LOT 3038
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. AD 590-628.
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. Good very fine.(2.92gr, 29mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceEx property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. 323-317 BC.
Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Uncertain mint in Cilicia. Struck under Philotas or Philoxenos, circa 323-317 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; wreath in left field, ΔI beneath throne. Price 2949 [Side(?)]; Müller 550. 17.17gr, 26mm, 9h.
Extremely Fine. Lustrous metal; gold iridescence around the devices.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
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Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 15mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint; struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Laureate head to right; Aramaic letter ḥēth to right / 'Aretas' in Aramaic within wreath. Meshorer, Nabataea 115; CN 189. 2.15gr, 15mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
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![Group of Three [3] AR Drachmai of Parion, Mysia.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/229945s.jpg)
Group of Three [3] AR Drachmai of Parion, Mysia. 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Facing gorgoneion / Quadripartite incuse square. 12.35gr total.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
