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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Kingdom of Macedon, Time of Alexander III - Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. Circa 324-320 BC.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Tyre mint. Uncertain RY of 'Ozmilk. 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; -|O (Phoenician 'K = 'Ozmilk [king of Tyre]) and uncertain date in Phoenician in left field. Cf. Price 3279 (Ake; RY 30). 16.93gr, 27mm, 12h
Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE 18mm. Time of Agathokles, circa 317-310 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Wreathed head of Arethusa to left; [ΣYPAKO]ΣIΩN upwards before, bucranium behind / Bull butting to left, ΣΩ above. CNS II, 106; HGC 2, 1489. 3.22gr, 18mm, 10h
Very Fine. Nice green patina.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Kings of Cappadocia, Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios AR Drachm. 96-63 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Dated RY 29 (67/6 BC). Diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΟΒΑΡZΑΝΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΡΩΜΑΙΟΥ, Athena standing to left, holding Nike and spear, and resting hand upon shield; monogram of MI to inner left; ΘK (date) in exergue. Simonetta 40a; HGC 7, 846. 3.91gr, 17mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
