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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.

Diademed and draped bust to left / BAΣIΛEΩC BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ, Phraates seated to right on throne, receiving palm from Tyche standing to right, holding cornucopia; uncertain date in exergue. Cf. Sellwood 51.43; cf. Callataÿ, Tétradrachmes 224. 11.73gr, 28mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

Diademed and draped bust to left / BAΣIΛEΩC BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ, Phraates seated to right on throne, Athena standing to left before him, presenting diadem and holding spear; [date in exergue]. Cf. Sellwood 52; cf. Sunrise 391; cf. Shore 274. 10.48gr, 27mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Small area of delamination and graffiti on obverse.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

Diademed and draped bust right, wearing horned Boiotian helmet, within bead-and-reel border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, Dioscuri on horseback charging right, with couched spears and holding palm branches, monogram IA in lower right field. HGC 12, 150. 14.54gr, 34mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine. Contemporary plugged hole.

Property of a London, UK, private collector.

Diademed and draped bust right, wearing horned Boiotian helmet, within bead-and-reel border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, Dioscuri on horseback charging right, with couched spears and holding palm branches, monogram ANT in lower right field. HGC 12, 150. 15.63gr, 32mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Toned.

Property of a London, UK, private collector.

Diademed and draped bust right, wearing horned Boiotian helmet, within bead-and-reel border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟY, Dioscuri on horseback charging right, with couched spears and holding palm branches, monogram ANT in lower right field. HGC 12, 150. 16.50gr, 32mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine. Toned.

Property of a London, UK, private collector.

Diademed and draped bust right, wearing horned Boiotian helmet, within bead-and-reel border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ in straight lines, Dioscuri on horseback charging right, with couched spears and holding palm branches, below, Δ in upper left field. For general type cf. HGC 12, 150. 20.07gr, 34mm, 2h.

Very Fine. Dark tone. Unpublished in the standard references.

Property of a London, UK, private collector.

Baktra, diademed and draped bust of Demetrios I to right, wearing elephant skin headdress / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY, youthful Herakles, nude, standing facing, crowning himself with a wreath with his right hand and holding club and lion skin his left; in inner left field, monogram. MIG 103e; HGC 12, 63. 15.06gr, 32mm, 12h.

Very FIne. Chipped.

Property of a London, UK, private collector.

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY / ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, diademed and draped bust right, wearing horned Boiotian helmet / Maharajasa/Evukratidasa (Kharosthi), Dioscuri on horseback charging right, with couched spears and holding palm branches. HGC 12, 146. 8.65gr, 22mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Property of a London, UK, private collector.

Diademed and draped bust right, wearing horned Boiotian helmet, within bead-and-reel border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ – EΥKΡATIΔOY, caps of the Dioskouroi; monogram AN below. MIG 181a; HGC 12, 139. 0.62gr, 11mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Property of a London, UK, private collector.

Blank / Six-arm Taxila-Gandharan septa-radiate symbol. Pieper 11; ACW 4079-4080; HGC 12, 763. 1.39g, 16mm.

Very Fine.

Property of a London, UK, private collector.

Crowned bust right / Fire altar with ribbon flanked by attendants; crowned bust of Bahram right superimposed upon altar. ACW 1550. 3.12g, 26mm, 4h.

Very Fine.

Property of a London, UK, private collector.