LOT 3049
Kings of Parthia, Phraates IV AR Tetradrachm. Circa 38/7-2 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Uncertain date.
Diademed and draped bust to left / BAΣIΛEΩC BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ, Phraates seated to right on throne, Athena standing to left before him, presenting diadem and holding spear; [date in exergue]. Cf. Sellwood 52; cf. Sunrise 391; cf. Shore 274. Very Fine. Small area of delamination and graffiti on obverse.(10.48gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lydo-Milesian standard. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.40gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermarked.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Time of Philip II to Antipater & Alexander V AE Unit. Circa 359-294 BC. Uncertain mint in Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Diademed head of Apollo to right, A behind / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, youth on horseback to right; ⵙP below. Cf. SNG ANS 927-8 (no A); HGC 3, 882. 7.35gr, 18mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Thrace, Byzantion AR Tetradrachm. Circa 90-80 BC. In the name and types of Lysimachos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Diademed head of Alexander the Great to right with horn of Ammon over his ear / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛΥΣIMAXOΥ, Athena seated to left on throne, leaning her left elbow on her shield and holding Nike, crowning the king's name, in her outstretched right hand, behind, transverse spear with point below left; monogram of ΠΜΤΩ to inner left, BY beneath throne, ornate trident in exergue. Callataÿ Group 3, p. 124; Müller 207; HGC 3, 1406. 16.08gr, 33mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
