LOT 3006
Kings of Parthia, Pakoros I AR Drachm. Circa AD 78-120.
Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust to left, with long pointed beard / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; monogram beneath bow. Sellwood 78.4 (Vologases III); Sunrise -; Shore -. Near Extremely Fine.(3.66gr, 20mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market before 2000;
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Kings of Parthia, Artabanos V AR Drachm. Circa AD 79/80-circa 85.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust to left / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; monogram beneath bow. Sellwood 74.6 (Artabanos III); Sunrise 442; Shore 404 (same). 3.62gr, 20mm, 1h
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE 18mm. Time of Agathokles, circa 317-310 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Wreathed head of Arethusa to left; [ΣYPAKO]ΣIΩN upwards before, bucranium behind / Bull butting to left, ΣΩ above. CNS II, 106; HGC 2, 1489. 3.22gr, 18mm, 10h
Very Fine. Nice green patina.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm. 121/0-97/6 BC.
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Ake-Ptolemais mint; struck circa 121-113 BC. Diademed head to right; within fillet border / ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ, Zeus Ouranios, draped, standing facing, head to left, holding star in outstretched right hand and long sceptre in left; crescent above, monogram of ΔΑΡ in field; all within laurel wreath border. SC 2336.2; HGC 9, 1197h. 16.59gr, 30mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Lustrous metal, lightly toned.
Acquired in the USA, November 2010.
