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LOT 2671
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos III AE 18mm. Circa 202-187 BC. Military mint in Coele-Syria.
Macedonian shield with facing gorgoneion in central boss / Elephant walking to right; [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑNΤΙΟΧΟΥ] in two lines in exergue. HGC 9, 490. Good Fine.(3.85gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Kings of Parthia, Orodes II AR Drachm. Struck circa 50-42 BC. Margiane mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Diademed and draped bust to left; crescent to right / Blundered legend, archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; Π beneath bow. Sellwood 46.13; Sunrise -; Shore -. 3.84gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Fine. Porous.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[BACIΛЄധC AΓPI]ΠA, canopy / Three ears of corn; L Ϛ (date) across fields. RPC I, 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 2.34gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex property of an Essex, UK, gentleman collector. From the private collection of a Colchester, UK, gentleman. -
Kushano-Sasanians, Ohrmazd (Hormizd) I AE Drachm. Circa AD 265-295. Bactrian mint, probably Balkh.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Draped bust to right, wearing crown with decorated korymbos and lion's head; before head, 'Hormizd King' in Pahlawi / 'Exalted God' in Bactrian Shiva standing facing and holding trident in left hand; behind him, the bull Nandi standing to left. ANS Kushan, 2219. 2.06gr, 17mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
