LOT 3046
Kings of Parthia, Mithradates II AR Drachm. Circa 96/5 -93/2 BC. Rhagai mint.
Draped bust to left, wearing tiara decorated with six-rayed star, neck torque ending in seahorse / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ, Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sunrise 300; Sellwood 28.6. Good Very FIne.(3.88gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Sicily, Leontini AE Tetras or Trionkion. Circa 405-402 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Laureate head of Apollo to right; laurel leaf behind, ΛEON before / Tripod; kithara within legs, barley grains flanking, three pellets (mark of value) in exergue. CNS III, 3; HGC 2, 708. 2.62gr, 15mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 60, 9 July 2018, lot 115 (company's ticket included). Ex CNG (company's ticket included). Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Kings of Parthia, Mithradates I AR Obol. 165-132 BC. Ekbatana mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Diademed head of Mithradates I to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY APΣAKOY, draped and bearded male bust to right, wearing bashlyk. Sellwood 12.5; Shore 31. 0.60gr, 11mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Spink, 1970s. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, circa 322-319 BC. Kolophon mint. In the name and types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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 low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; lyre in left field, A beneath throne. Price 1769. 4.00gr, 19mm, 10h.
Good Fine. Area of corrosion on reverse.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired before 1985, thence by descent 2025.
