LOT 2404
Ancient Greek Coins - Indo-Greek - Eukratides I - AR Tetradrachm 2nd century B.C.
Attic Standard, Panjhir mint. Obv: diademed and draped bust right. Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ EYKΡATIΔOY, the Dioskuri on rearing horses right; monogram right. Good very fine.(16.87 grams, 32 mm.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
LiteratureBopearachchi Série 1B; SNG ANS 431; MIG 168f.
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LOT 2404
Ancient Greek Coins - Indo-Greek - Eukratides I - AR Tetradrachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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Ancient Greek Coins - Parthian Dynasty - Pharaates III - AR Drachm 70-57 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Obv: long-bearded bust left wearing tiara (T39ii) decorated on side with horn and stags with prominent antlers around crest; circular border of pellets. Rev: beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; below bow, monogram [~], ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ read from outside in six-line Greek inscription = ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ. 4.01 grams, 21 mm.
Sellwood 39.5 variant.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Greek Coins - Sicily - Abranon - AE Litra 344-336 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Obv: laureate head of Apollo left. Rev: APOL beneath lyre with seven strings. 21.96 grams, 31 mm.
About very fine. Excessively rare and sought after large Sicilian bronze.
From an old UK collection. From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Seleukid - Antiochos III Megas - Apollo AR Tetradrachm 213-208 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Antioch ad Orontem mint. Obv: diademed head right. Rev: BASILEWS ANTIOXOY, Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting left hand on grounded bow, inverted Omega over Rho in outer left field. 15.68 grams, 30 mm.
Good very fine.
Ex Hosker Haynes, Leeds, UK. Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector. Accompanied by a copy of the Hosker Haynes invoice.
