LOT 2946
Kings of Armenia, Tigranes II 'the Great' AE Tetrachalkon. 95-56 BC.
Damaskos mint. Struck circa 72-70 BC. Draped bust to right, wearing tiara with star and eagles / [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] ΤΙΓ-ΡΑΝΟΥ, Tyche of Damascus seated to left on rock, holding cornucopia; below, river-god Orontes swimming; to outer left, ΘE above OΦ. Kovacs 137; M&D 19 (Tigranes II); CAA 110 (same); AC 61 (same). Near Very Fine. Rare.(7.14gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2946
Kings of Armenia, Tigranes II 'the Great' AE Tetrachalkon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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Group of Five [5] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms. 6th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Various mints. 20.37gr total.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
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Mysia, Pergamon AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. 166-67 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Struck circa 123-95 BC. Group 2. Basket (cista mystica), with half-open lid, from which snake coils, around, ivy wreath with fruits / Two snakes coiled around a bow case ornamented with aplustre, and containing a strung bow, between the snake heads, MIH monogram, civic monogram of ΠΕΡ to left, serpent-entwined staff to right. Kleiner, Hoard 184 = ANS 1944.100.37470; Pinder 103. 12.59gr, 26mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Very rare variant.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE Quarter Unit. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Petra mint. Struck circa AD 1/2. Laureate head to right / Quarter (in Nabataean, mark of value) within wreath. CN 134c; Meshorer, Nabataea 82. 2.42gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
