Auction 123 - Session 2
Date: 2023-05-24 00:00:00
Lots: 292
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 316
KINGS of PARTHIA. Gotarzes I. 91-87 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 14.20 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Bust left, wearing tiara decorated with eight-rayed star / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; A to inner left; H to inner right; palm to outer right. Sellwood 32.1 (Unknown King); Sunrise 304; Shore –. Iridescent toning, cleaning scratches, test cut on edge. VF. Uncertain Aramaic graffiti on obverse. Extremely rare. From the Nisa Collection.
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Arsakes XVI. 78/7-62/1 BC. AR Drachm (18.5mm, 4.12 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left; torque ends in pellet / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; empty cloak sleeve ends in pellet, and ends below seat level. Cf. Sellwood 30.14 (Unknown King); Sunrise –; cf. Shore 135. Iridescent toning, several tiny edge splits. Near EF. Portrait of fine style. From the Nisa Collection.
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates III. Circa 70/69-58/7 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 4.17 g, 12h). Mithradatkart mint. Struck circa 62 BC. Diademed facing bust, wearing necklace with medallion / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow; Sellwood legend iii. Sellwood 35.4 var. (Darius?; rev. legend); Sunrise 328; Shore –. Iridescent toning. Near EF.
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates III. Circa 70/69-58/7 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 4.21 g, 12h). Mithradatkart mint. Struck circa 62 BC. Diademed facing bust, wearing necklace with medallion / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow; Sellwood legend iii. Sellwood 35.5 (Darius?); Sunrise –; Shore 166. Iridescent toning, a few tiny die breaks. Near EF.
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates III. Circa 70/69-58/7 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 4.16 g, 12h). Rhagai mint. Struck circa 62 BC. Diademed facing bust, wearing necklace with medallion / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow; Sellwood legend i. Sellwood 35.7 var. (rev. legend); Sunrise 330-1; Shore 165. Iridescent toning, a couple of hairline die breaks and traces of die rust on obverse. Near EF.
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates IV. Circa 38/7-2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.81 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Panemos 283 SE (June 30 BC). Diademed bust left / Phraates seated right, receiving hand of Tyche kneeling left, holding scepter; monogram between; year below throne; month in exergue. Sellwood 53.1 var. (month); Sunrise –; Shore –; Callataÿ, Tétradrachmes –; PDC –; Zeno –. Iridescent toning, trace deposits, some porosity. VF. Graffiti (mem in Parthian) on obverse. Extremely rare, none in CoinArchives. From the Nisa Collection.
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraatakes, with Musa. Circa 2 BC-AD 4. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.68 g, 12h). Susa mint. Struck circa AD 1-4. Diademed bust of Phraatakes left; Nikai flying to right [and left] crowning him with wreaths / Crowned bust of Musa left; palm frond to left. Sellwood 58.11; Sunrise –; Shore –; PDC 9668; Baldwin's 90, lot 1236. Toned, porosity. Good VF. Extremely rare, only the Baldwin's coin in CoinArchives.
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos V. Circa AD 80-90. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 14.23 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Apellaios 392 SE (November AD 80). Diademed bust left / Artabanos seated left, receiving open diadem from Tyche standing right, holding scepter; B(qoppa)T (year) above, ΛΠΛ(horizontal E)IO[V] (month) in exergue. SNP 7, 843A-8; Sellwood 74.3 (Artabanos III); Sunrise 441 var. (month); Shore –. Some find patina and deposits, porosity, tiny edge splits and small flan crack. Good VF. From the Nisa Collection.
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Osroes I. Circa AD 108/9-127/8. AR Drachm (21mm, 3.74 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing long beard and with hair in bunches above head and over ears / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 80.1; Shore 442; Sunrise 443. Iridescent toning, hint of roughness. EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 325
KINGS of PARTHIA. Osroes I. Circa AD 108/9-127/8. AR Drachm (20mm, 3.50 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing long beard and with hair in bunches above head and over ears / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 80.1; Shore 442; Sunrise 443. Toned with traces of iridescence, light roughness and porosity. EF. From the Nisa Collection.
