LOT 3005
Kings of Parthia, Pakoros II AR Tetradrachm. Circa AD 78-105.
Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated 389 SE (AD 78). Diademed and beardless bust to left, wearing spiral torque; B to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΠΑΚΟΡΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, Pakoros enthroned to left, being presented diadem by Tyche standing to right and holding sceptre; ΘΠT (year) above, month off flan. Cf. Sellwood 73.1-6; cf. Shore 394. Near Very Fine.(9.93gr, 27mm, 12h).
ProvenanceFrom a UK private collection.
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Judaea, Herodians. Herod III Antipas AE Unit. 4 BCE-39 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Tiberias mint. Struck for Roman Emperor Gaius (Caligula); dated RY 43 (39/40 CE). HPധΔHC [TETPAPXHC], palm tree with two date clusters; ETO-[Y]C MΓ (date) flanking / ΓAIΩ KAICAP ΓEPMANIKΩ in four lines within laurel wreath. RPC I 4934; Meshorer 91; Hendin 6246. 12.78gr, 23mm, 12h
Good Very Fine. Black patina with brown highlights.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Skythia, Geto-Dacians. Koson AR Drachm. Circa 42-29 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Roman consul (L. Junius Brutus?) walking to left, accompanied by two lictors; monogram before, KOΣΩN in exergue / Eagle with spread wings standing to left on sceptre, clutching laurel wreath in right talon. RPC I 1701C; W. Fischer-Bossert 'ΚΟΣΩΝ ΔΡΟΥΕΙΣ' in H. Schwarzer and H.-H. Nieswandt eds. "Man kann es sich nicht prächtig genug vorstellen!" Festschrift für Dieter Salzmann zum 65. Geburtstag, I (Münster 2016), type B; HGC 3.2, 2051. 4.41gr, 19mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Rare.
Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 24, 3 December 2022, lot 950. -
Dynasts of Lykia, Tenegure AR Stater. Circa 460-420 BC.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Winged and horned monster, with curved wings, jumping to left / Triskeles clockwise with branches ending in griffin's (or snake's) head; to right, dynast symbol, to left, TEN↑[...]; all within circular dotted border within incuse circle. Traité II -; cf. BMC 84 (placement of dynastic symbol); SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen Suppl. -. 8.47gr, 23mm, 6h
Near Very Fine. Rare dynast.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
