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LOT 3231
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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LOT 3231
Kings of Parthia, Phraates IV AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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Phrygia, Eumeneia AE 22mm. Circa after 133 BC. Uncertain magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Helmeted head of Athena to right / EYME-NEΩN, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm branch. Cf. BMC 7-8 (Diophan-, magistrate). 7.16gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Attica, Athena AR Drachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Possibly contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves and palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing; to left, olive sprig; all within incuse square. HGC 4, 1631. 3.46gr, 15mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Edom (Idumaea) AR Quarter Shekel-Drachm. 4th century BC. Imitating Athens.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Helmeted head of Athena to right, degraded to blank dome-like surface / Owl standing to right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left. GTvA 12-20; HGC 10, 617. 2.19gr, 12mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Surfaces corroded.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
