LOT 3042
Hunnic Tribes. Hephthalites, Anonymous AR Drachm. Before AD 700.
Countermarked Kirman mint issue of Husrav (Khosrau) II dated RY 31. Crowned Sassanian style bust to right; c/m: forepart of senmerv / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. For coin see SC Tehran 2181-2; for c/m see Göbl, Dokumente KM 3. Very Fine.(3.95gr, 33mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Group of Nineteen [19] Greek AE Coins. 3rd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Various mints. 66gr total.
Near Very Fine to Very Fine.
From an English collection formed before 2000. -
Group of Four [4] AR Drachms of Sasanian Kingdom. 4th-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Various mints and dates. 16.00gr total.
Very fine.
Ex property of a South West London gentleman. -
Sextus Julius Caesar, Proconsul AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. 47-46 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
In the name and types of the Seleucid king Philip I Philadelphos. Dated year 3 of the Caesarean Era (47/6 BC). Diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ, Zeus Nicephorus seated to left; monogram of AYT to inner left, Γ (date) above thunderbolt in exergue; all within laurel wreath. RPC I 4127; McAlee 4; Prieur 4; SC 2491.1; HGC 9, 1360a. 15.57gr, 27mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. Beautiful old cabinet tone. Extremely rare, Prieur recorded just two examples.
Ex Nomos AG, obolos 20, 3 October 2021, lot 1016. From a North American collection.
