LOT 3022
Kings of Parthia, Vologases III AR Tetradrachm. Circa AD 105-147.
Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Dios SE 435 (October AD 123). Diademed and draped bust to left, wearing tiara; Γ behind / BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ BAΣΙΛΕΩN AΡΣAKOΥ OΛAΓAΣΟΥ ΔIKAIOΥ EΠΙΦANOΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛHNOΣ, Vologases seated to left, receiving wreath from Tyche standing to right and holding scepter with left hand; EΛY (year) above, ΔIOY (month) in exergue. Sellwood 79.11; Shore -. Very Fine. Toned.(10.69gr, 27mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK private collection.
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LOT 3022
Kings of Parthia, Vologases III AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Phoenicia, Dora AE 17mm. Time of Nero, AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Dated CY 128 (AD 65/6). Turreted and veiled head of Tyche to right / Astarte standing facing, head to right, holding signa with right hand and cornucopia with left; ΔധΡΙΤ[ധΝ] to right, L PKH (date) to left. Meshorer, Coins 11; Rosenberger 9 (AD 64/5); RPC I 4761 (same). 4.67gr, 17mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Parion AR Drachm. 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue / Irregular pattern within quadripartite incuse square. SNG BnF 1351-2; SNG von Aulock -. 3.05gr, 12mm
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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
Abydos mint; struck circa 310-301 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right 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; ME monogram in left field, ivy leaf beneath throne. Price 1560; ADM II Series XIX. 4.18gr, 17mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection.