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Osroes I. Circa AD 108/9-127/8. AR Drachm (19mm, 4.60 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing long beard and with hair in bunches above head and over ears; all within wreath(?) border / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 80.1; Shore 442; Sunrise 443. Light iridescence, traces of porosity and die rust, double strike on obverse, a couple of edge splits. Near EF. A heavy-weight specimen with unusually-cut hair. Very rare. From the Nisa Collection.
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Vologases V. Circa AD 191-208. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.73 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed facing bust, wearing long beard and with hair in bunches above head and over ears / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow; wlkši mlk in Parthian above. Sellwood 86.3; Sunrise 455; Shore 448. Toned, hairline flan crack, minor die break on obverse. EF.
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Vologases V. Circa AD 191-208. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.70 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed facing bust, wearing long beard and with hair in bunches above head and over ears / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow; wlkši mlk in Parthian above. Sellwood 86.3; Sunrise 455; Shore 448. Iridescent toning, flan crack. Near EF. From the Nisa Collection.
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Vologases V. Circa AD 191-208. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.60 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed facing bust, wearing long beard and with hair in bunches above head and over ears / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow; wlkši mlk in Parthian above. Sellwood 86.5; Sunrise 454 corr. (listed as Sellwood 86.3 and 448); Shore –. Iridescent toning, a few marks under tone. EF. From the Nisa Collection.
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KINGS of CHARACENE. Hyspaosines. Circa 128/7-124 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.34 g, 1h). Seleukia on the Tigris mint. Undated issue of SE 186 (127/6 BC). Diademed head right / Herakles seated left on rock, holding club on knee; monograms in exergue. Assar fig. 14; De Morgan –; BMC –; Sunrise –; Zeno 251038 (= CNG 114, lot 460) var. (second monogram). Toned. VF. Extremely rare. Dr. Assar has suggested that the extreme rarity of this issue may be due to withdrawal from circulation and overstriking after the Parthian reconquest of Seleukeia. Dr. G.R.F. Assar, "Recent Studies in Parthian History: Part III," The Celator, Vol. 15, no. 2 (February 2001) pp. 17-22 (this coin illustrated as fig. 4).
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KINGS of ELYMAIS. Orodes II. Early-mid 2nd century AD. Æ Tetradrachm (30mm, 14.43 g, 12h). wrwdh mlk' in Parthian, diademed bust facing, wearing Parthian-style tiara decorated with star and pellet-in-crescent; to right, pellet-in-crescent above anchor with two crossbars / Eagle standing left with wings displayed; four crescents around. van't Haaf –, but cf. 14.2 (Phraates; drachm); Zeno –, but cf. 303456 (Orodes II; for obv.). Brown surfaces, areas of double strike. VF. Extremely rare, none in CoinArchives.
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KINGS of PERSIS. Baydād (Bagadat). Early 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.06 g, 9h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Head right, with short beard, mustache, and earring, wearing kyrbasia with flaps tied behind / Baydād enthroned left, holding scepter and cup; standard to inner left; zy 'lhy' in Aramaic up left, bgdt prtrk' z in Aramaic down right, bgdt prtrk' zy 'lh/hyy [sic] in Aramaic flanking scepter. van't Haaff, Persis, Type 511/514 e-f var. (no double-engraved rev.; same obv. die); K&M 2/1 var. (no double-engraved rev.); Alram 511 var. (same); Sunrise 557 var. (same). Toned with traces of iridescence, light roughness, double strike on reverse. Good VF. Overstruck on an uncertain mint tetradrachm of Alexander III type, likely an issue of Seleukos I. Very rare.
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KINGS of PERSIS. Baydād (Bagadat). Early 3rd century BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 3.87 g, 7h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Head right, with short beard, mustache, and earring, wearing kyrbasia with flaps tied behind / Baydād enthroned left, holding scepter and cup; standard to inner left; blundered prtrk'? in Aramaic up left in Aramaic up left, [b]gdt prtr[k'...] in Aramaic down right. van't Haaff, Persis, Type 512b var. (rev. legend; same obv. die); K&M –; Alram 512 var. (same); Sunrise 558 var. (same). Toned with traces of iridescence, some porosity and corrosion. VF. Very rare.
