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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Apulia, Luceria AE Quadrunx. Circa 211-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress; four pellets (mark of value) downwards behind / Quiver, club and bow; LOVCERI beneath club. HN Italy 679; SNG ANS 704-5; HGC 1, 608. 14.45gr, 24mm, 2h
Near Extremely Fine. Rare.
Ex Gutekunst Collection; From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom, Euthydemos I Theos Megas AR Tetradrachm. Circa 225-215 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Diademed head to right / Herakles seated to left on rock, holding club set on rocks; BAΣIΛEΩΣ and monogram to right, EYΘYΔHMOY to left. Cf. Mitchiner 85c; cf. Bopearachchi 5B; cf. SNG ANS 124-7. 14.95gr, 27mm, 5h
Good.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, 1980s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. As strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC, or king, 306/5-301 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Abydos mint; struck circa 310-301 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, right leg drawn back, 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; ME monogram in left field, ivy leaf beneath throne. Price 1560; ADM II Series XIX. 4.18gr, 17mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection.
