LOT 2891
Sicily, Katane AE Chalkous. Late 3rd century BC.
Jugate busts of Serapis, laureate and wearing Atef crown and Isis, wearing signature headdress to right; [X (mark of value) before, grain ear behind] / Apollo standing facing, leaning on column, holding laurel branch and bow; quiver and omphalos to left; KATA-[NAIΩN] to either side. CNS III, 22; HGC 2, 609. Good Very Fine.(5.27gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Ex Münzen Gut-Lynt GmbH, Auction 8, 27 November 2022, lot 12 (company's ticket included).
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Kingdom of Persis. Darev (Darios) II AR Hemidrachm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed bust to left, wearing tiara with ear flap and decorated with crescent / King standing to left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar. K&M 4/5; Tyler-Smith, Parcel 9-12; Alram 565. 1.87gr, 12mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
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. -
Kings of Parthia. Pakoros I AR Drachm. AD 78-120.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust to left, with long beard / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right, no throne base visible, holding bow; monogram beneath bow. Sellwood 78.3 (Vologases III); cf. Sunrise 439 (throne base represented by two dots); Shore 413 (Vologases III). 3.62gr, 22mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
