LOT 3241
Sogdiana, Lord King of Bukhara AR Drachm. 6th-8th century AD.
Crowned bust right / Fire altar with ribbon flanked by attendants; crowned bust of Bahram right superimposed upon altar. ACW 1550. Very Fine.(3.12g, 26mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, circa 322-319 BC. Kolophon mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / [ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ], Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; [spearhead in outer right field], barley grain beneath throne. Price 1751. 3.14gr, 16mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Areas of delamination.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. 4th-3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed janiform female heads wearing circular earring and necklace; below, dolphin / ΛΑ[-Μ-Ψ], head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet to right. Cf. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group B, pl. VI, 11; cf. SNG BnF 1193. 0.96gr, 11mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kushan Rulers of Baktria, Kanishka CU Tetradrachm. c. AD 127-151.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΒΑCIΛЄΥC BACIΛEWN KANHÞAOKOV, king standing facing, sacrificing over altar to left / OAΔO, Oado with raised arms running left. Göbl 783; ANS 540-545; AWC 3108-3110. 17.84gr, 6mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
