LOT 3023
Kings of Paeonia, Patraos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 335-315 BC. Astibos or Damastion mint.
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Π-OΑ-P-ΤΑΥ (sic), Paeonian horseman, wearing crested helmet and full armor, galloping to right and spearing fallen enemy, who defends himself with a shield on his left arm. SNG ANS - (none with this legend); SNG Copenhagen 1390; Paeonian Hoard pl. 9, 490. Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone with hints of golden iridescence around the devices. Well centred.(12.70gr, 25mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceEx UBS Gold & Numismatics, Auction 82, 20 January 2009, lot 255 (company's ticket included).
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LOT 3023
Kings of Paeonia, Patraos AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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Kings of Parthia, Phriapatios to Mithradates I AR Drachm. Circa 185-132 BC. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Diademed and draped bust to left, wearing bashlyk / BΛᕒIΛEΩᕒ ΜΕΓΛΛΟΥ ΛPΣΛKOY, Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on omphalos, holding bow. Cf. Sellwood 10.1 (Mithradates I; Hekatompylos mint). 3.09gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Seven [7] Phoenicia, Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Various types. 5.88gr total.
Condition as seen.
Private collection, acquired 1980-1985. -
Judaea, John Hyrcanus I(?) AE Prutah. 135-104 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Two cornucopiae splayed outward, adorned with ribbons; pomegranate/poppy between / 'Yehohanan the High Priest and head of the Council of the Jews' in paleo-Hebrew within wreath. Cf. Hendin 6172; cf. TJC B; cf. Sofaer 30-64. 2.01gr, 14mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
