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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Seleukis and Pieria, Apameia AE 24mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Dated SE 285 (28/7 BC). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Head of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath / ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣVΛΟV, thyrsos; EΠΣ (date) to inner left, E-I across fields below. RPC I 4349. 7.92gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare date.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left; uncertain countermarks / Oblong incuse punch; countermarks: 28(similar), 62, 138(similar) and 20. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.49gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii. -
Ionia, Uncertain Mint El 1/24 of Stater or Myshemihekte. Circa 600-550 BC.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £225
Head of bridled horse to left / Rough incuse square. Rosen 288; SNG Kayhan 717; Weidauer 145. 0.59gr, 6mm.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, 1990s.
