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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Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. 3rd-2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right / [IΣTI]-AIEΩN, nymph seated to right on stern of galley; wing on prow. BCD Euboia 387ff.; HGC 4, 1524. 1.69gr, 13mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
Kushan Rulers of Baktria, Wima Kadphises CU Tetradrachm. c. AD 113-127.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΒΑCIΛЄΥC BACIΛEWN CWTHP MEΓAC OOHMO KAΔΦΙCHC, king standing facing, sacrificing over altar to left / Kharoshthi script: 'Maharajasa Rajadirajasa Sarvaloga Isvarasa Mahisvarasa Vima Kathphishasa Tratara', Oesho standing facing, holding trident and leaning against a bull. Göbl 762; ANS 274-299; AWC 3033-5. 17.08gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Thessaly, Thessalian League AR Drachm. Mid-late 2nd century BC. ΠΟΛΥ- (Poly-), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Helmeted head of Athena to right; monogram of ΝΟΔ behind / ΘΕΣ-ΣΑΛΩΝ, horse prancing to right; monogram of ΠΟΛΥ below. BCD Thessaly II 815; HGC 4, 212. 4.22gr, 18mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
