LOT 2998
Kings of Parthia, Artabanos II BI Tetradrachm. AD 10-38.
Uncertain SE year. Diademed and draped bust to left, wearing long tapered beard and earring / BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ BAΣΙΛΕΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠΙΦANOYΣ ΦΙΛEΛΛHNOΣ, Artabanos seated to right on throne, receiving palm branch from Tyche standing to left and holding cornucopia; uncertain year in exergue. Cf. Sellwood 61.1-6 (date in central field); Shore 330. Very Fine. Exceedingly rare variant.(9.97gr, 26mm, 12h).
ProvenanceFrom a UK private collection.
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Kings of Parthia, Artabanos II BI Tetradrachm. AD 10-38.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £140
Uncertain SE year. Diademed and draped bust to left, wearing long tapered beard and earring / BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ BAΣΙΛΕΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠΙΦANOYΣ ΦΙΛEΛΛHNOΣ, Artabanos seated to right on throne, receiving palm branch from Tyche standing to left and holding cornucopia; uncertain year in exergue. Cf. Sellwood 61.1-6 (date in central field); Shore 330. 9.97gr, 26mm, 12h
Very Fine. Exceedingly rare variant.
From a UK private collection. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. As strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC, or king, 306/5-301 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Abydos mint; struck circa 310-301 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; ME monogram in left field, ivy leaf beneath throne. Price 1560; ADM II Series XIX. 4.18gr, 17mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Thessaly, Pharsalos AE 13mm. Circa 3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet / Armoured warrior on horseback to right, wielding flail; ΦAPΣA around. BCD Thessaly II 667.4; HGC 4, 660. 1.60gr, 13mm, 11h
Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
