LOT 3002
Kings of Parthia, Vardanes I AR Tetradrachm. Circa AD 40-45.
Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Hyperberetaios SE 354 (September AD 43). Diademed and draped bust to left, wearing short beard / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY EYEPΓETOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, Vardanes enthroned to right, receiving palm from Tyche standing to left and holding cornucopia with left hand; ΔNT (year) in field above, ΥΠΕΡΒΕΡΕΤΑΙΟΥ (month) in exergue. Sellwood 64.19. Near Very Fine.(11.41gr, 27mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK private collection.
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LOT 3002
Kings of Parthia, Vardanes I AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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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. -
Boeotia, Thebes AR Quarter Stater or Hemidrachm. Circa 458-456 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Struck after the battle of Oenophyta 457 BC. Aeginetic Standard. Volute krater decorated with parallel circle lines, Ǝ-Θ flanking / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished in the most references; for a similar specimen see Traité III, p.220, 205 / pl.CXCIX, 1 (diobol). 3.09gr, 14mm
Very Fine. Toned. The only known issue of this short period of Theban coinage and possibly unique.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
This very special coin struck during the short period after the end of the Persian Wars (478 BC) and up to the Battle of Oenophyta (457 BC), when after the conflict between the Thebans and the Athenians, the latter managed to regain control of Boeotia and Phocis. This was the period of transition of Theban coinage from the early period, when the multiple variations of the incuse on the reverse were replaced by the krater depiction, characteristic for all the denominations. Abandoned is the local use of the initial Theta ⴲ in its classical form ϴ. The only known similar example of Traité depicts a krater with the leaf of an ivy, a symbol of Dionysian worship, hanging from its left handle. Its incuse in the form of a swastika reminds those of the archaic coinage of Corinth and probably dates earlier than our example. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. As strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC, or king, 306/5-301 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Lampsakos mint; struck circa 310-301 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ[ΡΟΥ], Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; forepart of Pegasos to left in left field, AΛ beneath throne. Price 1394; ADM II Series XVIII; Müller 912. 4.16gr, 16mm, 11h
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
