LOT 3218
Kings of Cappadocia, Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios AR Drachm. Dated RY 31 (65/64 BC). Mint A (Eusebeia under Mt. Argaios).
Diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕ•Σ ΑΡΙ•ΒΑΡΖΑΝ•Y ΦΙΛ•ΡΩΜΑΙ•, Athena Nikephoros standing to left; monogram of ΓΑ to inner left field, AΛ (date) in exergue. Simonetta 45B; HGC 7, 846. Very Fine. Toned.(3.96gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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LOT 3218
Kings of Cappadocia, Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios AR Drachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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Kingdom of Persis. Darev (Darios) II AR Hemidrachm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed bust to left, wearing tiara with ear flap and decorated with crescent / King standing to left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar. K&M 4/5; Tyler-Smith, Parcel 9-12; Alram 565. 1.85gr, 15mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AR Hemidrachm. Circa 350-325 BC. ΑΝΑΞΙΜΒΡΟΤΟΣ (Anaximbrotos), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Helmetted warrior, in military attire and holding lance in his right hand, on horseback to right / ΜΑΓ, bull butting to left on meander pattern; [to right, corn ear?], [Α]ΝΑΞΙΜΒΡ[...] below. Cf. Klein 409; cf. SNG Kayhan I 415. 1.53gr, 12mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Ionia, Ephesos AR Tetartemorion. Circa 550-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Bee, with spread wings, seen from above / Incuse square punch. Karwiese Series III. 0.21gr, 6mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
