Baldwin & Sons
Auction 90 24 September 2014
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ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS,
Mithradates III (87-80 BC), Silver Countermarked Drachm, diademed and medium bearded bust left in tiara, decorated with a star on side, spiral torque, dotted border, rev archer enthroned right, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY AYTOKPATOPOΣ ΦΙΛOΠATOPOΣ ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, host coin = S31.6 (Rhagae), countermarked beardless head left, around TANΛHC, 3.65g, 12h (S 91.2 var). Good fine, very rare.
Estimate: £180-220
Mithradates III (87-80 BC), Silver Countermarked Drachm, diademed and medium bearded bust left in tiara, decorated with a star on side, spiral torque, dotted border, rev archer enthroned right, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY AYTOKPATOPOΣ ΦΙΛOΠATOPOΣ ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, host coin = S31.6 (Rhagae), countermarked beardless head left, around TANΛHC, 3.65g, 12h (S 91.2 var). Good fine, very rare.
Estimate: £180-220