LOT 2586
Ancient Greek Coins - Parthian Dynasty - Pharaates III - AR Drachm 70-57 B.C.
Obv: long-bearded bust left wearing tiara (T39ii) decorated on side with horn and stags with prominent antlers around crest; circular border of pellets. Rev: beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; below bow, monogram [~], ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ read from outside in six-line Greek inscription = ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ. Sellwood 39.5 variant.(4.01 grams, 21 mm.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
LiteratureSellwood 39.5 variant.
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LOT 2586
Ancient Greek Coins - Parthian Dynasty - Pharaates III - AR Drachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Ancient Greek Coins - Parthian Dynasty - Pharaates III - AR Drachm 70-57 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Obv: long-bearded bust left wearing tiara (T39ii) decorated on side with horn and stags with prominent antlers around crest; circular border of pellets. Rev: beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; below bow, monogram [~], ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ read from outside in six-line Greek inscription = ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ. 4.01 grams, 21 mm.
Sellwood 39.5 variant.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonian - Phillip II - Youth on Horseback AE18 359-336 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Obv: head of Apollo facing right, hair bound with a taenia. Rev: a naked youth on horseback to right. 6.59 grams, 17 mm.
Choice good very fine.
Acquired from Coincraft, London, UK, with stock no.G3507. Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector. Accompanied by a Coincraft catalogue item cutting. -
Greek Coins - Sicily - Abranon - AE Litra 344-336 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Obv: laureate head of Apollo left. Rev: APOL beneath lyre with seven strings. 21.96 grams, 31 mm.
About very fine. Excessively rare and sought after large Sicilian bronze.
From an old UK collection. From the collection of a London antiquarian.
