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Kings of Parthia, Mithradates I AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 173 (140/139 BC). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates I to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ME-ΓAΛOY APΣA-KOY ΦIΛEΛ-ΛHNOΣ, Herakles standing to left, holding skyphos in his right hand and club and lion skin in his left; monogram of APT in outer left field; Γ[ΟΡ] (date) in exergue. Sellwood 13.3; Shore 36; Sunrise 261. 15.57gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Minor deposits. Rare.
Swiss private collection, acquired in 1992. -
Persia, Alexandrine Empire. Uncertain Satrap AV Double Daric. After 315 BC. Babylon mint.
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
The Great King, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear with right hand and bow with left / Wavy stripes patterned incuse punch. Cf. Nicolet-Pierre, Travaux Le Rider, p. 298, 6 and pl. 30, 6. 16.72gr, 20mm.
Good Very Fine. Test cut on reverse. Areas of weakness. Rare.
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 182, 14 March 2011, lot 362. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 123, 9 May 2021, lot 873. -
Claudius AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Ephesus, Ionia. Struck circa AD 41-42.
Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (‡+bp*)
TI CLAVD CAES AVG, bare head to left / DIAN EPHE, temple of Diana Ephesia: cult statue of Diana of Ephesus with fillets hanging from her wrists, polos on her head within tetrastyle temple, pediment decorated with figures flanking a central table with disk above, two tables and recumbent figures in angles. RPC I 2222 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 30. 11.73gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful old cabinet toning with golden iridescence on reverse. Minor oxidations.
From the collection of Georges Müller, numismatist (collector's tickets included). -
Lydia, Tabala AE 20mm. Circa AD 190-220. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
ΔΗΜΟϹ, head of Demos to right, wearing taenia / ΤΑΒΑΛΕΩΝ, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia facing, with supports. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 77023; GRPC Lydia 11; Hochard 2351f-k;; Martin Demos Kame xxx. 4.77gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a UK gallery. -
Lucius Verus AE 31mm of Midaeum, Phrygia. 164-165 AD.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΡΜ, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΜΙΔΑΕΩΝ, Zeus standing to left, holding patera over eagle and long sceptre. RPC IV.2, 1911 (temporary); von Aulock, Phrygiens II, 748. 18.71gr, 31mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two specimens recorded by RPC Online.
Property of a UK gallery. -
Galba AE 'As' of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 68-69.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
IM • SER • SVL • GAL • CAE, laureate head to right / Large S • C within laurel wreath. RPC I, 4314; McAlee 312b. 14.83gr, 28mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Geta AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Circa AD 208-212.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
AYT • KAI • ΓЄTAC : CЄ • B •, laureate head to right / ΔHMAPX • ЄΞ • VΠA • TO • B •, eagle standing to left on thigh of sacrificial animal, head and tail to right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 210; McAlee 719. 13.43gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Septimius Severus AR Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck circa AD 207-209.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
AYT KAI CЄOYHPOC CЄ •, laureate and draped bust to right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ YΠATOC Γ, eagle standing to right, head and tail to left, with wings displayed; star between legs. Prieur 1140. 14.54gr, 28mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Ascalon, Judaea. Struck AD 215-217.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ ϹЄ, laureate head to right / ΔΗ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ • Δ •, eagle standing facing on palm frond, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; in exergue, dove to right with olive branch in beak. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 79260; Prieur -. 11.83gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 525, 20 October 2022, lot 713. -
Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus AE 24mm of Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem), Judaea. AD 161-169.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
IMP CAES ANTONINO ET VERO AVG, confronted busts of Marcus and Lucius, each laureate, draped, and cuirassed / COL • AEL CAP, draped bust of Serapis to left, wearing kalathos. RPC IV.3, 6416 (temporary); Meshorer, Aelia 56; Kadman, Aelia 58; Rosenberger 35; Sofaer 55. 7.43gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Vespasian, with Agrippa II AE 26mm of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 18 (AD 77/78).
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥΕϹΠ[Α ΚΑΙϹ]ΑΡΙ ϹΕΒΑϹΤധ, laureate head to right / ΕΤΟΥ ΗΙ (date) ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ, Tyche standing to left, holding grain ears in right hand and cornucopia in left. RPC II, 2254; Meshorer 14; Hendin 6337; Sofaer 195. 10.27gr, 26mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Vespasian, with Agrippa II AE 10 Units of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 29 of the first era of Agrippa II (AD 77/8 ).
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΩ, laureate head to right / ΕΤΟΥ ΚΘ (date) ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ, Tyche-Demeter standing to left, holding grain ears and cornucopia. Meshorer 172; Hendin 6322; RPC II 2288; Sofaer 246. 16.31gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.