LOT 3227
Kings of Parthia, Phriapatios to Mithradates I AR Drachm. Circa 185-132 BC. Hekatompylos mint.
Diademed and draped bust to left, wearing bashlyk / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ APΣ-AKOY, Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on omphalos, holding bow. Sellwood 10.1 (Mithradates I); Shore 12 (Mithradates I); Sunrise 254. Near Very Fine. Cleaned.(3.70gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3227
Kings of Parthia, Phriapatios to Mithradates I AR Drachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Thrace. Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Circa 470-435 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Facing Gorgoneion with tongue protruding, serpents around / Upright anchor; in field, crayfish to left and A to right. SNG Copenhagen 452; SNG BM Black Sea 157; SNG Bulgaria Russe 2, 120-168; HGC 3.2, 1323. 3.03gr, 13mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Troas, possibly Kebren (as Antiochia) PB Trial Strike. First part of 3rd century BC.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Male bearded head to left / Head of ram to right; above, trident to right, A below. For a similar bronze emission cf. BMC 40. 11.53gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare Greek test strike.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
It has been suggested that such Greek lead test strikes were made by itinerant engravers in an effort to sell their services to cities that produced coins, much like modern coin patterns, which are made by artists to help officials visualise a coin before it is approved for production. -
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Mysia, Pergamon AE 22mm. Circa 133-27 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Helmeted head of Athena to right / ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟY, trophy consisting of helmet and cuirass. SNG BnF 1893 var. (monogram to inner left). 6.09gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
