LOT 2924
Pontos, Amisos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 300-125 BC.
Rhodian standard. Demetrios, magistrate. Turreted bust of Hera-Tyche to right / Owl with spread wings standing facing on upturned shield, ΔΗ-ΜΗ-TPIOY across lower fields. SNG Stancomb 665 = SNG von Aulock 53; Recueil général I, 11, 4; SNG BM Black Sea 1118-20; HGC 7, 234. Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone. Scratch on obverse.(1.72gr, 12mm, 1h).
ProvenanceFrom a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
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LOT 2924
Pontos, Amisos AR Hemidrachm.
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Kings of Parthia, Phraates III AR Drachm. Circa 70/69-58/7 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Rhagai mint. Draped bust to left, wearing tiara decorated with horn and stags / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟV above, ΑΡΣ-AΚΟV to right, ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ below, ΕΠΙΦAΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ to left, Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; PΓ monogram above bow. Cf. Sellwood type 39 (unlisted legend variant); ANS 1944.100.82616; Sunrise -; Shore -. 4.04gr, 21mm, 2h
Very Fine. Very rare variant.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Zeugitania, Carthage AE Dishekel. Circa 241-221 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
First Punic War. Head of Kore to left, wearing wreath of corn ears / Horse standing to right; radiate sun disk flanked by uraei above, Punic letter 'ayin' in right field. CNP 46d; MAA 47 V; SNG Copenhagen 260 var. (control). 12.21gr, 26mm, 12h
Very Fine. Attractive olive green patina.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Babylon I mint; circa 311-300 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings, monogram in wreath in left field, MI beneath throne. SC 82.5b; Price 3747; Müller 734; HGC 9, 10f. 17.02gr, 26mm, 5h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
