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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Seleukid Empire, Tryphon AE 18mm. Circa 142-138 BC. Uncertain mint 100.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ TPYΦΩNOΣ AYTOKPATOPOΣ, spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor; AΣ to inner left. SC 2040a; HGC 9, 1061. 5.85gr, 18mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Kingdom of Persis. Vahsir (Oxathres) AR Obol. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Diademed and draped bust to left / Vahšīr standing to right before altar, holding sceptre. K&M -; Tyler-Smith, Parcel 135-8; Alram 584; Sunrise -. 0.69gr, 10mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H]-F in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.73gr, 18mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
