LOT 3313
Indo-Greek Kingdom, Menander I Soter AR Drachm. Circa 155-130 BC.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, wearing crested helmet covered with pelt of scales and adorned with wing / Athena Alkidemos advancing to left; monogram to right. Bopearachchi 16E; SNG ANS 868; HGC 12, 193. Very Fine.(1.79gr, 16mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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![Group of Six [6] AR Greek Coin Fractions.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/255662-s.jpg)
Group of Six [6] AR Greek Coin Fractions. 5th-4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Comprising: various rulers, denominations and reverse types. 5.97gr total, 6-12mm.
As shown.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Diobol. Circa 246-222 BC. Tyre mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing taenia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with wings closed standing to left on thunderbolt; club to left. CPE B467; Svoronos 707; SNG Copenhagen -. 22.92gr, 31mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired from Baldwin's, February 1988. From Pavlos S. Pavlou Collection. Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 57, 25 March 2018, lot 82. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
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Kings of Sophene, Mithradates II Philopator AE 18mm. Circa 89-after 85 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Bust to left, wearing bashlyk; uncertain countermark / [BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΙΘΡΙΔΑΤ ΦΙΛO], club within wreath. Kovacs 36. 4.30gr, 18mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
