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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Kingdom of Macedon, Kassander, as regent AR Tetradrachm. 317-305 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £293
Amphipolis mint; struck circa 316-311 BC. 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, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; crescent in left field, pellet-in-Π beneath throne. Price 131; Troxell, Studies, Issue L5. 17.22gr, 24mm, 6h
Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. 323-317 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Sardeis mint. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, circa 323-319 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ[ΟΥ], Zeus seated left on backless throne, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; EY monogram in left field. Price 2597; Müller 839. 4.24gr, 15mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone; well struck and in high relief.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
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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.
