LOT 3393
Sasanian Kingdom. Bahram II, with Queen and Prince 4 AR Drachm. AD 276-293.
Jugate busts of Bahram II, wearing winged crown with korymbos, and his queen, wearing kolah with boar's head, to right, vis-a-vis cuirassed bust of Prince 4, wearing kolah with eagle's head and presenting a wreath to the royal couple, to left / Fire altar with ribbon; flanked by Bahram on the left and his queen on the right, holding ring; to left of flames, fravahr symbol. Cf. SNS type VII/5; cf. Göbl type X/3. Very Fine. Edge chipped.(3.61gr, 27mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market before 2000.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3393
Sasanian Kingdom. Bahram II, with Queen and Prince 4 AR Drachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Lydo-Milesian standard. 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. 5.49gr, 15mm.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AR Drachm. Dated RY 18 (13/2 BC). Petra mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Diademed and draped bust of Obodas to right; 'Obodas, king of the Nabataeans. Year 18' in Aramaic around; hēth behind / Jugate draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru to right; hēth behind. Meshorer, Nabataea 34; Huth -; DCA 965. 4.19gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Struck circa 318-315 BC. Sardes mint. In the name and types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; M or monogram of MI within circle in left field, monogram of HA beneath throne. Price 2687 var. (monogram beneath throne); ADM Series XX, 404 corr. (same); SNG Alpha Bank 647-8. 4.17gr, 17mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
