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LOT 2394
Ancient Greek Coins - Parthia - Orodes II - AR Drachm 57-38 B.C.
Mithradatkart mint. Obv: profile bust. Rev: seated archer with MT monogram over ʘ below bow and legend in seven lines. Good very fine.(3.82 grams.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Hirsch sale 152, lot 899 (part).
Property of a Harrow, UK, gentleman.
Sellwood 43.4; cf. OCTV 2, 572-573.
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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 - Mysia - Kyzikos - Portrait Bronze 222-235 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Obv: KYZIKOC legend with head of Kyzikos right, hair bound in a taenia. Rev: KYZIKHNWN DIC NEOKORWN legend with altar between two serpent-entwined torches with corn-ears and poppy at the torch heads. 10.45 grams.
Near very fine.
Acquired Hirsch, Munich, before 2002. Property of a Harrow, UK, gentleman. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Pontus - Amisos - Tripod Bronze 120-63 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £48
Obv: head of Artemis right, quiver behind head. Rev: AMISOY legend with tripod. 7.50 grams.
Very fine.
Property of a North London gentleman.
