LOT 2651
Ancient Greek Coins - Parthia - Vardanes I - AR Drachm 40-45 A.D.
Obv: profile bust left. Rev: seated archer with stylised legends. Extremely fine.(3.36 grams.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer.
LiteratureCf. OCTV 2, 634-640.
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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. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Indo-Scythian - Azes I or II - King Seated Tetradrachm 58-2 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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. 10.34 grams.
Good fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Sicily - Syracuse - Timoleon - AE Litra 344-317 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Obv: ZEYS ELEYQERIOY legend with bearded and laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios left, star behind head. Rev: SYRAKOSION legend with triskeles of human legs rotating left with central gorgoneion. 6.46 grams.
Good very fine; some tooling.
Ex John Moore, York, UK, in the late 1990s. Property of a Harrow, UK gentleman.
