LOT 3000
Kings of Parthia, Artabanos III BI Tetradrachm. Circa AD 10-38.
Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Holöos [SE 323(?)] (July AD 12). Diademed bust to left, wearing slight beard, earring, and spiral torque / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, Artabanos seated to right, Tyche standing to left before him, presenting palm frond and holding cornucopia; OΛVΩ above Tyche's arm, [year in exergue]. Sellwood 61.5 (Artabanos II); Shore-. Very Fine.(9.33gr, 25mm, 12h).
ProvenanceFrom a UK private collection.
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Macedon under Roman Rule AR Tetradrachm. Circa 95-70 BC.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £94
Uncertain mint. Aesillas, quaestor. Head of the deified Alexander III 'the Great' to right; Θ behind neck, MAKEΔONΩN around / AESILLAS Q, money chest, club, and chair; pellet beneath chair; all within laurel wreath. SNG Copenhagen 1330 var. (no pellet); HGC 3.1, 1110. 15.18gr, 30mm, 6h
Very Fine.
Ex Numismatik Naumann, Auction 71, 4 November 2018, lot 97. -
Sicily, Syracuse AR Hemidrachm. Second Democracy, 466-405 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Obverse die signed by Euarchidas. Struck circa 413-405 BC. Charioteer driving fast quadriga to left; above, Nike flying to right, crowning charioteer; grain ear in exergue, [EYAPXIΔA on exergue line] / Head of Arethousa to left, wearing sphendone; two dolphins around. Rizzo pl. XLIII, 6; HGC 2, 1366. 2.05gr, 17mm, 3h
Good Very Fine. Nice old cabinet tone with blue and gold iridescence around the devices.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
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): £39
'Kolophon' mint. In the name and types of Alexander III. Struck circa 310-301 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ[Υ], 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; N to left, B beneath throne. Price 1800. 4.09gr, 17mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
