LOT 3047
Paphlagonia, Sinope AE 22mm. Circa 85-65 BC.
Laureate head of Zeus to right /ΣΙΝΩΠΗΣ, eagle with spread wings standing facing slightly to left, head to right, on thunderbolt; monogram of ETA to left, star to right. SNG BM Black Sea 1547-9; HGC 7, 421. Good Very Fine. Earthern brown patina.(6.49gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Kings of Numidia, Massinissa or Micipsa AE Unit. 203-148 BC or 148-118 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head to left / Horse galloping to left; pellet below. Mazard 53; MAA 18a; SNG Copenhagen 505. 14.68gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Parthia, Phriapatios to Mithradates I AR Drachm. Circa 185-132 BC. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Diademed and draped bust to left, wearing bashlyk / BΛᕒIΛEΩᕒ ΜΕΓΛΛΟΥ ΛPΣΛKOY, Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on omphalos, holding bow. Cf. Sellwood 10.1 (Mithradates I; Hekatompylos mint). 3.09gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy V Epiphanes AE Obol(?). Struck 180 BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Head of Isis to right, wearing grain ear wreath / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, head to right, cornucopia over shoulder. Svoronos 1238; cf. SNG Copenhagen 256-259. 3.48gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
