LOT 3243
Southern Sogdiana Tribal Rulers, AR Obol. 1st century AD.
Diademed and bearded Parthian style bust of a king to left; around, traces of legend ('Kydr' (?) = Kidara in Sogdian) / Archer standing facing, head to right, holding bow in his left hand; all within circular incuse. HGC 12, 512; MIG 656 and 661. Very Fine. Toned.(0.33gr, 10mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Kings of Parthia, Phraates IV Fourrée Tetradrachm. Circa 38/7-2 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Uncertain date.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Diademed and draped bust to left / BAΣIΛEΩC BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ, Phraates seated to right on throne, receiving palm from Tyche standing to right, holding cornucopia; uncertain date in exergue. Cf. Sellwood 51.43; cf. Callataÿ, Tétradrachmes 224. 11.73gr, 28mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 184 (129/8 BC). Tyre mint. Phoenician standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Diademed and draped bust to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗMΗΤΡΙΟΥ, eagle standing to left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder, to left, [I]EPA above club surmounted by Tyre monogram, to right, AΣY above ΔΠP (date), monogram between legs. SC 2195.2c; HGC 9, 1122; DCA2 170. 12.51gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Cleaned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Kassander AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 310-307 BC. Amphipolis mint. In the name and types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, legs spread, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in left field, Λ above boukranion; monogram of ΗΓ beneath throne. Price 430; Ehrhardt 19. 17.12gr, 24mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Ex inventory of a Bavarian merchant. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 73, 23 July 2020, lot 265.
