LOT 3016
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.(3.51gr, 22mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market before 2000;
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Kings of Parthia, Phraates IV AR Tetradrachm. Circa 38/7-2 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Daisios 288 SE (May 24 BC). Diademed and draped bust to left, with pointed beard / [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΝ] above, [ΑΡΣΑΚΟY] EYEPΓET[OY] to right, ΔΙΚΑΙΟY and [ΗΠC] ΔΑΙΣ[ΙΟΥ] (date) below, [ΕΠΙ]ΦΑΝΟYΣ [ΦΙΛ]ΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ to left, Phraates seated to right on throne, receiving wreath from Athena standing to left, who holds sceptre with left hand. Sellwood 52.3; Sunrise -; Shore -; Callataÿ, Tétradrachmes 326-32. 10.51gr, 26mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Persia, Achaemenid Empire AR Siglos. Time of Darios II to Artaxerxes II, circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43); cf. Meadows, Administration 326 (Type IV, Group C); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 10; Sunrise -. 5.47gr, 14mm
Near Very Fine. Toned; interesting bankers' marks.
From an old UK collection; Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 548, 18 October 2023, lot 188; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Crete, Knossos AE 28mm. Circa 40-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Pseudo-autonomous issue, struck during the Roman Republic. Kydas, cretarch. Laureate head of Zeus to right; B beneath neck, thunderbolt beneath chin / Eagle standing to right with open wings; KYΔAΣ in three lines across field. RPC I 934; Svoronos, Numismatique 147-8; SNG Copenhagen 388. 15.83gr, 28mm, 12h
Near Very Fine. Edge split.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 562, 15 May 2024, lot 329 (dealer's ticket included); From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
