LOT 3262
Islands off Cilicia, Elaioussa Sebaste AE 21mm. 1st century BC.
Laureate head of Zeus to right; Σ behind / EΛAIOYΣΣΙΩN, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm frond; ΔIΟ to left. SNG BnF 1131 var. (obv. control); SNG Levante 823 var. (same). Good Very Fine. Rare variant.(7.44gr, 21mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Kings of Parthia, Mithradates V AR Drachm. Circa AD 140. Ekbatana mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Diademed bust to left, with long pointed beard / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; degraded legend around, monogram beneath bow. Sellwood 82.1 (Mithradates IV); Shore 425 (Mithradates IV); Sunrise 450. 3.78gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Deep original 'find' patina.
Privately purchased from Jencek Historical Enterprise, 12 April 2014. Ex Dr. Stephen J. Antonello Collection. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 107, 16 March 2023, lot 685. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 119, 24 April 2024, lot 996. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Bithynia, Kalchedon AR Drachm. Circa 367/6-340 BC. Rhodian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
KAΛX, bull standing to left on grain ear; to left, kerykeion next to monogram of ΔA / Quadripartite incuse square with stippled quarters. RG 15; SNG BM Black Sea 104; HGC 7, 511. 3.75gr, 16mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.45gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
