LOT 3958
Kings of Parthia, Mithradates I AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 173 (140/139 BC). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint.
Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates I to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ME-ΓAΛOY APΣA-KOY ΦIΛEΛ-ΛHNOΣ, Herakles standing to left, holding skyphos in his right hand and club and lion skin in his left; monogram of APT in outer left field; Γ[ΟΡ] (date) in exergue. Sellwood 13.3; Shore 36; Sunrise 261. Near Extremely Fine. Minor deposits. Rare.(15.57gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceSwiss private collection, acquired in 1992.
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LOT 3958
Kings of Parthia, Mithradates I AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500€2,900 - 4,060 (for guidance only)$3,380 - 4,730 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,300 (EUR 1,508; USD 1,755) ‡+BP*
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Kyrenaika, Kyrene AR Hemidrachm. Circa 480-435 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Bearded head of Ammon to right, with ram's horn above his ear; all within dotted circle within incuse square / Silphium plant with two pairs of leaves. Cf. BMC, p. xl, 57a, pl. VII, 10; SNG Copenhagen -. 1.17gr, 10mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Yehonatan the King' in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, upright anchor. Hendin 6189; Meshorer Group K; HGC 10, 637. 1.13gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Cilicia, Nagidos AR Stater. Circa 400-385/4 BC.
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £425
Aphrodite seated to left, holding phiale over altar to left; to right, Eros standing to left, crowning her with wreath / ΝΑΓΙΔΕΩ-N, Dionysos standing to left, holding grape bunch on vine and thyrsos. Casabonne Type 4; SNG BN -; SNG Levante -; BMC 12. 10.43gr, 24mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From the Graham Slater (1927-2024) collection.
