LOT 2975
Kings of Parthia, Sinatrukes AR Drachm. Circa 93/2-70/69 BC.
Rhagai mint. Draped bust to left, wearing tiara decorated with horn and stags / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ above, ΜΕΓ-ΑΛ•V to right, ΑΡΣΑΚ•V (retrograde)below, ΘΕ•ΠΑΤ•Ρ•Σ NIKAT•P•Σ to left (‘of great king Arsaces, of divine descent, the victorious’), Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow. Cf. Sellwood type 33 (Gotarzes I; unlisted legend variant); Sunrise 303 corr. (Sellwood 33.2); Shore -. Very Fine.(4.02gr, 19mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market before 2000;
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Kings of Parthia, Phraates III AR Drachm. Circa 70/69-58/7 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rhagai mint; struck circa 62/1-58/7 BC. Draped bust to left, wearing tiara decorated with horn and stags / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟV above, ΑΡΣ-AΚΟV to right, ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ (retrograde) below, ΕΠΙΦAΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛHΝΟΣ to left, Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; ΣΡΓ(?) monogram beneath bow. Sellwood 39.5 var. (legend III); Sunrise -; cf. Shore 342. 4.06gr, 18mm, 1h
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, uncertain mint EL 1/48 Stater. Circa 600-550 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Lydo-Milesian standard. Crab(?) / Incuse square with irregular lines within. Weidauer -; Elektron -; cf. Rosen 81 and 346-7 (1/6 and 1/96); cf. Traité I 114 = BMC 26 (1/96); SNG Kayhan -; SNG von Aulock -; Weber -. 0.35gr, 5mm
Near Very Fine.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Kings of Parthia, Phraatakes AR Tetradrachm. Circa 2 BC-AD 4.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Panemos SE 311 (June 1 BC). Diademed and draped bust to left; Nikai to left and right, each crowning him with wreath / BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ BAΣΙΛΕΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠΙΦANOYΣ ΦΙΛEΛΛHNOΣ, Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; AIT (date) to right, ΠΑΝΗΜΟΥ (month) in exergue. Sellwood 57.6; Shore -. 9.69gr, 24mm, 12h
Very Fine.
From a UK private collection.
