LOT 3059
Sasanian Kingdom. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) I AR Drachm. AD 399-420. Possibly local imitation.
Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos / Fire altar with ribbons; attendants flanking; crescents flanking flames. For type cf. Göbl type I/1. Near Very Fine.(3.96gr, 23mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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LOT 3059
Sasanian Kingdom. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) I AR Drachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Seleukid Empire, Seleukos II Kallinikos AE Trichalkon. Struck circa 246-242 BC. Sardes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Helmeted head of Athena to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Apollo Delphios, nude, standing to left, testing arrow in his right hand, and leaning on bow to right. SC 659.1; SNG Spaer 452; Newell 1654; HGC 9, 321. 7.63gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Sikyonia. Sikyon AR Obol. Circa 340-320 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £140
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΣΙ, dove flying to right. BCD Peloponnesos 257-61. HGC 5, 226. 0.84gr, 12mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Well centred.
Ex Nomos AG, obolos 25, 23 October 2022, lot 188. -
Phoenicia, Sidon 'Abdamon' AR 1/16 Shekel. Circa 425-407 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Galley to left before turreted city wall, lion in exergue / Persian king standing to right and firing bow. Cf. HGC 10, 230. 0.70gr, 10mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
