LOT 3059
Sasanian Kingdom. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) I AR Drachm. AD 399-420. Possibly local imitation.
Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos / Fire altar with ribbons; attendants flanking; crescents flanking flames. For type cf. Göbl type I/1. Near Very Fine.(3.96gr, 23mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Seleukid Empire, Demetrios I Soter AE Serrate. 162-150 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Apollo to right, bow and quiver over shoulder / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, tripod. SC 1644; HGC 9, 821. 19.55gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt; Kleopatra III & Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros) AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 9 (109/8 BC). Alexandreia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; L Θ (date) to left, ΠA to right. CPE 1514; Svoronos 1670; SNG Copenhagen 353-5; DCA2 1144. 13.97gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet toning.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Oktobol. 246-222 BC. Alexandreia mint. Series 4A.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle with closed wings standing to right, head to left, on thunderbolt; Λ(?) between legs. Cf. CPE B358; cf. Svoronos 478; cf. SNG Copenhagen 143. 85.25gr, 45mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
