Keystone Auction 11
Date: 2023-03-03 00:00:00
Lots: 634
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos IV. Circa AD 10-38. AR Drachm (21mm, 3.73 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 63.6; Sunrise 412; Shore 341-5. Well struck in good metal. Choice EF. Full beard.
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Vardanes I. Circa AD 38-46. AR Drachm (21.5mm, 3.46 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 64.31; Sunrise 414; Shore 353. Lightly toned. Choice EF.
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Vologases IV. Circa AD 147-191. AR Drachm (20mm, 3.39 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing tiara / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on thrones, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 84.128; Sunrise 452; Shore –. Toned. EF.
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KINGS of ELYMAIS. Kamnaskires III, with Anzaze. Circa 82/1-73/2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.00 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Hedyphon mint. Undated issue. Conjoined busts of Kamnaskires III, diademed and draped bust and wearing long beard and torque, and Anzaze, draped and wearing stephane and necklace, left; [anchor symbol] to right / Zeus-Belos enthroned left, holding scepter and Nike, who stands right and holds palm fronds. Van't Haaff Type 7.1.1-2; Alram 454. Bright surfaces, harshly cleaned. Near EF.
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Euthydemos II. Circa 185-180 BC. CU-NI Dichalkon (23mm, 7.67 g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Tripod; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi 6A; MPHB Group III; SNG ANS 223; HGC 12, 42. Dark gray and red-brown patina, typical roughness, cleaning marks on reverse. VF. Rare.
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I Megas. Circa 170-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.96 g, 12h). Helmeted, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / The Dioskouroi, holding palm fronds and spears, on horses rearing right, monogram in lower right field. Bopearachchi 6E; SNG ANS 465; HGC 12, 131. Struck on a broad flan and lustrous; slight doubling below chin. Choice EF.
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I Megas. Circa 170-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.42 g, 12h). Helmeted, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / The Dioskouroi, holding palm fronds and spears, on horses rearing right; monogram in lower right field. Bopearachchi 6T; HGC 12, 131. Toned, porosity. Good VF. Well struck in high relief.
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I Megas. Circa 170-145 BC. AR Obol (12mm, 0.68 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing crested helmet helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear / piloi of the Dioskouroi, each with palm frond; monogram below. Bopearachchi 9C; SNG ANS 496-516; HGC 12, 139. Deposits, scratch on reverse. EF.
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I Megas. Circa 170-145 BC. AR Obol (12mm, 0.68 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing crested helmet helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear / Piloi of the Dioskouroi, each with palm frond; monogram below. Bopearachchi 9C; SNG ANS 496-516; HGC 12, 139. Toned, light porosity. Near EF.
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Antimachos II Nikephoros. Circa 160-155 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 2.39 g, 12h). Nike standing left, holding wreath and fillet; monogram to left / Antimachos right on horseback. Bopearachchi 1A; SNG ANS 396; HGC 12, 124. Deposits in devices. Good VF. Ex Gorny & Mosch 196 (7 March 2011), lot 3210.
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Heliokles Dikaios. Circa 145-130 BC. AR Drachm (19.5mm, 3.86 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right / Zeus standing facing, holding thunderbolt and scepter; Δ in exergue. Bopearachchi 2B; SNG ANS 652-3; HGC 12, 171. Lightly toned, some minor porosity. Near EF.
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Heliokles Dikaios. Circa 145-130 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 2.61 g, 12h). Diiademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, wearing Baktrian helmet covered with panther skin / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; M to inner left. Bopearachchi Série 4A; SNG ANS 658. Toned, light porosity, deposit along reverse edge. Good VF. Rare.
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Heliokles Dikaios. Circa 145-130 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.57 g, 12h). Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, wearing crested helmet covered with pelt of scales and adorned with head of Gorgon and wing / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; M to inner left. Bopearachchi 4A; SNG ANS 658; HGC 12, 172. Light marks, struck from a slightly worn obverse die, some areas of roughness and trace of deposit on reverse. Near EF. Rare.
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BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Menander I Soter. Circa 155-130 BC. AR Drachm. Diademed and draped bust right / Athena Alkidemos advancing left; monogram to left. Bopearachchi 13Q; HGC 12, 191. In NGC encapsulation 5873666-059, graded XF.
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INDO-SKYTHIANS. Azes. Circa 58-12 BC. AR Drachm. Posthumous issue. Azes on horseback right, holding whip; jham in Kharosthi to right / Zeus standing left, holding Nike and long scepter; monogram to left, to right, B above bu in Kharosthi. Cf. Senior 105.922D. In NGC encapsulation 5873601-834 graded VF.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) III. AD 628-630. AR Drachm (33.5mm, 4.14 g, 9h). PL mint. Dated RY 2 (AD 629). Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, two wings, and korymbos set on crescent / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames, date to left, mint signature to right. SC Tehran 4274-7; Sunrise –. Bright surfaces, struck from fresh dies. EF. Remarkable portrait.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) III. AD 628-630. AR Drachm (33mm, 3.94 g, 9h). WYHC (Veh-az-Amid-Kavād) mint. Dated RY 2 (AD 629). Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, two wings, and korymbos set on crescent / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames, date to left, mint signature to right. SC Tehran 4318-9; SNS Schaaf 685; Sunrise 999-1001. Toned. Near EF. Remarkable portrait for type.
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GAUL, Nemausus. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Cut Æ Dupondius (27mm, 7.94 g, 5h). Struck AD 10-14. Heads of Agrippa, wearing combined rostral crown and laurel wreath, and Augustus, laureate, back to back / Crocodile right, chained to palm frond with wreath at top with long ties to right; two palm fronds at base. RPC I 525; RIC I 159-61; SNG Copenhagen 700-1. Green-brown patina. Near EF.
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Tomis. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Medallion (36mm, 27.99 g, 12h). AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔ I A NOC AYΓ, radiate, draped, and cuirassed half-length bust left, gorgoneion on cuirass, raising right hand in salute and holding globe in left / MHT PO ΠON TOY TOMЄ ΩC, Gordian III, laureate, on horseback right, spearing enemy below. AMNG 3366; RPC VII.2 Online 1676; Varbanov 5586. Glossy green patina, lightly smoothed, slight double strike on reverse. Good VF. A bold and impressive medallion.
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THESSALY, Koinon of Thessaly. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Diassarion (20mm, 3.54 g, 6h). Ulpius Nikomachos, strategos. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear held in her right hand, shield on her left arm. Burrer Em. 1, Series 1, – (unlisted dies); BCD Thessaly II 952.1; RPC III 453. Green patina. Near VF. Ex BCD Collection (Triton XV, 3 January 2012), lot 952.1.
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THESSALY, Koinon of Thessaly. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Diassarion (21mm, 3.20 g, 6h). Ulpius Nikomachos, strategos. AΔPIANON KAICAPA ΘЄCCAΛOI, laureate bust right, aegis at point of bust / (CTPA) OX NIK OMAXOY, Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear held in her right hand, shield on her left arm. BCD Thessaly II 952.2 = Burrer Em. 1, Series 1, 99 corr. var. (A22/R74 – this coin; Є not E; variation of monogram); RPC III 452. Green patina, scrape in field behind head. VF. Ex BCD Collection (Triton XV, 3 January 2012), lot 952.2.