LOT 2944
Pisidia, Selge 12mm. Circa 200-1 BC.
Laureate head of Herakles to right, club over shoulder / Thunderbolt; bow to right, Σ-Ε-Λ across fields. SNG BnF 1979; SNG von Aulock 5288; SNG Copenhagen 263; Lindgren 1353. Very Fine.(2.43gr, 12mm, 5h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired at an UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, collector;
Collector's ticket included.
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Kings of Parthia, Mithradates II AR Drachm. 121-91 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Ekbatana mint; struck circa 96/5-93/2 BC. Diademed and draped bust to left, wearing tiara decorated with six-rayed star / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 28.3; Shore 97; Sunrise 298. 4.07gr, 21mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
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Judaea, Herodians. Herod III Antipas AE Unit. 4 BCE-39 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Tiberias mint. Struck for Roman Emperor Gaius (Caligula); dated RY 43 (39/40 CE). HPധΔHC [TETPAPXHC], palm tree with two date clusters; ETO-[Y]C MΓ (date) flanking / ΓAIΩ KAICAP ΓEPMANIKΩ in four lines within laurel wreath. RPC I 4934; Meshorer 91; Hendin 6246. 12.78gr, 23mm, 12h
Good Very Fine. Black patina with brown highlights.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia, Achaemenid Empire AR Siglos. Time of Darios II to Artaxerxes II, circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. 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 / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43); cf. Meadows, Administration 326 (Type IV, Group C); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 10; Sunrise -. 5.47gr, 14mm
Near Very Fine. Toned; interesting bankers' marks.
From an old UK collection; Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 548, 18 October 2023, lot 188; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
