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LOT 2963
Philistia, Uncertain mint AR Drachm. Circa 450-333 BC.
Bearded male head to left / Paradise flower or Phoenician palmette with two birds within volutes; dolphin to right below; all in dotted square within incuse square. Gitler & Tal XVII.3D; HGC 10, 604. Very Fine. Test cut. Rare.(2.84gr, 14mm, 2h).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Kings of Parthia, Pakoros I AR Drachm. Circa AD 78-120.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Ekbatana mint. Diademed head to left, with long beard / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right, no throne base visible, holding bow; monogram beneath bow. Sellwood 78.3 (Vologases III); Shore 413 (safe). 3.36gr, 20mm, 11h
Extremely fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer. -
Kings of Parthia, Phraates III AR Drachm. Circa 70/69-58/7 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Rhagai mint. Draped bust to left, wearing tiara decorated with horn and stags / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟV above, ΑΡΣ-AΚΟV to right, ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ below, ΕΠΙΦAΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ to left, Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; PΓ monogram above bow. Cf. Sellwood type 39 (unlisted legend variant); ANS 1944.100.82616; Sunrise -; Shore -. 4.04gr, 21mm, 2h
Very Fine. Very rare variant.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
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): £65
Abydos mint; struck circa 310-301 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; ME monogram in left field, ivy leaf beneath throne. Price 1560; ADM II Series XIX. 4.18gr, 17mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection.
