LOT 2612
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonian - Phillip II - Youth on Horseback AE18 359-336 B.C.
Obv: head of Apollo facing right, hair bound with a taenia. Rev: a naked youth on horseback to right. Choice good very fine.(6.59 grams, 17 mm.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Coincraft, London, UK, with stock no.G3507.
Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector.
Accompanied by a Coincraft catalogue item cutting.
Sear Greek 6698.
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LOT 2612
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonian - Phillip II - Youth on Horseback AE18
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Ancient Greek Coins - Parthian Dynasty - Pharaates III - AR Drachm 70-57 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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. 4.00 grams, 20 mm.
Good very fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Kings of Elymais - Kamnaskires V - AR Tetradrachm c.54/3-33/2 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Seleukeia on the Hedyphon mint. Obv: diademed and draped bust left, wearing long beard and torque; to right, eight-rayed star above anchor symbol. Rev: [B]AEIΛEΩ(retrograde Σ) above, [K]ΠNACKIPOY to right, [T]OY ΛEΓ BA(retrograde Σ)E[ΛEΩ] to left, MKAHИACKPOY below, diademed male bust left with monogram below chin. 11.83 grams, 25 mm.
Good very fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Greek Coins - Thrace - Byzantium - Poseidon AE Unit Late 3rd-2nd century B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Obv: veiled head of Demeter right, wearing grain wreath. Rev: BYZAN / KAΛXAΔ, Poseidon seated right on rocks, holding aphlaston and trident. 10.37 grams, 22 mm.
Very fine.
From an old UK collection. From the collection of a London antiquarian.
Very interesting coin, issued to commemorate the alliance signed between the cities of Byzantion and Kalchedon, located in opposite banks of the Bosphorus strait.
