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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Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 26mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; HP monogram in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1263-1270; HGC 3.2, 1428. 9.14gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Kushan Empire, time of Kujula Kadphises to Vima Takto AE Didrachm. AD 80-113.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Uncertain (possibly Begram) mint. "Soter Megas" issue. Radiate and diademed bust to right, holding sceptre; tamgha to left / [ΒΑCΙΛЄV ΒΑCΙ]ΛЄV⟒Ν C⟒ΤΗΡ [ΜЄΓΑC], King on horseback to right, holding axe; tamgha to lower right. ANS Kushan 186-95; Senior B17.1vT (listed as tetradrachm); Donum Burns 60. 8.25gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Judaea, Herod I AE Prutah. 40-4 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Small diadem; inscription around / Tripod table within dotted circle. Hendin 6214; TJC 54; Sofaer 24. 1.15gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
