LOT 2993
Kings of Parthia, Mithradates, usurper in Mesopotamia AR Tetradrachm. Circa 15-10 BC.
Seleukeia on the Tigris, dated Artemisios (April) of an uncertain year. Diademed and draped bust to left, with pointed beard / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY EYEPΓETOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ ΑΡΤΕM, Mithradates enthroned to right, receiving palm frond from Tyche standing to left, and holding sceptre with left hand; above Tyche's arm monogram of ΠΛP above pellet; beneath throne, V/A; between Mithradates' feet, A. Sellwood 55.11 var. (no pellet); Callataÿ, Tétradrachmes 108 (Phraates IV). Very Fine. Very rare variant.(10.70gr, 26mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK private collection.
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LOT 2993
Kings of Parthia, Mithradates, usurper in Mesopotamia AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Kings of Parthia, Mithradates II AR Drachm. 121-91 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Ekbatana mint; struck circa 96/5-93/2 BC. Diademed and draped bust to left, wearing tiara decorated with six-rayed star / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 28.3; Shore 97; Sunrise 298. 4.07gr, 21mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. 323-317 BC.
Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Uncertain mint in Cilicia. Struck under Philotas or Philoxenos, circa 323-317 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; wreath in left field, ΔI beneath throne. Price 2949 [Side(?)]; Müller 550. 17.17gr, 26mm, 9h
Extremely Fine. Lustrous metal; gold iridescence around the devices.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Mysia, Pergamon AE 12mm. Circa AD 40-60.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Pseudo-autonomous issue. ΘEON CYNKΛHTON, draped bust of Senate to right / ΘEAN PΩMHN, turreted and draped bust of Roma to right; monogram before. RPC I, 2374 var. (no monogram); BMC 217; Von Aulock 1386. 2.60gr, 12mm, 12h
Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
