LOT 3255
Kushan Rulers of Baktria, Kanishka CU Tetradrachm. c. AD 127-151.
ΒΑCIΛЄΥC BACIΛEWN KANHÞAOKOV, king standing facing, sacrificing over altar to left / OAΔO, Oado with raised arms running left. Göbl 783; ANS 540-545; AWC 3108-3110. Very Fine.(17.84gr, 6mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Attica, Athens AR Drachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Contemporary imitation.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig in upper left field, all within incuse square. For prototype, cf. Kroll 10 and HGC 4, 1631; for another similar example cf. CNG, e-374, 229. 2.93gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Test cut.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
![Group of Six [6] AE Provincial Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/251786-s.jpg)
Group of Six [6] AE Provincial Coins. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising: mixed emperors, issues and reverse types. 54.17gr total, 17-26mm.
As shown.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kings of Parthia, Mithradates I AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 173 (140/139 BC). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint.
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates I to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ME-ΓAΛOY APΣA-KOY ΦIΛEΛ-ΛHNOΣ, Herakles standing to left, holding skyphos in his right hand and club and lion skin in his left; monogram of APT in outer left field; Γ[ΟΡ] (date) in exergue. Sellwood 13.3; Shore 36; Sunrise 261. 15.57gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Minor deposits. Rare.
Swiss private collection, acquired in 1992.