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KINGS of PERSIS. Ardaxšir (Artaxerxes) I. 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.02 g, 5h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Head right, with mustache and earring, wearing kyrbasia / Fire temple of Ahura-Mazda; to left, Ardaxšir standing right; standard to right; 'rthštry in Aramaic down left, prtrk' zy 'lhy' in Aramaic in exergue; prs in Aramaic to inner right. van't Haaff, Persis, Type 520.1; K&M –, but cf. 2/11 (Vahbarz; same obv. die, but later die state); Alram 520.1; Sunrise –. Bright surfaces, traces of deposits, slight die breaks. Near EF. Extremely rare with the inclusion of prs in Aramaic on the reverse. What is known of the fratarakas of Persis, apart from the single late reference in Polyaenus (Strategmata 7.40) derives from their coinage. While the chronology of frataraka succession is still disputed somewhat, recent scholarship has placed Ardaxšir (Artaxerxes) I before Vahbarz (Oborzos) in the sequence (see most recently, PA. van't Haaff 2020). The obverse die of this tetradrachm, clearly struck under Ardaxšir (Artaxerxes) I with his name on the reverse, continued to be used to strike tetrdachms of Vahbarz (Oborzos), where the die break before the bashlyk becomes significantly greater (see K&M 2/11). This suggests that Vahbarz (Oborzos) continued to use his predecessor's obverse die for some as yet unknown reason to strike his own tetradrachms for a time into his own reign.On the reverse of this tetradrachm, the legend includes for the first time the word sRP (prs in Aramaic). While common on the issues of Vahbarz (Oborzos), where it is preceded by the word RP (br = "son" in Aramaic) suggesting that he is a locally-born ruler, prs appears prior to this tetradrachm only on a drachm of Ardaxšir (Artaxerxes) I (see see K&M 2/7). The use of this phrase may reflect an attempt at independence against Seleukid authority beginning with Ardaxšir (Artaxerxes) and continuing especially under Vahbarz (Oborzos), whose actions recorded by Polyaenus now appear in a new light, supported by his special issue of drachms (K&M 2/16).
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KINGS of PERSIS. Vādfradād (Autophradates) I. 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.95 g, 9h). Vādfradād (Autophradates) I. Head right, with mustache and earring, wearing diadem and kyrbasia / Fire temple of Ahura-Mazda; above, half-figure of Ahura-Mazda; to left, Vādfradād standing right, bow set on ground before; standard to right; wtprdt in Aramaic down right, prtrk' zy in Ar⁄3%;â ('lhy' in Aramaic up left. van't Haaff Type 540/542; cf. K&M 2/17 (for type); cf. Alram 533 (for type); Sunrise –. Iridescent toning, deposits, cleaning scratches, some roughness, tiny edge split. Good VF.
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KINGS of PERSIS. Vādfradād (Autophradates) II. Early-mid 2nd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 15.81 g, 10h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Bearded head right, wearing diadem and kyrbasia adorned with eagle / Fire temple of Ahura-Mazda; above, half-figure of Ahura-Mazda; to left, Vādfradād standing right, bow before; to right, eagle standing left on standard; '' in Aramaic to inner right; traces of additional legend in exergue. van't Haaff, Persis Type 546a (same obv. die as illustration) K&M 3/1 var. (no legend on rev. - same obv. die); Alram 546 var. (no legend on rev.); DeMorgan, pl. XXVIII, 7 and 10 var. (same); cf. BMC 1 (Darius[?]; for type); Sunrise –; MACW –; Roma XXI, lot 306 (same obv. die); Leu Web Auction 14, lot 648 (same obv. die); nomos 14, lot 172 (same obv. die); VAuctions 354/Pars Coins 10, lot 111 = VAuctions 350/Pars Coins 7, lot 169 (same dies); CNG 111, lot 441 (same obv. die). Deposits, hairline die break on reverse. Good VF.