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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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Kings of Parthia, Sinatrukes AR Drachm. Circa 93/2-70/69 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rhagai mint. Draped bust to left, wearing tiara decorated with horn and stags / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ above, ΜΕΓ-ΑΛ•V to right, ΑΡΣΑΚ•V (retrograde)below, ΘΕ•ΠΑΤ•Ρ•Σ NIKAT•P•Σ to left (‘of great king Arsaces, of divine descent, the victorious’), Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow. Cf. Sellwood type 33 (Gotarzes I; unlisted legend variant); Sunrise 303 corr. (Sellwood 33.2); Shore -. 4.02gr, 19mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AR Tetradrachm. 175-164 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,275
Antioch mint; struck 168-164 BC. Laureate and bearded head of Zeus to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKHΦOPOY, Zeus seated to left on throne, holding Nike with his right and sceptre with his left hand. HGC 9, 620a; Jameson 1700 (same dies); Mørkholm 14, dies A25/P103; SC 1398; SMA 63. 16.38gr, 31mm, 1h
Good Very Fine. Lightly toned. Some scratches.
Ex Bonhams, 24-25 March 2021, lot 559; Ex Nomos AG, Auction 23, 30 November 2021, lot 164 (dealer's ticket included). -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AR Drachm. 336-323 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Miletos mint. Struck under Philoxenos, circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, left leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; ΔΗ monogram in left field. Price 2090; Müller 763. 4.14gr, 17mm, 11h
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection.
