LOT 2929
Mysia, Pergamon AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. 166-67 BC.
Struck circa 123-95 BC. Group 2. Basket (cista mystica), with half-open lid, from which snake coils, around, ivy wreath with fruits / Two snakes coiled around a bow case ornamented with aplustre, and containing a strung bow, between the snake heads, MIH monogram, civic monogram of ΠΕΡ to left, serpent-entwined staff to right. Kleiner, Hoard 184 = ANS 1944.100.37470; Pinder 103. Very Fine. Extremely rare variant; seemingly the first to be offered at auction for over twenty years.(12.59gr, 26mm, 2h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Kings of Parthia, Pakoros I AR Drachm. Circa AD 78-120.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust to left, with long pointed beard / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; monogram beneath bow, archer's seat –. Sellwood 78.5 (Vologases III); Sunrise -; Shore 415 (same). 3.63gr, 21mm, 12h
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Thessaly, Larissa AR Drachm. Circa 356-342 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,755
Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly to the left, wearing ampyx, pendant earring, and simple necklace / [ΛΑΡΙΣ]-ΑΙΩΝ, horse grazing to right; below, branch. BCD I 1156; BCD II 320; HGC 4, 454. 6.12gr, 20mm, 6h
Good Extremely Fine. Attractively toned with traces of blue and gold iridescence around the devices.
From a European collection, acquired prior to 2005; Ex Nomos AG, Auction 21, 21 November 2020, lot 144 (dealer's ticket included). -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. As strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC, or king, 306/5-301 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Lampsakos mint; struck circa 310-301 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ[ΡΟΥ], Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; forepart of Pegasos to left in left field, AΛ beneath throne. Price 1394; ADM II Series XVIII; Müller 912. 4.07gr, 18mm, 10h.
Extremely Fine. Lightly toned.
Property of a North London, UK, collector.
