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, Neapolis AR Hemidrachm. Circa 375-350 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Facing gorgoneion, with tongue protruding / Head of nymph to right, her hair coiled around her head and with a bun at the back; N-E-O-Π around; all within circular incuse. SNG Copenhagen 227-8; SNG ANS 452; HGC 3.1, 588. 1.87gr, 14mm, 7h
Extremely Fine.
Ex Chaponnière & Firmenich SA, Auction 15, 21 May 2022, lot 13 (dealer's ticket included); From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
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Minor Asia and Levante AR Fractions [10]. Circa 5th-4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Ten silver fractions from various mints. 7.66gr total.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
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Philistia, Uncertain mint AR Drachm. Circa 450-333 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Bearded male head to left / Paradise flower or Phoenician palmette with two birds within volutes; dolphin to right below; all in dotted square within incuse square. Gitler & Tal XVII.3D; HGC 10, 604. 2.84gr, 14mm, 2h
Very Fine. Test cut. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
