Baldwin & Sons
Auction 90 24 September 2014
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ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS,
Pacorus I (AD 78-120), Silver Drachms (4), minted at Ecbatana, bust left with long and pointed beard, wearing double banded diadem with double loop and three pendent ends, ear-ring visible, spiral torque, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN ΑΡΣΑΚΟY EYEPΓETOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, stylised (S 78.3 (3), Vologases III, 78.5, Vologases III). Good fine to about very fine, two of the first three show signs of ancient tooling, one with re-cut hair and spiral torque, the other with a re-cut spiral torque. (4)
Estimate: £50-70
Pacorus I (AD 78-120), Silver Drachms (4), minted at Ecbatana, bust left with long and pointed beard, wearing double banded diadem with double loop and three pendent ends, ear-ring visible, spiral torque, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN ΑΡΣΑΚΟY EYEPΓETOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, stylised (S 78.3 (3), Vologases III, 78.5, Vologases III). Good fine to about very fine, two of the first three show signs of ancient tooling, one with re-cut hair and spiral torque, the other with a re-cut spiral torque. (4)
Estimate: £50-70