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LOT 2738
Seleukid Empire, Tryphon AE 18mm. Circa 142-138 BC.
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head to right / Spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor; BAΣIΛEΩΣ TPYΦΩNOΣ to right, AYTOKPATOPOΣ to left, piloi of the Dioskouroi to inner left. SC 2034.2d; HGC 9, 1061. Good Very Fine.(5.04gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Indo-Scythians, Azes AR Tetradrachm. Circa 58-12 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΖΟΥ, king on horseback to right, holding whip; letter in Kharosthi before / Athena standing to right, holding spear and shield in left hand and raising right; monogram to left, Γ(retrograde) and monogram to right. Senior 98.324T. 9.71gr, 24mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H]-F in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.58gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kings of Armenia, Tigranes the Younger AE Tetrachalkon. 77/6-66 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Tigranokerta(?) or Artagigarta mint; struck 66-65 BC. Diademed head to right, wearing five-pointed Armenian tiara decorated with comet / [BAΣIΛEΩΣ] TIΓ-PANOY, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath with her extended right hand; ΔHM[O] below. ACV 78; CAA 114; Kovacs 143. 5.57gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
