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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Phrygia, Apameia, AE 20mm. c.133-48 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Andron- and Alkio- magistrates, laureate head of Zeus right / ΑΝΔΡΟΝ ΑΛΚΙΟ, cult statue of Artemis Anaïtis facing. SNG Copenhagen 177; SNG von Aulock 8338. 7.30gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Eastern Sogdiana, AR Hemidrachm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed Seleukid head right / Head and neck of horse right, uncertain legend around. MIG, The Dahae of the East Caspian Lowlands 666. 2.59gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Dodekanese Islands, Astypalaia AE 14mm. Circa 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Head of Perseus to right, wearing Phrygian cap / A-C, warrior (Perseus?) advancing to right, holding harpa(?) and shield. Unpublished type. 2.59gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Unpublished and possibly unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
A new unrecorded type of the coinage of Astypalaia. Similar tiny bronze coins of Aspendos bear also A-C legend and depict an upright figure. However, the fact that this figure is not a slinger but a warrior and the resemblance of the head to that of Perseus of Astypalaian bronzes (cf. HGC 6, 1279), make us therefore attribute this coin to this island. Ιt is uncertain who exactly the figure represents, since several gods were worshipped on the island, as we learn from inscriptions that the ancient city contained many temples.
