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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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): £46
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. 5.52gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Troas, Sigeion AE 10mm. Circa 355-334 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Helmeted head of Athena to right / Σ- ΙΓ-Ε, crescent to left. BMC 21; SNG Copenhagen 499-500; SNG von Aulock 1572. 0.92gr, 10mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Illyria, Dyrrhachion AR Stater. Circa 375-280 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Cow standing to right, looking back at suckling calf standing to left below / Δ-Υ-Ρ, vertical double stellate pattern, divided by line, in linear square border; club above; all within linear circle border. HGC 3, 34. 10.69gr, 22mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
