Baldwin & Sons
Auction 90 24 September 2014
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ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS,
Mithradates V (c. AD 128-147), Silver Drachms (4), minted at Ecbatana, bust left with long and pointed beard, wearing single banded diadem with double loop and two pendent ends, spiral torque, ear-ring visible, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, Aramaic Mtrdt MLK' (King Mithradates), followed by a six line stylised "Greek" inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN ΑΡΣΑΚΟY EYEPΓETOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ (S 82.1, Mithradates IV, 82.3, pellet above bow, Mithradates IV, 82.3 (2), extra lines engraved on diadem bands, Mithradates IV). Good fine to about extremely fine. (4)
Estimate: £70-90
Mithradates V (c. AD 128-147), Silver Drachms (4), minted at Ecbatana, bust left with long and pointed beard, wearing single banded diadem with double loop and two pendent ends, spiral torque, ear-ring visible, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, Aramaic Mtrdt MLK' (King Mithradates), followed by a six line stylised "Greek" inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN ΑΡΣΑΚΟY EYEPΓETOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ (S 82.1, Mithradates IV, 82.3, pellet above bow, Mithradates IV, 82.3 (2), extra lines engraved on diadem bands, Mithradates IV). Good fine to about extremely fine. (4)
Estimate: £70-90