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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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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. -
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 357-320 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Forepart of lion to right, head to left / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet and monogram in one sunken quarter, [pellet?] and pentagram in opposite quarter. Cf. CN Online Type 6355; HGC 3, 1437. 2.22gr, 13mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Islands off Attica, Aegina AR Stater. Circa 525-475 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Sea turtle, head in profile / Incuse square with mill-sail pattern. Cf. Meadows, Aegina, Group IIa-b; cf. Milbank pl. I, 11; cf. Asyut Group IV; HGC 6, 429. 10.52gr, 20mm.
Good Fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
