LOT 2695
Skythia, Olbia Cast AE Dolphin. Circa 500-450/25 BC.
Dolphin / Dolphin. SNG Stancomb 334-337; SNG BM Black Sea 359-367. Very Fine.(2.43gr, 31mm x 11mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired Munich, Germany, in the early 1990s.
From a private German collection.
Property of a Kent, UK, lady collector since 2015.
The method of casting this unique type of coin was adopted by the Gallic Celts who originally came from this region. Dolphins were generally struck in the form of a tree attached to the tail, although some examples appear to have been cast individually.
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Kings of Parthia, Mithradates I AR Tetradrachm. 165-132 BC.
Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,575
Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated SE 173 (140/39 BC). Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates I to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ME-ΓAΛOY APΣA-KOY ΦIΛEΛ-ΛHNOΣ, Herakles standing to left, holding skyphos in his right hand and club and lion skin in his left; monogram of APT in outer left field; Γ[ΟΡ] (date) in exergue. Sellwood 13.3; Shore 36; Sunrise 261. 15.57gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Minor deposits. Rare.
Swiss private collection, acquired in 1992. -
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AE 20mm. 30-9 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Petra mint. Dated RY 18 (13/2 BC). Laureate head to right / Hagaru standing to left and raising her right hand; date in legend to upper right. Barkay, King 41A; Meshorer, Nabataea -. 5.09gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one other example on CoinArchives (CNG e-462, 172).
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Sasanian Kingdom, Vahram (Bahram) II, with Queen and Prince 4 AR Drachm. AD 276-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
'Ctesiphon' (?) mint. Jugate busts of Vahrām (Bahram), wearing winged crown with korymbos, and his queen, wearing kolah with boar's head, to right, vis-a-vis bust of Prince 4, wearing kolah with eagle's head, left / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants facing outward, each wearing winged crown with korymbos; fravahar to left of flames. Cf. SNS type VIa(1)/2(1a), Style A. 3.56gr, 26mm, 3h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
