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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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.58gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Kushan Rulers of Baktria, Wima Takto, Soter Megas CU Drachm Imitating Heliokles Type. AD 90-113.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed and draped bust right / Corrupt inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΟΥΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ, horse standing left with foreleg raised. SNG ANS 670-680; HGC 4, 177; MIG 507. 3.79gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Scythian, Imitative of Eukratides I AR Tetradrachm. c.130-80 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Diademed and draped bust right, wearing horned Boiotian helmet, within bead-and-reel border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, Dioscuri on horseback charging right, with couched spears and holding palm branches, monogram IA in lower right field. HGC 12, 150. 14.54gr, 34mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Contemporary plugged hole.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
