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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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LOT 3667
Group of Four [4] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AE 19mm. After circa 300 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint; 1st workshop.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Helmeted head of Athena to right / Elephant standing to right; [monogram above], P below. SC 128b; HGC 9, 83. 7.63gr, 19mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Mysia, Pergamon AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. 166-67 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Basket (cista mystica), with half-open lid, from which snake coils, around, ivy wreath with fruits / Two snakes coiled around a bow case ornamented with aplustre, and containing a strung bow, between the snake heads, A above monogram of ΠΛ, civic monogram of ΠΕΡ to left, serpent-entwined staff to right. Kleiner, Hoard 6; Pinder 100. 12.64gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Islands off Ionia, Chios AR Drachm. Struck circa 290-275 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; to left, M within circle above grape bunch. Price -, cf. 2325 (slightly differing monogram). 3.76gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
