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LOT 2923
Skythia, Geto-Dacians. Koson AR Drachm. Circa 42-29 BC.
Roman consul (L. Junius Brutus?) walking to left, accompanied by two lictors; monogram before, KOΣΩN in exergue / Eagle with spread wings standing to left on sceptre, clutching laurel wreath in right talon. RPC I 1701C; W. Fischer-Bossert 'ΚΟΣΩΝ ΔΡΟΥΕΙΣ' in H. Schwarzer and H.-H. Nieswandt eds. "Man kann es sich nicht prächtig genug vorstellen!" Festschrift für Dieter Salzmann zum 65. Geburtstag, I (Münster 2016), type B; HGC 3.2, 2051. Extremely Fine. Rare.(4.41gr, 19mm, 12h).
ProvenanceEx Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 24, 3 December 2022, lot 950.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat, AE 18mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Petra mint. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; letter(?) before / Crossed cornucopiae; legend between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114; cf. SNG ANS 1438-43; cf. Sofaer 67-9. 4.14gr, 18mm, 11h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Parthia, Mithradates, usurper in Mesopotamia AR Tetradrachm. Circa 15-10 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Artemisios (April) of uncertain year. Diademed and draped bust to left, with pointed beard / ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ] ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ above, ΑΡΣΑΚΟ[Y] EYEPΓET[OY] to right, ΔΙΚΑΙΟY and [A]PTEM (date) below, [Ε]ΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ [ΦΙΛ]ΕΛΛΗΝ[ΟΣ] to left, Mithradates seated to right on throne, receiving palm frond from Tyche standing to left, who holds sceptre with left hand; above extended Tyche's arm ΠΛΡ monogram above pellet; V•A beneath throne; A between Mithradates' feet. Sellwood 55.11 (Tiridates); Sunrise -; Shore 311 (same); Callataÿ, Tétradrachmes 108 (Phraates IV). 10.12gr, 26mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Cilicia, uncertain mint AR Obol. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Crowned and bearded head of Persian king to right / Forepart of Pegasus to right. Göktürk -; Troxell & Kagan -; SNG BnF 482-4; SNG Levante 232. 0.71gr, 11mm, 8h
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 68, 3 October 2021, lot 96 (since professionally cleaned and conserved), dealer's ticket included; From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
