LOT 3066
Kingdom of Persis. Mancihr (Manuchtir) II AR Hemidrachm. 2nd century AD.
Diademed bust to left, wearing tiara decorated with crescent / Diademed bust to left. K&M 5/12; Alram 637. Near Very Fine.(1.64gr, 14mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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LOT 3066
Kingdom of Persis. Mancihr (Manuchtir) II AR Hemidrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Western Asia Minor, uncertain mint (Kyme?) AR Fraction. Circa 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of horse to right, neck ending in beaded truncation / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. SNG Kayhan 745 (head to left; uncertain Ionian or Karian mint); cf. Klein 332 (Kyme, Aeolis); cf. Tzamalis 88 (cruder style; Thraco-Macedonian mint); CNG e466, 120; Roma e88, 398. 0.54g, 8mm.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kushan Empire, time of Kujula Kadphises to Vima Takto AE Didrachm. AD 80-113.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Uncertain (possibly Begram) mint. "Soter Megas" issue. Radiate and diademed bust to right, holding sceptre; tamgha to left / [ΒΑCΙΛЄV ΒΑCΙ]ΛЄV⟒Ν C⟒ΤΗΡ [ΜЄΓΑC], King on horseback to right, holding axe; tamgha to lower right. ANS Kushan 186-95; Senior B17.1vT (listed as tetradrachm); Donum Burns 60. 8.25gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Time of Ptolemy VIII to Kleopatra III & Ptolemy X AR Drachm. Circa 117/6-107/6 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Paphos mint. Draped bust of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath; thyrsus over shoulder / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt. Svoronos 1794; Olivier 2652ß65; SNG Copenhagen 639 & Supp. 1321-3. 3.22gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 515, 4 May 2022, lot 292. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 41, 19 March 1997, lot 1025 (as Ptolemy V).
