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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Good Very Fine.
Private collection, 1990s. -
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Veiled bust of Demeter to right, wearing wreath of grain ears / AΠAMEΩN THΣ IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY, grain ear between two poppies; to inner left, H (date); to outer left, MH. Lindgren I 2030; HGC 9, 1430 corr. (date). 3.64gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Rare.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Marathos AE 20mm. 130/29-24/3 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Double cornucopiae. HGC 10, 195. 8.41gr, 20mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
