LOT 2974
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, ΜΕ-ΓΑΛOV to right, ΑΡΣΑΚOV (retrograde)below, ΘΕOΠΑΤΡOV NIKATOPOΣ 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 -; cf. Shore 112 corr. (Sellwood 33.3). Good Very Fine.(3.88gr, 21mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market before 2000;
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Mysia, Pergamon AR Diobol. Circa 310-282 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Archaistic Palladion: statue of Pallas Athena standing facing, holding spear and shield; ΠEPΓAM upwards to left. Von Fritze, Pergamon, pl. I, 10; SNG BnF 1559-66; Klein 278. 1.28gr, 11mm, 11h
Good Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Mysia, Pergamon AE 15mm. Circa 133-27 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Asklepios to right / [AΣ]KΛHΠI[OY Σ]ΩTHΡ[OΣ], serpent-entwined staff of Asklepios. SNG Copenhagen 370; SNG BnF 1828-48. 3.97gr, 15mm, 11h
Good Very Fine.
Acquired at an UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector; Collector's ticket included. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AR Drachm. 336-323 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Miletos mint. Struck under Philoxenos, circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, left leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; ΔΗ monogram in left field. Price 2090; Müller 763. 4.14gr, 17mm, 11h
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection.
