LOT 2932
Mysia, Pergamon AE 15mm. Circa 133-27 BC.
Laureate head of Asklepios to right / [AΣ]KΛHΠI[OY Σ]ΩTHΡ[OΣ], serpent-entwined staff of Asklepios. SNG Copenhagen 370; SNG BnF 1828-48. Good Very Fine.(3.97gr, 15mm, 11h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired at an UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, collector;
Collector's ticket included.
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Kings of Parthia, Artabanos V AR Drachm. Circa AD 79/80-circa 85.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust to left / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; monogram beneath bow. Sellwood 74.6 (Artabanos III); Sunrise 442; Shore 404 (same). 3.15gr, 23mm, 1h
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Parthia, Phraates IV AR Tetradrachm. Circa 38/7-2 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Uncertain month and SE year. Diademed and draped bust to left, with pointed beard / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, Phraates seated to right on throne, receiving palm frond from Tyche standing to left, who holds cornucopia with left hand; year and month in exergue. Cf. Sellwood 51.1-8; cf. Sunrise 390; cf. Shore 272. 10.46gr, 31mm, 12h
Very Fine. Struck on a broad flan.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Teos AR Trihemiobol. Circa 320-294 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Alypion, magistrate. Griffin seated to right, raising paw / Chelys; THI above, AΛYΠIΩ[Ν] to left. SNG Kayhan 612; Kinns 97 var. (magistrate's name to right); SNG Copenhagen -. 0.93gr, 9mm, 12h
Extremely Fine.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
