LOT 2919
Boiotia, Thebes AR Stater. Circa 390-382 BC.
Wast(ias), magistrate. Boiotian shield / Volute krater with a decorated upper half, barley grain above, FA-ΣT across central field; all within shallow incuse circle. Hepworth 36; BCD Boiotia 494; BMC 120; HGC 4, 1330. Near Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone with blue iridescence around the devices on obverse and gold on reverse.(12.14gr, 22mm, 2h).
ProvenanceEx A. A. Ravel, 1938;
Ex Pozzi 1443v TTB;
Ex Prunier Auction, Numismatic Auction June 2022, 27 June 2022, lot 198;
Acquired from Pecunia Numismatics.
Wastias was the pro-Spartan rival of Androkleidas and was instrumental in the latter's exile and assassination.
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LOT 2919
Boiotia, Thebes AR Stater.
Estimate £3,500 - 4,500€4,060 - 5,220 (for guidance only)$4,730 - 6,080 (for guidance only)
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Kings of Elymais, Kamnaskires III, with Anzaze Fourree Tetradrachm. Circa 82/1-73/2 BC.
Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £175
Seleukeia on the Hedyphon, undated issue. Conjoined busts to right of Kamnaskires, diademed, draped, wearing long beard and torque and to left Queen Anzaze, draped, wearing stephane and necklace; Seleukid anchor behind / BACIΛEΩC [KA]MNACKI[POY] KAI BACIΛICCH[C ANZAZHC]; Zeus seated to left on throne, holding Nike, who crowns him, with his right hand and sceptre with left. For prototype cf. van't Haaff Type 7.1.1-1-6a. 11.50gr, 28mm, 1h
Good Very Fine. Areas of delamination and double struck of reverse.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
![Parthian Dynasty AR Drachms Group [4].](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/220620s.jpg)
Parthian Dynasty AR Drachms Group [4]. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Four silver Drachms of the Parthian Dynasty. 19.98gr total
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AR Tetradrachm. 175-164 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,275
Antioch mint; struck 168-164 BC. Laureate and bearded head of Zeus to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKHΦOPOY, Zeus seated to left on throne, holding Nike with his right and sceptre with his left hand. HGC 9, 620a; Jameson 1700 (same dies); Mørkholm 14, dies A25/P103; SC 1398; SMA 63. 16.38gr, 31mm, 1h
Good Very Fine. Lightly toned. Some scratches.
Ex Bonhams, 24-25 March 2021, lot 559; Ex Nomos AG, Auction 23, 30 November 2021, lot 164 (dealer's ticket included).
