LOT 3021
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). Extremely Fine.(3.62gr, 20mm, 1h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market before 2000;
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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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. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Babylon I mint; circa 311-300 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings, monogram in wreath in left field, MI beneath throne. SC 82.5b; Price 3747; Müller 734; HGC 9, 10f. 17.02gr, 26mm, 5h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Boiotia, Thebes AR Stater. Circa 390-382 BC.
Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,750
Wast(ias), magistrate. Boiotian shield / Volute krater with a decorated upper half, barley grain above, FA-ΣT across central field; all within shallow incuse circle. Hepworth 36; BCD Boiotia 494; BMC 120; HGC 4, 1330. 12.14gr, 22mm, 2h
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone with blue iridescence around the devices on obverse and gold on reverse.
Ex A. A. Ravel, 1938; Ex Pozzi 1443v TTB; Ex Prunier Auction, Numismatic Auction June 2022, 27 June 2022, lot 198; Acquired from Pecunia Numismatics.
Wastias was the pro-Spartan rival of Androkleidas and was instrumental in the latter's exile and assassination.
