LOT 2925
Pontos, Amisos (as Peiraieos) AR Siglos-Drachm. Circa 435-370 BC.
ΔΙΟ-(?) (Dio-), magistrate. Head of Hera to left, wearing decorated polos, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / Owl standing facing on shield, with wings spread, ΔI-O(?) across fields, ΠΕΙΡΑ below. HGC 7, 229. Fine. Test cut.(5.55gr, 20mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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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. -
Lucania, Metapontion AR Stater. Circa 510-470 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Ear of barley with seven grains; META retrograde downwards to right; all within cable border / Incuse ear of barley with eight grains. Cf. Noe Class IX, 193; HN Italy 1482. 8.11gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Chaponnière & Firmenich SA, Auction 16, 13 November 2022, lot 9b (dealer's ticket included). From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Indo-Scythians. Apracharajas, Vijayamitra BI Tetradrachm. Circa 12 BC-AD 20.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
In the name of Azes. Azes on horseback to right, holding whip; 'va' in Kharosthi to right / Athena standing to right, raising hand in benediction and holding spear and shield; nandipada to left; monogram to right. Senior 175.205T; HGC 12, 716. 9.27gr, 22mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
