LOT 3100
Thrace, Mesambria AE 19mm. Circa 2nd-1st century BC. Contemporary imitation.
Diademed head to right / [...]ΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ, Athena Alkidemos striding to left, holding shield on her left arm and brandishing thunderbolt with her right hand. For prototype cf. SNG BM Black Sea 280. Good Very Fine.(5.03gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Kingdom of Persis. Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) II AR Hemidrachm. 2nd half of 1st century BC. Istakhr (Persepolis) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Small bust to left, wearing short beard, diadem, and mural crown; monogram behind / Artaxerxes standing to right, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar to left. van't Haaff, Persis, Type 571/574.1-1 var. (no monogram; Artaxerxes standing to left). 1.69gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
DA (Dārābgird) mint. Struck circa AD 477-484. Bust to right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Cf. SNS type IIIb/1e. 4.09gr, 27mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Phrygia, Akmoneia AE 19mm. 1st century BC. ΤΙΜΟΘΕΟΣ (Timotheos), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right / [AKMONE] T[I]MOΘ[...], Artemis advancing to right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver; behind, stag standing to right. Cf. SNG von Aulock 3367; cf. BMC 13. 5.35gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
