LOT 3045
Pontos, Amisos AE 29mm. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 90-85 BC.
Head of Athena to right, wearing Attic helmet / Perseus standing facing, holding harpa and Medusa's head; Medusa's body at his feet, monogram of MET to left, monogram of ZEA to right. HGC 7, 238. Near Very Fine.(18.14gr, 29mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market before 2000.
Private collection, South Germany.
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Judaea, Uncertain Ruler AE Prutah. 1st century BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Legend in Paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between the horns. 2.36gr, 15mm, 2h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
India, Indo-Sasanian Gadhiya Paisa BI Drachm. Circa AD 950-1050.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Indo-Sasanian style bust to right; pellets and ornaments around / Stylised fire altar; pellets around. Mitchiner, Non-Islamic 422-4. 4.03gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.57gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
