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LOT 2387
Ancient Greek Coins - Parthia - Orodes I - AE Drachm 89-78 B.C.
Obv: profile bust left. Rev: seated archer with inscriptions around. Very fine.(3.74 grams.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Hirsch sale 152, lot 899 (part).
Property of a Harrow, UK, gentleman.
Cf. OCTV 2, 523-526.
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Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked Zeus AR Tetradrachm 189-188 B.C.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £56
Aspendos, Pamphylia mint, posthumous issue, dated year 24. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress; Seleukid anchor countermark on head. Rev: ALEXANDROY legend with Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; AS over K Δ in left field, eagle standing left beneath throne. 16.33 grams.
Good fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm 187-186 B.C.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Aspendos, Pamphylia mint, dated year 26. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress, countermark of Seleukid anchor. Rev: ALEXANDROY legend with Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; AS over KC in left field. 15.92 grams.
Very fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
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Ancient Greek Coins - Mixed Ancient Coins Group [49] 1st millennium B.C.-7th century A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Group comprising: mixed issues from Olbia 'dolphin' money through to Byzantine copper issues; including some Roman provincial issues, Parthia drachm, a Judea prutah and others. 255 grams total.
Generally about fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
