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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Boeotia, Thebes AR Stater. Circa 390-382 BC. Wast(ias), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,510
Boeotian shield / Volute krater with a decorated upper half, barley grain above, FA-ΣT across central field; all within shallow incuse circle. Hepworth 36; BCD Boiotia 494; BMC 120; HGC 4, 1330. 12.14gr, 22mm, 2h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone with blue iridescence around the devices on obverse and gold on reverse.
Ex A. A. Ravel, 1938. Ex Pozzi 1443v TTB. Ex Prunier Auction, Numismatic Auction June 2022, 27 June 2022, lot 198. Acquired from Pecunia Numismatics.
Wastias was the pro-Spartan rival of Androkleidas and was instrumental in the latter's exile and assassination. -
Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AE 19mm. Circa 145-early 1st century BC. ΕΥΚΛΗΣ and ΚΡΑΤΙΝΟΣ (Eukles and Kratinos), magistrates.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Helmetted head of Athena to right / [MAΓΝΗΤΩΝ], warrior, holding spear, on horse galloping to right; N to left, ΕΥΚΛΗΣ ΚΡΑTΙΝΟΣ below. Kinns, Didrachm 5; SNG Kayhan 429-31. 7.08gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Pamphylia, Aspendos AR Stater. Circa 380/75-330/25 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
[E]ΣTFEΔIIY[Σ], slinger standing to right, preparing to loose; in field to right, triskeles running anticlockwise; all within dotted square frame / Two wrestlers grappling, KI between. SNG BnF 104; Tekin Series 4. 10.70gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Light iridescent tone.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
