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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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AE 12mm. 281-261 BC. Tarsos mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet / BA AN, laureate pileus. SC 334; HGC 9, 217 (R3). 1.34gr, 12mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Armenia, Tigranes II AE Dichalkon. Circa 96-56 BC. Nisibis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Head to left, wearing four-pointed tiara / BAΣΙΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY TIΓPANOY ΦΙΛΕΛΛHNOC, Nike standing to right, holding wreath; M-A across fields. Kovacs 67. 3.52gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Phrygia, Eriza AE 17mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Laureate head of Zeus to right / EPIZH/NΩN, eagle standing to right on thunderbolt with wings spread. SNG Copenhagen 364; SNG von Aulock 8361; Von Aulock, Phrygien I, 259-271. 4.88gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare city.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
