LOT 2613
Ancient Greek Coins - Parthia - Vardanes I - Seated Archer AR Drachm 40-45 A.D.
Obv: profile bust left. Rev: seated archer with stylised legends. Extremely fine.(3.45 grams, 20 mm.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
LiteratureOCTV 2, 634-640.
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LOT 2613
Ancient Greek Coins - Parthia - Vardanes I - Seated Archer AR Drachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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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. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Parthian Dynasty - Sinatrukes - AR Drachm 95-68 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Obv: diademed and bust left, wearing tiara. Rev: archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow, BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛoY APΣAKoY ΘEoΠATPoY NIKAToPoΣ. 4.04 grams, 19 mm.
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): £104
Obv: veiled head of Demeter right, wearing grain wreath. Rev: BYZAN / KAΛXAΔ. Poseidon seated right on rocks, holding aphlaston and trident. 10.32 grams, 27 mm.
Extremely fine.
From an old UK collection. From the collection of an 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.
