LOT 3025
Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom, Euthydemos I Theos Megas AR Tetradrachm. Circa 225-215 BC.
Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Diademed head to right / Herakles seated to left on rock, holding club set on rocks; BAΣIΛEΩΣ and monogram to right, EYΘYΔHMOY to left. Cf. Mitchiner 85c; cf. Bopearachchi 5B; cf. SNG ANS 124-7. Good.(14.95gr, 27mm, 5h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, 1980s.
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LOT 3025
Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom, Euthydemos I Theos Megas AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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Nabataean Kingdom, AR Coin Group. 1st century BC.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Two silver coins of the Nabataean kingdom. 9.33gr total
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Pisidia, Selge 12mm. Circa 200-1 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Laureate head of Herakles to right, club over shoulder / Thunderbolt; bow to right, Σ-Ε-Λ across fields. SNG BnF 1979; SNG von Aulock 5288; SNG Copenhagen 263; Lindgren 1353. 2.43gr, 12mm, 5h
Very Fine.
Acquired at an UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector; Collector's ticket included. -
Kings of Parthia, Mithradates, usurper in Mesopotamia AR Tetradrachm. Circa 15-10 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Artemisios (April) of uncertain year. Diademed and draped bust to left, with pointed beard / ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ] ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ above, ΑΡΣΑΚΟ[Y] EYEPΓET[OY] to right, ΔΙΚΑΙΟY and [A]PTEM (date) below, [Ε]ΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ [ΦΙΛ]ΕΛΛΗΝ[ΟΣ] to left, Mithradates seated to right on throne, receiving palm frond from Tyche standing to left, who holds sceptre with left hand; above extended Tyche's arm ΠΛΡ monogram above pellet; V•A beneath throne; A between Mithradates' feet. Sellwood 55.11 (Tiridates); Sunrise -; Shore 311 (same); Callataÿ, Tétradrachmes 108 (Phraates IV). 10.12gr, 26mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
