prototype cf. Svoronos 1333. 12.93gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Darios II AR Siglos. Circa 455-420 BC. Sardes mint. Type IV, Group A. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group A. 5.49gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Countermarks on both sides.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
