LOT 3137
Pontos, Amisos AE 21mm. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, 120-63 BC.
Head of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath / AMIΣOY, thyrsos leaning against cista mystica, draped with panther skin. SNG BM Black Sea 1200; HGC 7, 243. Very Fine.(8.36gr, 21mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Group of Eight [8] Apameia, Phrygia AE Coins. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Various magistrates. 65gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Macedon under Roman Rule AR Tetradrachm. Circa 95-70 BC. Uncertain mint. Aesillas, quaestor.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Head of the deified Alexander III 'the Great', with horn of Ammon over his ear, to right; ⵙ behind neck, MAKEΔONΩN below / AESILLAS Q in two lines, money chest, club, and chair; all within laurel wreath. SNG Copenhagen 1330; HGC 3.1, 1110. 16.34gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Light toning.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Kings of Parthia, Pakoros I AR Drachm. AD 78-120. Ekbatana mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Diademed head to left, with long beard / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right, no throne base visible, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 78.6 (Vologases III); cf. Sunrise 439 (throne base represented by two dots); Shore -. 3.51gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Mint State.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
