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LOT 2958
Phoenicia, Sidon. Abd astart (Straton) I AR 1/16 Shekel. Dated RY 12(?) (354/3 BC).
Phoenician galley to left; [date] above, waves below / Persian king or hero, holding dagger and standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on its hind legs; Phoenician letters Bet and Ayin between; all within incuse square. Cf. E&E-S Group IV.2.4.f; cf. DCA 853; HGC 10, 245. Near Very Fine.(0.54gr, 9mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market; Ex property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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LOT 2958
Phoenicia, Sidon. Abd astart (Straton) I AR 1/16 Shekel.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. 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; uncertain countermarks (cf. 126 and 168) / Oblong incuse punch; countermarks: 116 and 202. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.44gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii. -
Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom, Eukratides I Megas AR Obol. Circa 170-145 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed and draped bust to right / Caps of the Dioskouroi, each with palm frond; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ to left, monogram below. Bopearachchi 3C; HGC 12, 138. 0.68gr, 12mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Parion AR Drachm. 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue / Irregular pattern within quadripartite incuse square. SNG Paris 1351-2. 3.85gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
