LOT 2922
Crete, Knossos AE 28mm. Circa 40-30 BC.
Pseudo-autonomous issue, struck during the Roman Republic. Kydas, cretarch. Laureate head of Zeus to right; B beneath neck, thunderbolt beneath chin / Eagle standing to right with open wings; KYΔAΣ in three lines across field. RPC I 934; Svoronos, Numismatique 147-8; SNG Copenhagen 388. Near Very Fine. Edge split.(15.83gr, 28mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 562, 15 May 2024, lot 329 (dealer's ticket included);
From an old UK collection;
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
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Cilicia, uncertain mint AR Hemiobol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Herakles facing slightly to right, with club over shoulder / Head of lion facing slightly to left, with arrow in mouth. Cf. SNG Levante 204-5 (Herakles to left). 0.27gr, 8mm, 7h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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Parthian Dynasty AR Drachms Group [5]. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Five silver Drachms of the Parthian dynasty. 20.90gr total
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Parthia, Pakoros I AR Drachm. Circa AD 78-120.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust to left, with long pointed beard / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; monogram beneath bow, archer's seat –. Sellwood 78.5 (Vologases III); Sunrise -; Shore 415 (same). 3.63gr, 21mm, 12h
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
