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LOT 2403
Ancient Greek Coins - Parthia - Orodes I - AE Drachm 89-78 B.C.
Obv: profile bust left. Rev: seated archer with inscriptions around. Very fine.(3.81 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 - Pamphylia - Aspendos - Wrestlers AR Stater 330-250 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £152
Obv: two naked athletes, wrestling, grasping each other by the arms; KI between them. Rev: ESTFEDIIY legend with slinger advancing right; triskeles rotating left in right field, all within dotted square. 10.95 grams.
Very fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Cilicia - Kelenderis - Goat AR Stater 450-400 B.C.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £139
Obv: Ephebus, unbearded, naked, holding whip, sitting sideways on horse galloping left; P below. Rev: KELE above goat recumbent left, head turned right towards a branch of ivy with leaf on one twig and large bunch of berries on the other. 10.67 grams.
Near very 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, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; AS over KC in left field, spear-head left below. 16.02 grams.
Near very fine.
Ex UK private collection.
