Greek Silver & Bronze

Sale 76    27–29 Jul 2004   Dallas Brooks Centre   Melbourne

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Lot 3383    Session 12 (11.30am Thursday)    Greek Silver & Bronze

Estimate $2,750
Bid at live.noble.com.au

PARTHIA, Kingdom of, Bagasis, (127-126 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.192 grams), Seleucia mint, obv. long bearded bust to right in diadem, filleted border, rev. Demeter enthroned to left, holding Nike in right hand, cornucopiae in left, neirod supporting throne, to right, **BASILEWS* to left **ARSAKOU*, (S.-, Sellwood 18.1 [£3500], Le Rider Suse, Pl.lxxi, 1-2, BMC -, Shore -). Good very fine and extremely rare.

See the attribution and discovery of this ruler by Dr. Assar in Celator January 2001. Bagasis known from some cuneiform texts as Baga-asa a brother of the rulers Phraates I, Mithradates I and Artabanus I and is suggested by Dr Assar to be the short lived ruler (of a few months) and the successor of Pharaates II. Almost all of the forty known examples (including this piece) come from the one hoard found several years ago.

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    Estimate $2,750

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