LOT 3254
Kushan Rulers of Baktria, Wima Takto, Soter Megas AR Didrachm. AD 90-113.
Radiate, draped and diademed bust of Miiro right, holding ribboned arrow in raised right hand; three-pronged tamga in left field / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΣΩΤΗΡ ΜΕΓΑΣ, king on horse right, raising right hand. ANS 147-156; AWC 2964-7. Very Fine.(8.47gr, 22mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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LOT 3254
Kushan Rulers of Baktria, Wima Takto, Soter Megas AR Didrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Seleukid Empire, Tryphon AE 18mm. Circa 142-138 BC. Uncertain mint 100, in northern Syria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΟΣ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ, Macedonian helmet with ibex horn to left; AΣK to inner left. SC 2039; HGC 9, 1061. 4.58gr, 18mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Axum, Anonymous AE Unit. Circa AD 359/60-450.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
BACI-VCΛC ('King'), draped bust to right, wearing headcloth; within double circle border / TOYTO AᒋⵎEͶ TH XШᒋA (retrograde) ('may this please the country'), small cross within circle. Cf. SACAM 151-89. 1.85gr, 15mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kushan Rulers of Baktria, Kanishka CU Tetradrachm. c. AD 127-151.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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. 17.84gr, 6mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
