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LOT 2738
Kings of Parthia, Orodes II AR Drachm. Struck circa 50-42 BC. Margiane mint.
Diademed and draped bust to left; crescent to right / Blundered legend, archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; Π beneath bow. Sellwood 46.13; Sunrise -; Shore -. Good Fine. Porous.(3.84gr, 20mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. Circa 104-79 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
B[...]AΔPOY around inner circle containing anchor / 'Yehonatan the King' in Paleo-Hebrew around lily. TJC N; Sofaer 214-9; Hendin GBC 6, 6184; Hendin GBC 5, 1148. 2.58gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter AE Diobol. Struck circa 294-282 BC. Alexandreia mint. Series 2Di.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle with spread wings standing to left on thunderbolt; to left, monogram of ΠΑM. CPE B55 (slighlty different monogram); Svoronos 206, pl.viii, 4; SNG Copenhagen 91-3. 16.28gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor Fourrée Tetradrachm Core. Imitating Salamis mint, dated RY 7 (AD 164/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Diademed head to right, wearing aegis around neck / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, L Z (Z reversed) Σ Α flanking eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt. For prototype cf. Svoronos 1333. 12.93gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
