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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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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy IV Philopator AE Drachm. Struck circa 219-205/4 BC. Alexandreia mint. Series 5E.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle, with closed wings, standing to left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, ΣE between legs. CPE B502; Svoronos 992; SNG Copenhagen 205-6. 64gr, 41mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484. AW (Ahwaz) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Bust to right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Göbl III/1; Alram 885. 3.85gr, 26mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II Fourrée Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. For prototype cf. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B (pl. XII). 4.63gr, 15mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
