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GREEK COINAGE, Arsacid Kings of Parthia, Mithradates II (c. 121-91) Tetradrachm, Seleukeia-on-the-Tigris, c. 119-10, diademed bust left with long beard, rev. Arsakes I seated right on omphalos, holding bow, palm at right, tv in exergue, 15.93g/12h (Sellwood 24.4; Shore 67). Extremely fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £500
GREEK COINAGE, Arsacid Kings of Parthia, Mithradates II, Drachm, Ecbatana, c. 119-109, diademed bust left wearing torque, rev. Arsakes I seated right on low throne, holding bow, 4.19g/11h (Sellwood 26.1; Shore 77). Good very fine, toned £60-80
Hammer Price: £60
GREEK COINAGE, Arsacid Kings of Parthia, Phraates IV (c. 38-2), Tetradrachm, Seleukeia-on-the-Tigris, month Peritioy, yr. 289 [January 24/3 BC], diademed and draped bust left, wart on forehead, pointed beard and torque, rev. Phraates seated right on throne, Tyche standing left before him, presenting palm and holding cornucopiæ, 14.49g/12h (Sellwood 51.38). Very fine, toned £80-100
Hammer Price: £100
GREEK COINAGE, Arsacid Kings of Parthia, Vologases IV (c. 147-191), Tetradrachm, Seleukeia-on-the-Tigris, month Dioy, yr. 499 [October AD 157/8], diademed bust left, wearing long beard, ear-ring and tiara decorated with ‘hooks’, rev. Vologases seated left on throne, Tyche standing right before him, presenting diadem, 12.57g/12h (Sellwood 84.100). Good fine £40-50
£40–£50
GREEK COINAGE, Arsacid Kings of Elymais, Uncertain early king (late 1st cent. BC-early 2nd century AD), Tetradrachm, uncertain mint, diademed and bearded bust left, rev. diademed and bearded bust left, degraded legend around, 15.05g/12h (van’t Haaff p.89, 10.4.1-1a; cf. Alram NB1). Good very fine, dark tone £100-150
£100–£150
GREEK COINAGE, Sassanian Kings, Shapur I (241-72), Drachm, crowned and cuirassed bust right, rev. fire-altar with attendants, 4.16g/3h (SNS p.344, type IIc/Ia, A26). Extremely fine £40-50
GREEK COINAGE, Kings of Baktria, Heliokles I (c. 145-130), Tetradrachm, diademed bust right, rev. Zeus Bremetes standing facing, 16.64g/11h (Bopearachchi sèrie 1E; Mitchiner 284t). About very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £190
GREEK COINAGE, Kushan Kingdom, Kidara (c. 350-385), gold Stater, Kidara standing left, head left, sacrificing over altar to left and holding filleted standard, filleted trident at left, rev. Ardoxsho seated facing, holding filleted investiture garland and cornucopia, tamgha in upper right, 7.81g/12h (Göbl. Münzprägung des Kusanreiches, 609). Extremely fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £220
GREEK COINAGE, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy II (285-246), Æ Hemiobol, bust of Alexander the Great right, clad in elephant’s scalp, rev. eagle left, 6.97g/1h (Svoronos 416; SNG Copenhagen 159; Köln 35). Very fine, good dark patina £80-100
£80–£100
GREEK COINAGE, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Arsinoë II (wife of Ptolemy II, deified in c. 270), commemorative Mnaieion (gold Octadrachm), c. 253-246, veiled bust right, wearing stephane, lotus sceptre behind and horn of Ammon below ear, k behind, rev. APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopiæ bound with fillet, 27.84g/12h (Svoronos 475; Troxell, Arsinoe, Gp 3, pl. 7, 3). Extremely fine £6,000-7,000
Hammer Price: £4,200
GREEK COINAGE, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Arsinoë II, commemorative Mnaieion (gold Octadrachm) c. 253-246, 27.88g/11h (cf. Svoronos 475). Hammered up in antiquity £900-1,200
£900–£1,200
GREEK COINAGE, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy III (246-221), Æ Drachm, head of Zeus Ammon right, rev. eagle left, 64.51g/11h (Svoronos 964; SNG Copenhagen 171; Köln 71). Fine, brown tone £80-100
GREEK COINAGE, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy III, Æ Hemidrachm, head of Zeus-Ammon right, rev. eagle standing left, 36.61g/11h (Köln 72; Svoronos 993 [Ptolemy IV]; SNG Copenhagen 212 [Ptolemy IV]). Good very fine, fine dark patina £100-150
Hammer Price: £150
GREEK COINAGE, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy IV (221-204), commemorative Mnaieion (gold Octadrachm), radiate and diademed bust of the deified Ptolemy III to right, wearing ægis and with trident over his left shoulder, rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, radiate cornucopiæ bound with royal diadem, ΔΙ below, 27.82g/12h (Svoronos 1117; SNG Copenhagen 196). Extremely fine £7,000-8,000
£7,000–£8,000
GREEK COINAGE, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy IV, Didrachm, yr. 105 [206/5], diademed bust of Ptolemy I right, rev. eagle left, 5.76g/1h (Svoronos 1212). Scratch on reverse, otherwise good very fine, toned £40-60
Hammer Price: £35
GREEK COINAGE, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy IV, Æ Pentobol, head of Zeus Ammon right, rev. eagle left, 44.71g/12h (cf. Svoronos 974; SNG Copenhagen 228; Köln 92). Very fine, good brown tone £100-150
