LOT 2659
Ancient Greek Coins - Indo-Scythian - Azes I or II - King Seated Tetradrachm 58-2 B.C.
Obv: BASILEWS BASILEWN MEGALOY AZOY legend with Azes sitting facing, cross-legged on couch with sword on lap, holding statuette in extended right hand. Rev: 'Maharajasa Rajadhirajasa Mahatasa Ayasa' in Karoshti with Hermes standing front, looking left, holding caduceus in left hand and raising his right hand; monograms to left and right. Good fine.(10.34 grams.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer.
LiteratureHoover HGC 662 (Azes I); Mitchiner Indo-Greek 861f (Azes II).
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LOT 2659
Ancient Greek Coins - Indo-Scythian - Azes I or II - King Seated Tetradrachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm 204-203 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Posthumous issue, Perga, Pamphylia mint, dated year 18. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. Rev: ALEXANDROY legend with Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; date IH in left field; Seleukid anchor countermark to obverse. 15.70 grams.
Very fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Parthian - AR Contemporaty imitation Drachm Circa 2nd-1st century B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £47
Contemporary imitation of archer king seated type. Obv: head of Satrap left. Rev: garbled legend, king sitting right, holding bow. 3.61 grams.
Good fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm 211-210 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Phaselis, Lycia mint, dated year 8, 211-210 BC. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress, countermark of Seleukid anchor. Rev: ALEXANDROY legend with Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; F over H in left field. 15.89 grams.
Near very fine.
Ex UK private collection.
