LOT 2897
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. AD 590-628.
PR (Furat-i-Meshan) mint. Dated RY 31 (AD 621/2). Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings and star set on crescent; star-in-crescent before; all within double border with star-in-crescents 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 II/3; cf. SNS 644-645. Good Very Fine. Exceptionally rare mint of Furat-i-Meshan in Iraq.(3.96gr, 33mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceEx property of a UK gallery, early 2000s.
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LOT 2897
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Islands off Ionia, Chios AR Tetradrachm. Circa 190-165 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ (Antiphon), magistrate. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, 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; in left field, sphinx seated to left on amphora, raising forepaw; ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ below. Price 2415; HGC 6, 1139. 16.13gr, 31mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Various types. 44.58gr total.
Condition as seen.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE Half Prutah. 40-4 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Jerusalem mint. [ΗPΩΔOΥ] ΒΑCΙΛ[ΕΩΣ], tripod table / Palm frond upright within circle. Hendin 6217; TJC 56; Sofaer 52. 0.63gr, 11mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
