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LOT 3667
Group of Four [4] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms. 5th century AD.
Various mints and dates. Condition as seen.(16.78gr total.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market circa 2015.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Time of Philip V to Perseus AE Unit. 187-168 BC. Amphipolis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of river god Strymon to right, wearing grain wreath / MAKE-ΔONΩN, ornamented trident head; monogram to left and right. HGC 3.1, 334. 7.45gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Pamphylia, Aspendos AR Stater. Circa 380/75-330/25 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Two nude wrestlers, standing and grappling with each other; between them, BI / [ΕΣΤ]FΕΔΙΙ[ΥΣ], slinger standing to right, about to shoot from his sling; to right, triskeles running to left. Tekin Series 4; SNG BnF -; SNG von Aulock -. 10.85gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Toned. Small area of delamination on obverse.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Kings of Parthia, Mithradates II AR Tetradrachm. 121-91 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Diademed and draped bust to left, wearing torc / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOΥ AΡΣA-KOΥ EΠIΦANOΥΣ, Arsakes I seated to right on omphalos, holding bow in his right hand. Sellwood 24.1. Shore -. 15.48gr, 32mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful old cabinet toning.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
