LOT 3232
Scythian, Imitative of Eukratides I AR Tetradrachm. c.130-80 BC.
Diademed and draped bust right, wearing horned Boiotian helmet, within bead-and-reel border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, Dioscuri on horseback charging right, with couched spears and holding palm branches, monogram IA in lower right field. HGC 12, 150. Good Very Fine. Contemporary plugged hole.(14.54gr, 34mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Seleukis and Pieria, Chalkis ad Libanum AE 20mm. Dated year 2 of the Pompeian Era (63/2 BC). ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΣ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΗΣ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ (Ptolemaios, son of Mennaios), tetrarch and archiereus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head of Zeus to right / The Dioskouroi standing facing one another, each holding spear; [L B] ΠTOΛEMA[I] to right, TETPAPX APXE(sic) to left; all within wreath. DCA 473; HGC 9, 1440. 5.19gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Samaria, "Middle Levantine" Series AR Obol. Circa 375-333 BC. Imitating Athens.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Helmeted head of Athena to right / Owl standing to right, head facing; [olive spray to left], 'BD'L (in Aramaic) to right. Meshorer & Qedar 59; Sofaer 114-5. 0.76gr, 9mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hindu Shahis Kings of Kabul, Samanta Deva AR Jital. c. AD 850-1000.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Traces of Greek legend around horseman with spear riding right / Brahmi legend around humped bull seated left. ACW 1575-1588. 3.25gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
