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LOT 2647
Kingdom of Macedon, Perseus AE Unit. 179-168 BC. Uncertain Macedonian mint.
Head of hero Perseus to right, wearing winged Phrygian helmet, harpa before / B-A, eagle with wings spread standing facing on thunderbolt, head to right; monogram of ΠEP to right. HGC 3.1, 1099. Near Very Fine.(6.58gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 33 (138/7 BC). Kition mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; L ΛΓ (date) to left, KI to right. CPE II 1432; Svoronos 1585, pl.lv 11 (ΑΓ instead of ΛΓ); SNG Copenhagen 600; DCA 54. 11.31gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Sasanian Kingdom. Husrav (Khosrau) I AR Drachm. Dated RY 26 (AD 556). AW (Ohrmazd-Ardaxšir [Ahwāz]) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Bust to right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, korymbos set on crescent; behind head, 'may he increase' in Pahlawi, before head, 'Khosrau' in Pahlawi; crescent on right shoulder, stars flanking crown, ribbon over each shoulder; all within single border with crescents in margin. Countermark: crowned head to right within circular incuse / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; to left, date, to right, mint in Pahlawi; star and crescent flanking flames. SSCT -; SC Tehran -. 3.97gr, 31mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Very well-struck countermark. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Indo-Greek Kingdom, Philoxenos Aniketos AE Double Unit(?). Circa 125-110 BC. Square module.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΟΥ, Tyche standing to left, raising hand and holding cornucopia; monogram to lower left / Zebu standing to right; Σ below. Bopearachchi 10H; SNG ANS 1209-14; HGC 12, 274. 8.56gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired from CGB. From the Nick Collins collection. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 78, 17 December 2020, lot 700. Property of a London antiquarian.
