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LOT 3026
Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom, Antimachos I Theos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 180-170 BC.
Diademed and draped bust to right, wearing kausia / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΘΕΟΥ ANTIMAXOY, Poseidon, laureate, standing facing, holding trident with right hand and filleted palm with left; monogram of ΔΙΦ to inner right. Bopearachchi 1A; SNG ANS 274-5; HGC 12, 106. Near Extremely Fine. Professionally cleaned.(17.30gr, 34mm, 12h).
ProvenanceAcquired in 1995;
From a private collection.
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LOT 3026
Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom, Antimachos I Theos AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Thessaly, Larissa AR Drachm. Circa 356-342 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,755
Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly to the left, wearing ampyx, pendant earring, and simple necklace / [ΛΑΡΙΣ]-ΑΙΩΝ, horse grazing to right; below, branch. BCD I 1156; BCD II 320; HGC 4, 454. 6.12gr, 20mm, 6h
Good Extremely Fine. Attractively toned with traces of blue and gold iridescence around the devices.
From a European collection, acquired prior to 2005; Ex Nomos AG, Auction 21, 21 November 2020, lot 144 (dealer's ticket included). -
Judaea, Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaeus AE Prutah. 104-76 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Jerusalem mint. Inscription in paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Two cornucopiae splayed outward, adorned with ribbons; pomegranate between. Cf. Hendin 6182; cf. Sofaer 355-369. 1.81gr, 14mm, 6h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Parthia, Artabanos III AR Tetradrachm. Circa AD 10-38.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Daisios SE 334 (May AD 23). Diademed and draped bust to left; before, ΔΛT (date) / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Artabanos enthroned to left, receiving palm from Tyche standing to right and diadem from man between them who kneels to right; in field above, ΔΛT (date); ΔΑΙΣΙΟΥ in exergue. 10.91gr, 27mm, 12h
Very Fine.
From a UK private collection.
