LOT 2894
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. AD 591-628.
LYW (Rēv-Ardaxšir) mint. Dated RY 21 (AD 611/2). Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings, frontal crescent and star-in-crescent; stars and legends flanking, ribbon on shoulders; 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. SC Tehran -. Good Very Fine.(4.03gr, 32mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market before 2000.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. 323-317 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
SardeIs mint. Struck under Menander, circa 323/2 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back; holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; bee in left field, monogram of ΞΥ or ΕΥΞ beneath throne. Price P73; ADM I Series XIII. 4.36gr, 17mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AR Tetradrachm. 359-336 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Pella mint; struck circa 323-315 BC. Posthumous Issue. Laureate head of Zeus to left / ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, horseman riding to right, holding palm branch and bridle; beneath horse's foreleg, Θ. SNG ANS 430; SNG Alpha Bank 275; Le Rider 439. 13.75gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare left-facing issue.
Private collection of a North London lady before 2000. Property of a London gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes 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; countermark: 50 / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.53gr, 15mm.
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.
