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LOT 2739
Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom, Apollodotos I Soter AR Drachm. Circa 180-160 BC. Uncertain mint in the Paropamisadai or Gandhara. Square module.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, elephant standing to right; monogram of ΠΙ below / 'Maharajasa Apaladatasa tradarasa' in Kharosthi, Zebu standing to right; monogram of ΠΙ below. Bopearachchi 4G; SNG ANS 337-43; HGC 12, 119. Good Very Fine. Areas of delamination.(1.35gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 2739
Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom, Apollodotos I Soter AR Drachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AE 19mm. 121/0-97/6 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint. Uncertain date of Seleukid Era.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed and radiate head to right / BAΣIΛ[EΩΣ] ANTIO[XOY] EΠIΦAN[OYΣ], eagle standing to left, sceptre under far wing. HGC 9, 1212. 5.75gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Circa 9 BC-AD 40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae; Aramaic letter and pellet in between. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 70; cf. CN 96. 2.42gr, 14mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Philistia (Palestine), Uncertain Mint Fourrée Drachm. Mid 5th century-333 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring and Attic helmet adorned with olive leaves and pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry in upper left field, all within shallow incuse square. For prototype: cf. Gitler & Tal VII.1D. 3.07gr, 16mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
