488243. SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. AR Drachm (18.5mm, 4.10 g, 12h). Tarsos mint, “Royal workshop”. Diademed head right within fillet border / ∫Å%5¬EW% d˙µ˙tr5oU QEoU @5˚Åtoro%, Zeus Nikephoros seated left; to outer left, ± above f (engraved over a prior control mark). SC 2158 corr. (bottom monogram); Houghton, Second, –; HGC 9, 1128a; SNG Spaer 2204 (same dies); CNG inventory 403602 (same dies). EF, toned, slight die wear, a couple light marks under tone on obverse, a little porosity on reverse. Well centered and struck. Extremely rare. $1650 From the MNL Collection. Ex François Charrin Collection (Parsy, 26 November 2013), lot 57. The clarity of the lower monogram on this example verifies that this drachm is a fraction of the tetradrachm issue SC 2157.2.
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503468. PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (15mm, 8.32 g). LydoMilesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26; Sunrise 24. Near EF. Well struck. $2500 Ex Obolos 6 (20 November 2016), lot 547; Schweizerische Kreditanstalt FPL 56 (Autumn 1991), no. 126.
503469. PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AV Daric (15.5mm, 8.36 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneelingrunning stance right, holding spear and bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group C (pl. XIV, 42); cf. Meadows, Administration 323; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 12; Sunrise 28. Near EF, lightly toned. Well centered and struck. $4600 Ex Osaka Collection.
503240. PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Drachm (43mm, 69.96 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Series 5B. Struck 230-222 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / ∫Å%5¬EW% ∏to¬EÂÅ5oU, Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, ^ between legs. CPE B395; Svoronos 964; SNG Copenhagen 171–2; Noeske 117–9; Boston MFA –; Dewing –; Weiser 71. Good VF, brown surfaces with tan highlights. Well centered on a broad flan. $2450
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