LOT 2699
Kings of Parthia. Phraates III AR Drachm. 70/69-58/7 BC.
Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 62 BC. Diademed facing bust, wearing necklace with medallion / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOV APΣ-AKOV ΘΕOΠATOPOΣ EVEPΓETOV EΠIΦANOVΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ, archer seated to right on throne, holding bow; monogram of ΑΓ beneath bow. Sellwood 35.1 var. (Darius?); Sunrise 326; Shore -. Good Very Fine.(4.02gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Tetradrachm. 138-129 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head to right / Athena Nikephoros standing to left, resting hand on shield and spear under arm; ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY in right field, EVEPΓETOV in left field; to outer left, mint monogram above monogram; O to inner right; all within wreath. SC 2061.4c; Lorber, Die, 802-6 (obv. die A100); HGC 9, 1067d. 16.18gr, 29mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 560, 17 April 2024, lot 222. -
Paphlagonia, Sinope AE 20mm. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 120-111 or 110-100 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Artemis to right wearing stephane; bow and quiver over shoulder / ΣINΩ-ΠHΣ, tripod-lebes. SNG BM Black Sea 1524; HGC 7, 417. 8.14gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left; unlisted countermark on rim / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 26. 5.40gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii.
