LOT 2926
Paphlagonia, Sinope AR Siglos or Drachm. Circa 350/30-300 BC.
Persic standard. Anthes-, magistrate. Circa 360-320 BC. Head of nymph Sinope to left, wearing triple-pendant earring, necklace and sphendone; aphlaston before / ΣΙΝΩ beneath eagle flying to left clutching dolphin; ANΘ[...] under wing. RG 31 (Aiginetic standard); SNG BM Black Sea -. Near Very Fine. Test cuts. Very rare magistrate's name.(5.05gr, 22mm, 11h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Phoenicia, Sidon AR Shekel - Tetradrachm. 107/6 BC-AD 43/4.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Dated CY 5 (107/6 BC). Veiled, draped, and turreted bust of Tyche to right, wearing single-pendant earring and pearl necklace / ΣIΔΩNIΩN, eagle standing to left on ram of galley; palm frond in background; to left, L E (date) above monogram of ΔΡΙ. Rouvier 1305; Prieur -; HGC 10, 275. 13.79gr, 29mm, 12h
Good Very Fine. Nicely toned. Rare.
Acquired in 1995; From a private collection. -
South Arabia, Himyar AR Unit. Uncertain ruler, after 110 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Beardless male head to right / Bearded male head to right, Royal Qatanian monogram behind, South Arabian monogram below. Huth 367. 1.88gr, 11mm, 1h
Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Kings of Parthia, Phraatakes AR Tetradrachm. Circa 2 BC-AD 4.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Panemos SE 311 (June 1 BC). Diademed and draped bust to left; Nikai to left and right, each crowning him with wreath / BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ BAΣΙΛΕΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠΙΦANOYΣ ΦΙΛEΛΛHNOΣ, Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; AIT (date) to right, ΠΑΝΗΜΟΥ (month) in exergue. Sellwood 57.6; Shore -. 9.69gr, 24mm, 12h
Very Fine.
From a UK private collection.
