LOT 3139
Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain Ruler AR Sixteenth Shekel. Circa 4th century BC.
Phoenician galley to left / Persian king or hero, holding dagger, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on its hind legs; Phoenician letter between; all within incuse square. Cf. HGC 10, 240 (Sakton II). Near Very Fine.(0.63gr, 9mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Shaqilat AR Sela'-Drachm. Dated RY 4 (AD 73/4). Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate and draped bust of Rabbel to right; date in legend to left / Veiled, laureate, and draped bust of Shaqilat to right. Meshorer, Nabataea 145; DCA 984. 3.68gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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 B. 5.54gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Greek King of Baktria, Eukratides I AR Obol. c.175-170 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Diademed and draped bust right, wearing horned Boiotian helmet, within bead-and-reel border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ – EΥKΡATIΔOY, caps of the Dioskouroi; monogram AN below. MIG 181a; HGC 12, 139. 0.62gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