GREEK COINAGE, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy IV, Æ Pentobol, head of Zeus Ammon right, rev. eagle left, 42.81g/12h (Svoronos 1172; cf. SNG Copenhagen 221; Köln 95). About very fine, good brown tone £100-150
GREEK COINAGE, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy V (204-180), Æ Drachm, head of Zeus Ammon right, rev. two eagles left, 23.98g/12h (Svoronos 1424; SNG Copenhagen 308; Köln 141). About very fine, good brown tone £100-150
GREEK COINAGE, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy VI (180-145), Tetradrachm, yr. 21 [161/0], diademed bust right, rev. eagle left, 13.91g/12h (Svoronos 1433; cf. SNG Copenhagen 296). Good very fine, toned £100-150
Hammer Price: £160
GREEK COINAGE, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy VI, Tetradrachm, yr. 24 [156/7], diademed bust right, rev. eagle left, 14.20g/12h (Svoronos 1436; cf. SNG Copenhagen 296). Good very fine, toned £150-200
Hammer Price: £130
GREEK COINAGE, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Cleopatra III and Ptolemy IX (116-107), Tetradrachm, yr. 9 [109/8], diademed bust right, rev. eagle left, 13.94g/12h (Svoronos 1670; SNG Copenhagen 353). Very fine, toned £100-150
Hammer Price: £80
GREEK COINAGE, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Cleopatra III and Ptolemy IX, Tetradrachm, yr. 9 [109/8], diademed bust right, rev. eagle left, 12.84g/12h (Svoronos 1670; SNG Copenhagen 353). Very fine, toned £100-150
Hammer Price: £70
GREEK COINAGE, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Cleopatra VII (51-30), Tetradrachm, yr. 13 [40/39], diademed bust right, rev. eagle left, 13.49g/12h (Svoronos 1827; SNG Copenhagen 407). Very fine, toned £100-150
Hammer Price: £85
GREEK COINAGE, Kings of Numidia and Mauritania, Juba II (25 BC-AD 23), Denarius, c. AD 11, diademed bust right, rev. cornucopiæ crossed with sceptre, 2.75g/6h (SNG Copenhagen 579). Good very fine, toned £80-100
Hammer Price: £110
GREEK COINAGE, Kings of Numidia and Mauritania, Juba II, Denarius, yr. 45 [AD 20], diademed bust right, rev. Capricorn right, 2.99g/9h (SNG Copenhagen 597). Good very fine, toned £80-100
Hammer Price: £210
Augustus and Agrippa, Gaul, Nemausus, As, c. 16/15-10 BC, busts of Agrippa left and Augustus right, rev. palm to which a crocodile is chained, 12.09g/8h (RPC 522; RIC 155). Very fine, dark brown tone £100-150
Tiberius (14-37), Lusitania, Emerita, As, laureate bust left, rev. gateway and surrounding wall of Emerita, 11.50g/6h (RPC 42; AB1056). Fine, earthy brown patina £40-60
Nero (54-68), Syria, Antioch, Tetradrachm, regnal yr. 8 and Cæsarean yr. 110 [61/2], bust right, rev. eagle left, 14.74g/12h (McAlee 258; RPC 4182). Very fine £80-100
Nero, Egypt, Alexandria, Tetradrachm, yr. 3 [56/7], bust right, rev. Dikaiosyne standing left, 10.35g/12h (RPC 5206; Dattari 2007, pl. 8, 227, this coin). Very fine, toned £100-150
Hadrian (117-138), Egypt, Alexandria, Tetradrachm, yr. 10 [125/6], bust right, rev. canopus of Isis right, 12.88g/12h (Köln 903; Dattari 2007, pl. 65, 7359, this coin). Very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £65
Hadrian, Arabia, Petra, Æ, bust right, rev. Tyche seated left, 8.96g/6h (Spijkerman 2). Very fine, dark earthy patina, rare £200-250
£200–£250
Antoninus Pius (138-161), Egypt, Alexandria, Tetradrachm, yr. 2 [138/9], bust right, rev. canopus of Isis right, 11.53g/12h (Köln 1284; Dattari 2007, pl. 109, 8115, this coin). Very fine £80-100
Antoninus Pius, Egypt, Alexandria, Tetradrachm, yr. 13 [149/50], bust right, rev. Zeus enthroned left, 11.46g/12h (Köln 1629; Dattari 2007, pl. 117, 8275, this coin). Very fine £80-100
Antoninus Pius, Egypt, Alexandria, Tetradrachm, yr. 14 [150/1], bust right, rev. she-wolf right, suckling twins Romulus and Remus, 11.66g/12h (Köln 1652; Dattari 2007, pl. 117, 2425, this coin). Very fine £80-100
Antoninus Pius, Egypt, Alexandria, Tetradrachm, yr. 20 [156/7], bust left, rev. clasped hands, 12.70g/12h (Köln 1765; Dattari 2007, pl. 117, 2463, this coin). Very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £120
Marcus Aurelius (161-180), Cappadocia, Cæsarea, Didrachm, bust right, rev. Mt Argaeus surmounted by nude figure, 6.78g/11h (Sydenham 326). Fine, toned £40-50
Hammer Price: £40
Commodus (177-192), Cappadocia, Cæsarea, Drachm, c. 180-2, bust right, rev. Nike advancing left, 4.30g/6h (Metcalf 825). Good very fine £60-80
Commodus, Egypt, Alexandria, Tetradrachm, yr. 22 [181/2], bust right, rev. Zeus standing left, 9.84g/11h (Köln 2208; Dattari 2007, pl. 209, 9592, this coin). Edge fault, fine £40-60
Commodus, Egypt, Alexandria, Tetradrachm, yr. 25 [184/5], bust right, rev. Emperor sacrificing before bust of Serapis, 10.52g/11h (Köln 2218; Dattari 2007, pl. 207, 3845, this coin). Very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £180
Septimius Severus (193-211), Thrace, Anchialus, Tetradrachm, bust right, rev. Cybele seated left, 6.00g/7h (Varbanov 140). Extremely fine, fine dark green patina £60-80
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