LOT 2992
Kings of Parthia, Mithradates, usurper in Mesopotamia AR Tetradrachm. Circa 15-10 BC.
Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Artemisios (April) of uncertain year. Diademed and draped bust to left, with pointed beard / ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ] ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ above, ΑΡΣΑΚΟ[Y] EYEPΓET[OY] to right, ΔΙΚΑΙΟY and [A]PTEM (date) below, [Ε]ΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ [ΦΙΛ]ΕΛΛΗΝ[ΟΣ] to left, Mithradates seated to right on throne, receiving palm frond from Tyche standing to left, who holds sceptre with left hand; above extended Tyche's arm ΠΛΡ monogram above pellet; V•A beneath throne; A between Mithradates' feet. Sellwood 55.11 (Tiridates); Sunrise -; Shore 311 (same); Callataÿ, Tétradrachmes 108 (Phraates IV). Very Fine.(10.12gr, 26mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market before 2000;
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2992
Kings of Parthia, Mithradates, usurper in Mesopotamia AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Zeugitania, Carthage AE Dishekel. Circa 241-221 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
First Punic War. Head of Kore to left, wearing wreath of corn ears / Horse standing to right; radiate sun disk flanked by uraei above, Punic letter 'ayin' in right field. CNP 46d; MAA 47 V; SNG Copenhagen 260 var. (control). 12.21gr, 26mm, 12h
Very Fine. Attractive olive green patina.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Sidon AR Shekel - Tetradrachm. 107/6 BC-AD 43/4.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Dated CY 5 (107/6 BC). Veiled, draped, and turreted bust of Tyche to right, wearing single-pendant earring and pearl necklace / ΣIΔΩNIΩN, eagle standing to left on ram of galley; palm frond in background; to left, L E (date) above monogram of ΔΡΙ. Rouvier 1305; Prieur -; HGC 10, 275. 13.79gr, 29mm, 12h
Good Very Fine. Nicely toned. Rare.
Acquired in 1995; From a private collection. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Triobol. 246-222 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Alexandria mint. Series 5B. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing taenia with basileion / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, monogram of XP between legs. CPE B396; Svoronos 965; SNG Copenhagen 173-5. 33.81gr, 36mm, 12h
Good Very Fine. Attractive dark olive green patina.
From an old European collection, 1980s; Property of a London antiquarian.
