LOT 2889
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 27mm. 300-200 BC.
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΠΑΡ monogram in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1271-1275; HGC 3.2, 1428. Good Very Fine.(10.29gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt; Kleopatra III & Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros) AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 9 (109/8 BC). Alexandreia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; L Θ (date) to left, ΠA to right. CPE 1514; Svoronos 1670; SNG Copenhagen 353-5; DCA2 1144. 13.97gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet toning.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Kings of Parthia, Mithradates I AR Obol. 165-132 BC. Ekbatana mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Diademed head of Mithradates I to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY APΣAKOY, draped and bearded male bust to right, wearing bashlyk. Sellwood 12.5; Shore 31. 0.60gr, 11mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Spink, 1970s. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. Dated RY 13 (AD 604). AY (Ērān-xvarrah-Šābuhr [Susa]) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings, frontal crescent and star-in-crescent; stars and legends flanking, ribbon on shoulders, crescent before; all within double border with star-in-crescents in margin, 'pd in Pahlavi in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within triple border, with star-in-crescents in margin. Göbl II/3; SC Tehran 2000. 3.93gr, 29mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
