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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Decapolis, Gadara AE 20mm. Dated year 20 of the Pompeian Era (45/4 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche to right, palm frond over shoulder / ΓΑΔΑ-ΡΕധΝ, cornucopia; L K (date) to inner left. Spijkerman 5; Rosenberger 5. 5.35gr, 20mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 565, 3 July 2024, lot 448. From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.50gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos AR Drachm. 261-246 BC. Unattributed issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Diademed head of Antiochos I to right / BAΣIΛEΩ[Σ] ANTIOX[OY], Apollo Delphios, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, wearing laurel wreath and seated on omphalos to left, testing bow with his right hand and resting his left on omphalos; monogram to outer right. 4.20gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
