Greek Silver & Bronze

Sale 76    27–29 Jul 2004   Dallas Brooks Centre   Melbourne

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Lot 3382    Session 12 (11.30am Thursday)    Greek Silver & Bronze

Estimate $3,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au

PARTHIA, Kingdom of, Phraates II, (138-127 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.142 grams), Seleucia mint, obv. short bearded bust to right in diadem, filleted border, rev. bearded male deity enthroned to left, holding Nike in right hand, cornucopiae in left, to right, **[B]ASILEWS MEGALOU* to left **AR SAKOU NIKHFOROU*, two monograms in exergue, (S.7347 [£2000], Sellwood 17.1 [£3500], BMC - [see p.16], Shore -). Some minor obverse roughness, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare.

Known mostly from the hoard found several years ago that contained about 25 examples. This and the other large tetradrachms in this sale all came from that same hoard.

Estimate / sale price does not include buyer's premium (currently 22% including GST) which is added to hammer price. All bids are executed on the understanding that the Terms & Conditions of sale have been read and accepted. For information on grading and estimates please refer to the Buying at Auction advice.

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