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, Mithradates III AR Drachm. Circa 87-79 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rhagai mint. Diademed and draped bust to left, wearing tiara decorated with eight-rayed star / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 31.6 (Orodes I); Shore 123 (Orodes I); Sunrise -. 4.13gr, 19mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Kings of Parthia, Phraates III AR Drachm. Circa 70/69-58/7 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rhagai mint; struck circa 62/1-58/7 BC. Draped bust to left, wearing tiara decorated with horn and stags / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΛ above, ΑΡΣΥΚΟ to right, ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ (retrograde) below, ΕΠΙΦΝΟY ΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ to left, Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; PΓ monogram above bow. Sellwood 39.3; Sunrise -; Shore -. 4.09gr, 20mm, 1h
Very Fine. Very rare variant.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Parthia, Pakoros I AR Drachm. Circa AD 78-120.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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 -. 3.02gr, 20mm, 12h
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
