LOT 2956
Phoenicia, Dora AE 17mm. Time of Nero, AD 54-68.
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Dated CY 128 (AD 65/6). Turreted and veiled head of Tyche to right / Astarte standing facing, head to right, holding signa with right hand and cornucopia with left; ΔധΡΙΤ[ധΝ] to right, L PKH (date) to left. Meshorer, Coins 11; Rosenberger 9 (AD 64/5); RPC I 4761 (same). Near Very Fine.(4.67gr, 17mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. 323-317 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
'Kolophon' mint; struck under Menander or Kleitos, circa 323-319 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, left 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; kerykeion beneath throne, spearhead in outer right field. Price 1756; Müller 208. 3.98gr, 17mm, 3h
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Ionia, Ephesos. Phanes EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater. Circa 625-600 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Forepart of stag to right, head reverted / Abstract geometric pattern within incuse square punch. Weidauer -; SNG von Aulock -; Zhuyuetang -; Fischer-Bosset, White Gold, p. 469, 20b. 2.30gr, 9mm
Very Fine. Nice blue iridescence around the devices on obverse. Very rare denomination.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
The Phanes coins, so called for the name inscribed on them, are early electrum coins issued in seven denominations and are the most ancient inscribed coin series at present known. -
Kings of Parthia, Sinatrukes AR Drachm. Circa 93/2-70/69 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Rhagai mint. Draped bust to left, wearing tiara decorated with horn and stags / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ above, ΜΕ-ΓΑΛOV to right, ΑΡΣΑΚOV (retrograde)below, ΘΕOΠΑΤΡOV NIKATOPOΣ to left (‘of great king Arsaces, of divine descent, the victorious’), Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow. Cf. Sellwood type 33 (Gotarzes I; unlisted legend variant); Sunrise -; cf. Shore 112 corr. (Sellwood 33.3). 3.88gr, 21mm, 12h
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
