LOT 3311
Kings of Parthia, Mithradates V AR Drachm. Circa AD 140. Ekbatana mint.
Diademed bust to left, with long pointed beard / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; degraded legend around, monogram beneath bow. Sellwood 82.1 (Mithradates IV); Shore 425 (Mithradates IV); Sunrise 450. Near Extremely Fine. Deep original 'find' patina.(3.78gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivately purchased from Jencek Historical Enterprise, 12 April 2014.
Ex Dr. Stephen J. Antonello Collection.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 107, 16 March 2023, lot 685.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 119, 24 April 2024, lot 996.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3311
Kings of Parthia, Mithradates V AR Drachm.
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
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Kings of Cappadocia, Ariaramnes AE 17mm. Circa 280-230 BC. Uncertain Cappadocian mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head to right, wearing bashlyk / Horse trotting to right; APIAPAMNOY and エ above; monogram behind. Simonetta -; Simonetta, Coins -; SNG Copenhagen -; Ganschow -; SNG von Aulock -; BMC-; HGC 7, -. 2.74gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; unpublished and apparently unique variant.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Diobol. Circa 246-222 BC. Tyre mint.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing taenia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with wings closed standing to left on thunderbolt; club to left. CPE B467; Svoronos 707; SNG Copenhagen -. 22.92gr, 31mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired from Baldwin's, February 1988. From Pavlos S. Pavlou Collection. Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 57, 25 March 2018, lot 82. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Macedon, Terone Fourrée Tetrobol. Circa 490-460 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Oinochoe to left, with bunch of grapes hanged on its body / Quadripartite incuse square. For prototype cf. SNG ANS 746; HGC 3.1, 709. 1.98gr, 15mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.
