LOT 3236
Greek King of Baktria, Demetrios I AR Tetradrachm. 200-185 BC.
Baktra, diademed and draped bust of Demetrios I to right, wearing elephant skin headdress / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY, youthful Herakles, nude, standing facing, crowning himself with a wreath with his right hand and holding club and lion skin his left; in inner left field, monogram. MIG 103e; HGC 12, 63. Very FIne. Chipped.(15.06gr, 32mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Group of Fifteen [15] Greek and Other Ancient AE Coins. 2nd century BC-4th century AD.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Various rulers and cities. 77gr total.
Near Fine to Good Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. From a private collection, Switzerland; thence by descent. From a private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat AE 20mm. Struck circa AD 88/9-106/6. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Jugate laureate and draped busts of Rabbel and Gamilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. CN 235; Meshorer, Nabataea 163. 3.94gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Khwarazmia, King Kanik CU Drachm. Early 8th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Crowned bust right / King on horseback to right, holding a whip. MIG 4, Choresmia type 500. 5.18gr, 28mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Chipped.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
