LOT 2981
Kings of Parthia, Mithradates III AR Drachm. Circa 87-79 BC.
Rhagai mint. Diademed and draped bust to left, wearing tiara decorated with eight-rayed star / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 31.6 (Orodes I); Shore 123 (Orodes I); Sunrise -. Near Very Fine.(4.13gr, 19mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK private collection.
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Kings of Parthia, Artabanos II BI Tetradrachm. AD 10-38.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £140
Uncertain SE year. Diademed and draped bust to left, wearing long tapered beard and earring / BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ BAΣΙΛΕΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠΙΦANOYΣ ΦΙΛEΛΛHNOΣ, Artabanos seated to right on throne, receiving palm branch from Tyche standing to left and holding cornucopia; uncertain year in exergue. Cf. Sellwood 61.1-6 (date in central field); Shore 330. 9.97gr, 26mm, 12h
Very Fine. Exceedingly rare variant.
From a UK private collection. -
Macedon, Neapolis AR Hemidrachm. Circa 375-350 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Facing gorgoneion, with tongue protruding / Head of nymph to right, her hair coiled around her head and with a bun at the back; N-E-O-Π around; all within circular incuse. SNG Copenhagen 227-8; SNG ANS 452; HGC 3.1, 588. 1.87gr, 14mm, 7h
Extremely Fine.
Ex Chaponnière & Firmenich SA, Auction 15, 21 May 2022, lot 13 (dealer's ticket included); From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Kings of Parthia, Sinatrukes AR Drachm. Circa 93/2-70/69 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rhagai mint. Draped bust to left, wearing tiara decorated with horn and stags / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ above, ΜΕΓ-ΑΛOV to right, ΑΡΣΑΚOV (retrograde)below, ΘΕOΠΑΤΡOY NIKATOPOΣ to left (‘of great king Arsaces, of divine descent, the victorious’), Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood type 33.4 (Gotarzes I); Sunrise 302; Shore 114 (same). 4.14gr, 19mm, 1h
Very Fine. Some hard green deposits on reverse.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
