LOT 3055
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.(3.10gr, 26mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market circa 2015.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3055
Sasanian Kingdom. Bahram II, with Queen and Prince 4 AR Drachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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Gaul, Massalia AR Obol. Circa 440-410 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Head of male to right, wearing helmet decorated with four-spoked wheel / Wheel with four spokes. F&P OBM-2c; Depeyrot, Hellénistiques 2; SNG Blackburn 1. 0.55gr, 10mm.
Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Ex cgb.fr (company's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE 21mm. 169-168 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Radiate and diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY in two lines to right, ΘEOY EΠIΦANOVΣ in two lines to left, eagle standing right. SC 1415; HGC 9, 655. 9.63gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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): £59
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. 5.47gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermark on obverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
