LOT 3230
Kings of Parthia, Phraates IV Fourrée 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, receiving palm from Tyche standing to right, holding cornucopia; uncertain date in exergue. Cf. Sellwood 51.43; cf. Callataÿ, Tétradrachmes 224. Near Very Fine.(11.73gr, 28mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Indo-Scythians, Azes AR Tetradrachm. Circa 58-12 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΖΟΥ, king on horseback to right, holding whip; letter in Kharosthi before / Athena standing to right, holding spear and shield in left hand and raising right; monogram to left and to right. Senior, Indo-Scythian, 98.160T; Mitchiner, Indo-Greek, 846e. 7.31gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Seven [7] Phoenicia, Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Various types. 5.88gr total.
Condition as seen.
Private collection, acquired 1980-1985. -
Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron II AE. c.275-215 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Diademed head of Hieron II to left / [Ι]ΕΡΩΝΟΣ Helmeted cavalryman riding horse prancing to right, holding couched lance with his right hand, below forelegs. CNS II, 195 Rl 22. HGC 2, 1548. SNG ANS 938. 17.63gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
