LOT 3037
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) I AR Drachm. AD 531-579.
GD (Gay) mint. Dated RY 29 (AD 559). Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent, stars flanking; ribbons on shoulders, crescent before; all within single border with crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within single border. Göbl type II/2. Very Fine.(4.01gr, 30mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceEx property of a South West London gentleman.
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Kingdom of Persis. Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) II AR Obol. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Bearded bust to left, wearing diadem and mural crown; monogram behind / Ardaxšir standing to left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar to left. KM 4/13; Alram 572; Sunrise 596. 0.75gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. AD 590-628.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
NAL (Nārmashir?) mint. Dated RY 37 (AD 627/8). Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings and star set on crescent; all within double border with star-in-crescents and legend in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within triple border with star-in-crescents in margin. Göbl type II/3. 2.92gr, 29mm, 3h.
Good very fine.
Ex property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. First Jewish War AE Prutah. 66-70 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Jerusalem mint. Dated year 3 (68/9 CE). 'Year three' in Paleo-Hebrew, amphora with broad rim, two handles and a lid / 'The freedom of Zion' in Paleo-Hebrew; vine leaf on small branch with tendril. TJC 204; Sofaer 31-35; Hendin GBC 6, 6392; Hendin GBC 5, 1363. 2.26gr, 16mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
