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LOT 2744
Sasanian Kingdom. Vahram (Bahram) V AR Drachm. AD 420-438. AS (Asurestan, Aspanvar) mint.
Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown and korymbos set on crescent; ribbon on shoulder / Fire altar flanked by attendants; mint to right. Göbl I/2, 156; Sellwood 43. Very Fine.(4.13gr, 29mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.56gr, 9mm, 6h.
Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AR Drachm. Circa 88-84 BC. Uncertain magistrate. Plinthophoric standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Radiate head of Helios to right / [...]ΔΡΟΣ(?), rose with bud to right; P-O flanking; all within incuse square. HGC 6, 1461. 1.89gr, 14mm, 11h.
Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III AR Siglos. Circa 375-340 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Lydo-Milesian standard. Type IVc.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Persian king or hero in kneeling/running stance to right, holding dagger in his right hand and bow in his left / Rectangular incuse punch. Carradice Type IV C (pl. XV, 46-9); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 19. 5.39gr, 13mm.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
