LOT 2982
Kings of Parthia, Mithradates III AR Drachm. Circa 87-79 BC.
Ekbatana mint. Bust to left, wearing tiara decorated with eight-rayed star / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; legend around. Sellwood 31.5 (Orodes I); Sunrise -; Shore 122 (Orodes I). Near Very Fine.(4.28gr, 21mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK private collection.
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Mysia, Pergamon AR Diobol. Circa 310-282 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Archaistic Palladion: statue of Pallas Athena standing facing, holding spear and shield; ΠEPΓAM upwards to left. Von Fritze, Pergamon, pl. I, 10; SNG BnF 1559-66; Klein 278. 1.28gr, 11mm, 11h
Good Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom, Euthydemos I Theos Megas AR Tetradrachm. Circa 225-215 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Diademed head to right / Herakles seated to left on rock, holding club set on rocks; BAΣIΛEΩΣ and monogram to right, EYΘYΔHMOY to left. Cf. Mitchiner 85c; cf. Bopearachchi 5B; cf. SNG ANS 124-7. 14.95gr, 27mm, 5h
Good.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, 1980s. -
Cilicia, uncertain mint AR Obol. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Crowned and bearded head of Persian king to right / Forepart of Pegasus to right. Göktürk -; Troxell & Kagan -; SNG BnF 482-4; SNG Levante 232. 0.71gr, 11mm, 8h
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 68, 3 October 2021, lot 96 (since professionally cleaned and conserved), dealer's ticket included; From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
