LOT 3146
Phoenicia, Tyre AE 17mm. Dated CY 51 (76/5 BC).
Head of Tyche to right, veiled and turreted, palm at shoulder / Palm tree, monogram of Tyre to right, AN (date) to left, IEPA-Phoenician letters and A-ΣΥ (ligate) across field. Rouvier 1903, 2126; HGC 10, 364. Near Very Fine.(3.78gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Da Yuezhi Rulers of Baktria, Imitative of Eukratides I AR Obol. c.AD 50-90.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Helmeted bust right / Garbled Greek legend, caps of the Dioskouroi; monogram IAI below. ANS 5-13; HGC 12, 152. 0.38gr, 10mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Chipped. Rare.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
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Colchis, Dioskourias AE 16mm. Circa 105-90 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Caps of the Dioskouroi surmounted by stars / [ΔI-OΣ]-KOY-PIA-Δ-OΣ, thyrsos. SNG BM Black Sea 1021; SNG Stancomb 638; HGC 7, 205. 4.51gr, 16mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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): £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 B. 5.48gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
