LOT 3017
Kings of Parthia, Artabanos V AR Drachm. Circa AD 79/80-circa 85.
Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust to left / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; monogram beneath bow. Sellwood 74.6 (Artabanos III); Sunrise 442; Shore 404 (same). Good Very Fine. Some green deposits on reverse.(3.76gr, 19mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market before 2000;
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Kings of Parthia, Pakoros I AR Drachm. Circa AD 78-120.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust to left, with long pointed beard / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; monogram beneath bow. Sellwood 78.4 (Vologases III); Sunrise -; Shore -. 3.56gr, 21mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Some delamination on reverse.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VI Dionysos AR Drachm. 144-142 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Antioch on the Orontes; dated SE 169 = 144/3 BC. Radiate and diademed head to right / Apollo Delphios seated to left on omphalos; BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY to right, EΠIΦANOYΣ ΔIONYΣOY to left, monogram of AX between legs, ΘΞP (date) and ΣTA in exergue. SC 2002.1e; HGC 9, 1036a; DCA 179. 3.85gr, 18mm, 1h
Good Very Fine. Pleasant old cabinet tone.
Property of a Southminster, UK, collector. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Kassander, as regent AR Tetradrachm. 317-305 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £293
Amphipolis mint; struck circa 316-311 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, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; crescent in left field, pellet-in-Π beneath throne. Price 131; Troxell, Studies, Issue L5. 17.22gr, 24mm, 6h
Very Fine.
From a UK private collection.
