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LOT 2936
Ionia, Ephesos AR Hekte – Sixth Stater. Circa 550-500 BC.
Persic standard. Bee / Stellate pattern within incuse square. Karwiese I Series IIIA, 21; SNG Kayhan 1227-30. Extremely Fine. Apparently the finest known example. Rare.(1.72gr, 10mm).
ProvenanceFrom a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
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Kings of Parthia, Pakoros I AR Drachm. Circa AD 78-120.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust to left, with long pointed beard / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; monogram beneath bow. Sellwood 78.4 (Vologases III); Sunrise -; Shore -. 3.33gr, 21mm, 11h
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat, AE 17mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Petra mint. Aretas in military dress, standing to left, holding spear and scabbard; palm branch to left, ḥēth in Aramaic in upper right field / Shuqailat, veiled and wearing Isis-headdress, standing to left, raising hand, wreath in left field, 'Shuqailat' in Aramaic in two lines in right field. Meshorer, Nabataea 97; CN Type 187a. 2.60gr, 17mm, 11h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom, Antimachos I Theos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 180-170 BC.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Diademed and draped bust to right, wearing kausia / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΘΕΟΥ ANTIMAXOY, Poseidon, laureate, standing facing, holding trident with right hand and filleted palm with left; monogram of ΔΙΦ to inner right. Bopearachchi 1A; SNG ANS 274-5; HGC 12, 106. 17.30gr, 34mm, 12h
Near Extremely Fine. Professionally cleaned.
Acquired in 1995; From a private collection.
