LOT 3035
Sasanian Kingdom, Peroz (Firuz) I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484.
AS (Aspahān) mint. Struck circa AD 458-465. Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent, legends flanking; ribbons on shoulders; all within single border / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within single border. Cf. SNS type IIa/1d; Sunrise -. Near Very Fine.(4.10gr, 28mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera AR Tetradrachm. 51-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Alexandria mint. Dated RY 16 (37/6 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I το right, wearing aegis / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, with palm over shoulder; to left, L Iς (date) above crown of Isis; ΠA to right. Svoronos 1830 (Ptolemy XIII); SNG Copenhagen 411; DCA 70. 13.60gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE Quarter Unit. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Petra mint. Struck circa AD 1/2. Laureate head to right / Quarter (in Nabataean, mark of value) within wreath. CN 134c; Meshorer, Nabataea 82. 2.09gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
llyria, Apollonia AR Drachm. Circa 80/70-48 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΓΙΑΣ (Agias) and ΕΠΙΚΑΔΗΣ (Epikades), magistrates. Cow standing to left, head reverted, suckling calf; AΓIAΣ above / Double stellate pattern in double linear quadrangle; EΠI-KA-ΔOY AΠOΛ around. P&G 69; Ceka 3; Maier 38; HGC 3, 4. 3,47gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
