LOT 2987
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 ΜΕΓΑΛΟY above, ΑΡΣAΚΟY to right, ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ below, ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ to left, Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; PΓ monogram above bow. Sellwood 39.4; Sunrise 341; Shore 181. Very Fine.(4.04gr, 19mm, 1h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market before 2000;
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Macedon, Neapolis AR Hemidrachm. Circa 375-350 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Facing gorgoneion, with tongue protruding / Head of nymph to right, her hair coiled around her head and with a bun at the back; N-E-O-Π around; all within circular incuse. SNG Copenhagen 227-8; SNG ANS 452; HGC 3.1, 588. 1.87gr, 14mm, 7h
Extremely Fine.
Ex Chaponnière & Firmenich SA, Auction 15, 21 May 2022, lot 13 (dealer's ticket included); From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Kings of Parthia, Pakoros I AR Drachm. Circa AD 78-120.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust to left, with long pointed beard / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; monogram beneath bow. Sellwood 78.4 (Vologases III); Sunrise -; Shore -. 3.66gr, 20mm, 12h
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Parthia, Sinatrukes AR Drachm. Circa 93/2-70/69 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rhagai mint. Draped bust to left, wearing tiara decorated with horn and stags / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ above, ΜΕΓ-ΑΛOV to right, ΑΡΣΑΚOV (retrograde)below, ΘΕOΠΑΤΡOY NIKATOPOΣ to left (‘of great king Arsaces, of divine descent, the victorious’), Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood type 33.4 (Gotarzes I); Sunrise 302; Shore 114 (same). 4.14gr, 19mm, 1h
Very Fine. Some hard green deposits on reverse.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
