LOT 3158
Kings of the Bosporos, Rheskouporis V, with Philip I, BI Stater. Dated 545 BE (AD 248/9).
BACIΛЄധC PHCKOΠOPIΔ, diademed bust to right / Laureate head of emperor to right; club before, ЄMΦ (date) beneath truncation. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 3347; MacDonald 607/1 (Rheskouporis IV). Very Fine. Areas of delamination.(6.98gr, 20mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3158
Kings of the Bosporos, Rheskouporis V, with Philip I, BI Stater.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
[BACIΛЄധC AΓPIΠA, canopy] / Three ears of corn; [L Ϛ (date) across fields]. RPC I, 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 1.55gr, 16mm, 6h.
Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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. 5.54gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
The Thracian Chersonese, Cardia AE 15mm. Circa 350-309 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of Persephone to right, wearing tainia and pendant earring / ΚΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, forepart of lion pouncing to left with head slightly facing, crushing spear with its jaws; at bottom right, barley ear. Tsvetkova 60-63; HGC 3.2 1479. 4.04gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
