LOT 2883
Indo-Scythians, Azes AR Tetradrachm. Circa 58-12 BC.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΖΟΥ, king on horseback to right, holding whip; 'la' in Kharosthi before / Athena standing to right, holding spear and shield in left hand and raising right; monograms flanking. Senior 98.300T. Good Very Fine. Well-centred.(9.72gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market before 2000.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos Fourrée Tetradrachm. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £159
Imitating Tyre mint issue, with uncertain date. In the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; to left, date in Phoenician. Cf. Price 3293. 12.81gr, 25mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Deposits on obverse.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Kings of Armenia, Tigranes II 'the Great' AE Dichalkon. 95-56 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Tigranokerta mint; struck circa 80-68 BC. Draped bust to right, wearing five-pointed tiara / BAΣΙΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY, Tyche seated to right on rocks, holding palm; below, river-god Orontes swimming to right. Cf. Kovacs 89. 5.15gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod III Antipas AE Half Unit. 4 BCE-39 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Tiberias mint. Dated RY 33 (29/30 CE). [TIBEPIAC] in two lines within wreath / HPധΔOY [TETPAPXOY], palm branch; across field, L ΛΓ (date). RPC I 4924; Hendin 6236; TJC 81. 5.23gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
