LOT 2957
Phoenicia, Tyre AE 16mm. Dated CY 256 = AD 130/1.
Pseudo-autonomous issue, time of Hadrian. Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right; palm frond over shoulder / ΤΥΡ(as monogram) ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄധΣ ΙЄΡ ΑΣ, palm tree with date clusters; ς-NC (date) across fields. RPC III, 3905 corr. (no Phoenician letters on reverse); Rouvier 2160. Very Fine.(3.11gr, 16mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Kings of Parthia, Artabanos III AR Tetradrachm. Circa AD 10-38.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Daisios SE 334 (May AD 23). Diademed and draped bust to left; before, ΔΛT (date) / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Artabanos enthroned to left, receiving palm from Tyche standing to right and diadem from man between them who kneels to right; in field above, ΔΛT (date); ΔΑΙΣΙΟΥ in exergue. 10.91gr, 27mm, 12h
Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Judaea, Herod I AE Prutah. 40-4 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Jerusalem mint. Illegible inscription around small open diadem with no cross / Tripod table within dotted circle. RPC I -; Meshorer 54; Hendin 6214; HGC 10, 657. 1.37gr, 14mm, 8h
Near Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Kings of Parthia, Pakoros I AR Drachm. Circa AD 78-120.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust to left, with long pointed beard / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; monogram beneath bow. Sellwood 78.4 (Vologases III); Sunrise -; Shore -. 3.63gr, 19mm, 1h
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
