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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Mysia, Pergamon AE 15mm. Circa 133-27 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Asklepios to right / [AΣ]KΛHΠI[OY Σ]ΩTHΡ[OΣ], serpent-entwined staff of Asklepios. SNG Copenhagen 370; SNG BnF 1828-48. 3.97gr, 15mm, 11h
Good Very Fine.
Acquired at an UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector; Collector's ticket included. -
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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. -
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.
