LOT 3248
Hindu Shahis Kings of Kabul, Samanta Deva AR Jital. c. AD 850-1000.
Traces of Greek legend around horseman with spear riding right / Brahmi legend around humped bull seated left. ACW 1575-1588. Very Fine.(3.25gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Kings of Parthia, Phriapatios to Mithradates I AR Drachm. Circa 185-132 BC. Hekatompylos mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Diademed and draped bust to left, wearing bashlyk / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ APΣ-AKOY, Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on omphalos, holding bow. Sellwood 10.1 (Mithradates I); Shore 12 (Mithradates I); Sunrise 254. 3.70gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Cleaned.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Diobol. Mid-late 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Facing gorgoneion / Upright anchor; A to left, crayfish to right. Topalov, Apollonia 56; SNG BM Black Sea 167. 1.12gr, 12mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Greek King of Baktria, Demetrios I AR Tetradrachm. 200-185 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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. 15.06gr, 32mm, 12h.
Very FIne. Chipped.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
