LOT 3312
Indo-Skythians, Maues AR Tetradrachm. Circa 95-57 BC. Taxila mint.
BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY MAYOY, Zeus standing to left, holding long sceptre / 'Rajadirajasa mahatasa Moasa' in Kharosthi, Nike standing to left, holding wreath and palm over shoulder; monogram to right. Mitchiner 699a; HGC 12, 524. Good Very Fine. Bend with hairline crack.(9.49gr, 29mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Lesbos, Mytilene AE 13mm. Circa 350-250 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Female head (Mytilene?) to right, with hair in sphendone / Lyre. Cf. HGC 6, 1052. 1.56gr, 13mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Troas, Dardanos AE 22mm. Circa 400-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet; c/m: facing head of Athena, wearing tripled-crested helmet(?) / ΔΑP, horseman galopping to right, and holding spear; spearhead below. Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p. 37, 1. 8.06gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Overstruck(?). Extremely rare type; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AE Tetrobol. 265/260-246 BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / [ΠTOΛEMAIOY] BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle with open wings standing to left on thunderbolt; Y between legs. CPE B279 (Series 3); Svoronos 509; SNG Copenhagen -; Weiser -. 43.14gr, 36mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
