LOT 2887
Sicily, Akragas AE 21mm. Phintias, tyrant, 282-279 BC.
Head of Artemis to left, quiver over shoulder / Boar standing to left; [BAΣI]ΛEOΣ above, ΦINTIA below. CNS 118; SNG ANS 1119-21; HGC 2, 171. Near Very Fine.(7.26gr, 21mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 295, 4 May 2024, lot 82.
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Kings of Parthia. Vologases VI AR Drachm. Circa AD 208-228.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust to left, wearing tiara with ear flap; wl in Aramaic behind / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow, monogram below. Sellwood 88.19; Sunrise 459. 3.70gr, 19mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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 / Oblong incuse punch; countermark: cf. 98. Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43). 5.49gr, 14mm.
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. -
Kingdom of Persia. Pakor II AR Obol. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Diademed bust to left / Diademed bust to left. Van't Haaff, Persis, Type 590. 0.52gr, 13mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
