LOT 3258
Kushan Rulers of Baktria, Wima Kadphises CU Tetradrachm. c. AD 113-127.
ΒΑCIΛЄΥC BACIΛEWN CWTHP MEΓAC OOHMO KAΔΦΙCHC, king standing facing, sacrificing over altar to left / Kharoshthi script: 'Maharajasa Rajadirajasa Sarvaloga Isvarasa Mahisvarasa Vima Kathphishasa Tratara', Oesho standing facing, holding trident and leaning against a bull. Göbl 762; ANS 274-299; AWC 3033-5. Very Fine.(17.08gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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LOT 3258
Kushan Rulers of Baktria, Wima Kadphises CU Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Three ears of corn; L Ϛ (date) across fields / BACIΛЄധ[C AΓPIΠA], canopy. RPC I, 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 2.55gr, 18mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Mysia, Pergamon AE 22mm. Circa 133-27 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Helmeted head of Athena to right / ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟY, trophy consisting of helmet and cuirass. SNG BnF 1893 var. (monogram to inner left). 6.09gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 29(?) of 'Ozmilk (321/0 BC). Tyre mint. Struck under Laomedon. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £65
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 low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in left field, -|O (Phoenician 'K = 'Ozmilk [king of Tyre]) above = ||| ||[...] (date in Phoenician). Cf. Price 3274a. 16.61gr, 25mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
