LOT 2985
Kings of Parthia, Phraates III AR Drachm. Circa 70/69-58/7 BC.
Rhagai mint; struck circa 62/1-58/7 BC. Draped bust to left, wearing tiara decorated with horn and stags / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΛ above, ΑΡΣΥΚΟ to right, ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ (retrograde) below, ΕΠΙΦΝΟY ΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ to left, Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; PΓ monogram above bow. Sellwood 39.3; Sunrise -; Shore -. Very Fine. Very rare variant.(4.09gr, 20mm, 1h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market before 2000;
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Kings of Parthia, Artabanos III BI Tetradrachm. Circa AD 10-38.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £140
Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Holöos [SE 323(?)] (July AD 12). Diademed bust to left, wearing slight beard, earring, and spiral torque / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, Artabanos seated to right, Tyche standing to left before him, presenting palm frond and holding cornucopia; OΛVΩ above Tyche's arm, [year in exergue]. Sellwood 61.5 (Artabanos II); Shore-. 9.33gr, 25mm, 12h
Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Ionia, Erythrai AR Drachm. Struck circa 290-275 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings, MTP monogram in left field and ΣΕ monogram beneath throne. Price 1894A var. (club in let field). 4.23gr, 17mm, 1h
Very Fine.
Ex Reeman Dansie, Colchester, 8 December 2010; Acquired at an UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector; Collector's ticket included. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Triobol. 246-222 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Alexandria mint. Series 5B. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing taenia with basileion / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, monogram of XP between legs. CPE B396; Svoronos 965; SNG Copenhagen 173-5. 33.81gr, 36mm, 12h
Good Very Fine. Attractive dark olive green patina.
From an old European collection, 1980s; Property of a London antiquarian.
