LOT 3016
Kings of Parthia, Uncertain Usurper (Tiridates I?) BI Tetradrachm. April/May-October/December 27 BC.
Seleukia on the Tigris mint. Dated Daisios 285 SE (May, 27 BC). Draped and bearded bust to left, wearing diadem and three-band torque / King seated to left, holding Nike who crowns him with wreath, and sceptre, pellet between feet; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ around, ΕΠΣ (year) under throne, ΔΑΙΣI (month) in exergue. Sellwood 55.5-6 (Tiridates I); Callataÿ 128 (Phraates IV); BMC -. Near Very Fine. Scratches in obverse field.(10.63gr, 30mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3016
Kings of Parthia, Uncertain Usurper (Tiridates I?) BI Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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Bithynia, Kalchedon AE 20mm. Circa 240-230 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate head of Apollo to left; c/m: tripod within circular incuse / ΚΑΛΧΑ -ΔΟΝΙΩΝ, tripod, monogram of AK below. SNG BM Black Sea 143-5 var. (no monogram); HGC 7, 539 var. (same); RG 37. 6.78gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare with monogram on reverse.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. First Jewish War AE Prutah. Dated Year 2 (67/8 CE).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem mint. 'Year two' in Paleo-Hebrew, amphora with broad rim and two handles / 'The freedom of Zion' in Paleo-Hebrew; vine leaf on small branch with tendril. TJC 196a; Sofaer 11-4; Hendin GBC 6, 6389; Hendin GBC 5, 1360. 2.79gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (early), style B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B (pl. XIII, 31). 5.56gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
