LOT 2732
Kings of Armenia, Tigranes the Younger AE Tetrachalkon. 77/6-66 BC.
Tigranokerta(?) or Artagigarta mint; struck 66-65 BC. Diademed head to right, wearing five-pointed Armenian tiara decorated with comet / [BAΣIΛEΩΣ] TIΓ-PANOY, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath with her extended right hand; ΔHM[O] below. ACV 78; CAA 114; Kovacs 143. Near Very Fine.(5.57gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Petra mint. Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae; O between, letters in Aramaic to left and right. Cf. CN Type 150i. 1.24gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Judaea, Uncertain Ruler AE Prutah. 1st century BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Jerusalem mint. Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between the horns / Legend in Paleo-Hebrew within wreath. 2.04gr, 13mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia, Alexandrine Empire. Uncertain Satrap AV Double Daric. After 315 BC.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,350
Babylon mint. The Great King, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear with right hand and bow with left / Wavy stripes patterned incuse punch. Cf. Nicolet-Pierre, Travaux Le Rider, p. 298, 6 and pl. 30, 6. 16.72gr, 20mm.
Good Very Fine. Test cut on reverse. Areas of weakness. Rare.
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 182, 14 March 2011, lot 362. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 123, 9 May 2021, lot 873.
