LOT 3220
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AE 25mm. Circa 300-281 BC. Quasi-autonomous municipal issue of Seleukeia Pieria.
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Winged thunderbolt; [ΣΕΛΕYΚEΩN] to right, monogram within circle to left. HGC 9, 1384. Fine.(13.73gr, 25mm.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Lydo-Milesian standard. 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 / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.54gr, 15mm.
Very Fine. Countermark on reverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Erythrai AR Hemiobol. Circa 480-450 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Rosette with central pellet-in-annulet / Eight-rayed star within incuse square. Klein 387; Kraay, Colophon 96 & 102; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Kayhan -. 0.37gr, 6mm.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Philistia, Gaza ('Azah) AR Drachm. Mid 5th century-333 BC.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Head of female to right, with oriental hairstyle / Forepart of horse to right; Phoenician AZ to upper left; all in pelletted square border within incuse square. Gitler & Tal VI.2D; HGC 10, 548 (male head). 3.88gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Lightly toned. Test punch on obverse and test cuts on reverse.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s.
