KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 15.84 g, 12h). Seleukia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 119-109 BC. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and torque ending in combination of two pellets and lanceate design; all within pelleted border / BASI?EOS MEG??OY AP SAKOY E?IFANOVS, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow in outstretched right hand; monogram to inner left; palm to outer right. Sellwood 24.5 corr. (monogram); Shore 68; Sunrise 282. EF, areas of toning, a few light cleaning scratches.
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 4.07 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 119-109 BC. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and torque ending in sea-horse / BASI?EOS MEG??OY APS-AKOY E?I+ANOYS, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow in outstretched right hand. Sellwood 24.10; Shore 70; Sunrise –. EF, toned. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Acquired from Leu, May 1999.
KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Drachm (22mm, 4.19 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 109-96/5 BC. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and torque ending in sea-horse / BASI?EOS BAS-I?EON MEG??OV APSAKOY E?I+ANOVS, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow in outstretched right hand. Sellwood 27.2; Shore 86-7; Sunrise 294. Superb EF, toned. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 29 (30 March 1994), lot 324.
BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Hermaios Soter, with Kalliope. Circa 105-90 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 9.89 g, 12h). BASI?EOS SOTHPOS EPMAIOY KAI KA??IO?HS, conjoined busts of Hermaios, diademed and draped, and Kalliope, draped and wearing stephane, right / Maharajasa tratarasa Hiramayasa Kaliyapaya in Kharosthi, Hermaios, in military attire, on horse rearing right, bow in bow case and spear attached to saddle; monogram to lower right . Bopearachchi 1B; Bopearachchi & Rahman 518; SNG ANS 1317-1318; MIG Type –; CNG 96, lot 621 (same obv. die, but later die state). EF, lightly toned, a few deposits, trace of porosity. Very rare.
BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Agathokleia. Circa 105-85/0 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 2.49 g, 12h). BASI?ISSHS QEOTPOPOY AGATOK?EI?S, draped bust right, wearing hair in long plait / Maharajasa tratarasa dhramikasa Stratasa in Kharosthi, Strato advancing right, extending hand and holding spear, bow, and arrow; monogram to inner right. Bopearachchi 2A; Haughton, Silver, p. 135 and pl. VIII, 1; Bopearachchi & Rahman 417; SNG ANS 981-2; MIG Type 307. EF, toned, traces of porosity, light hairlines. Rare.
INDIA, Gupta Empire. First Dynasty. Chandragupta II Vikramaditya. Circa AD 380-413. AV Dinar (18mm, 8.24 g, 12h). Archer type, Class II, Variety C. Chandragupta, nimbate, standing left, sword at side, holding arrow in right hand, left hand holding bow at top; behind to left, Garuda standard; chandra in Brahmi to inner right; deva sri maharajadhriajasri [chandragupta] in Brahmi to outer right / Ardoxsho, nimbate, seated facing on lotus, holding diadem in her right hand, left hand outstretched, holding lotus; tamgha to left; sri vikrama in Brahmi to right. BKB 85-6; BMC Guptas –; Altekar Class II, Variety C; Bayana 970. Good VF, attractive red toning in devices. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex UBS 84 (19 January 2010), lot 31.
CILICIA, Tarsos. Mazaios. Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Stater (24mm, 10.76 g, 3h). Crowned figure of Artaxerxes III in the guise of Baaltars seated right on throne with back terminating in swan’s head, holding lotus flower in right hand, lotus-tipped scepter in left; B’LTRZ (in retrograde Aramaic) to left, M (in Aramaic) to lower right / Lion recumbent left; bow above. Casabonne Series 6; SNG France 422 (Myriandros); SNG Levante Supp. 26 var. (legend not retrograde; Myriandros); Jameson 1621; Sunrise –. Near EF, lightly toned, a little die wear. Very rare, and the first specimen at auction since NFA XXV in 1990. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Prospero Collection (New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012), lot 587.The attribution of the walking-lion series of Mazaios had originally been given to the mint of Tarsos, but Newell argued that they more likely were struck at Myriandros in his study of that mint in AJN 53 (1919). Later, J.D. Bing, in AJN 1 (1989), argued for an alternative attribution of the Myriandros coinage to the mint of Issos. While most numismatic works continue to follow Newell, Casabonne’s significant study of Cilicia during the Persian period convincingly returns these coins of Mazaios to the mint of Tarsos (cf. Casabonne, pp. 215–7).The appearance of Baaltars on this issue is significantly different from the relatively standard depiction of the deity on other coins of Tarsos. While the diety is typically shown nude to his waist, here the figure is fully clothed with attire that closely resembles that on the figure that appears on the royal Persian coinage struck at Sardes. More importanly, though, is the headdress on the figure. Baaltars typically wears a laurel wreath or no headdress, while this portrait shows the figure wearing an elaborate headdress. In a recent article, Frank Kovacs analysed the type, and argues that this figure is actually the Great King Araxeres III Ochos, in the guise of Baaltars, and the headdress is the combined crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, thus his appearance here is as pharaoh of Egypt (cf. F. Kovacs, "Two Persian Pharaonic Potraits" in JNG L [2000]; see also M. Thompson, in MN XII [1968], pp. 11–2, who notes the figure wearing a "high crown of Egyptian type"). This is plausible, as Araxerxes was the first pharaoh of the Thirty-First Dynasty of Egypt, and the date of his rule there, 343-338 BC, comports well with this issue under Mazaios.O. Casabonne, while acknowledging that the figure here may represent a synthesis of Baaltars and the Great King, disagrees with the identification of the headdress as the Egyptian crown. Instead, he views the headdress as being a Phrigian style cap that is often depicted in contemporary art as being worn by warriors (cf. Casabonne, p. 121, fig. 8), but is here shown with the cheek guards in a raised position.Nonetheless, it is doubtless that the figure here is a synthesized portrait of Baaltars and the Persian Great King. The fractional silver of this issue (see the following lot), interestingly, may be most instructive, as the headdress on the figure is shown wearing a crown that is identical to that on the figure of the royal Achaemenid coinage and his robes have interlocking circles reminiscent of the darics of Carradice Type IV Late (cf. M. Thompson, op. cit., p. 12).
CILICIA, Uncertain. 4th century BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.54 g, 12h). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Head right, wearing kyrbasia. SNG France –; SNG Levante –; Göktürk –; Mildenberg, Kleingeld –; Troxell & Kagan –; Winzer 18.4 (Mazaios); BMC 25 (Mallos); Sunrise 92 (this coin). VF, toned. From the Sunrise Collection, purchased from David Vagi.
C. Postumius. 73 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.83 g, 6h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Diana right, quiver and bow over shoulder / Hound running right; spear below; C • POSTVMI/(TA) in two lines below exergual line. Crawford 394/1a; Sydenham 785; Postumia 9; Kestner 3282-4; BMCRR Rome 3238; RBW 1434. Choice EF, toned. From the RAJ Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 928424 (July 2012); Goldberg 69 (29 May 2012), lot 3311.
Cn. Plancius. 55 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.81 g, 4h). Rome mint. Female head (Diana Planciana?) right, wearing causia; AED • CVR • S • C downward to left; CN • PLANCIVS downward to right / Cretan Goat standing right; quiver and bow to left. Crawford 432/1; Sydenham 933; Plancia 1; Kestner 3481-2; BMCRR Rome 3920-2; RBW 1541. Good VF, deep iridescent cabinet toning. From the RAJ Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 915001 (January 2012); Sincona 4 (25 October 2011), lot 4161 (part of); French Collection (includes original ticket).
CILICIA, Uncertain. 4th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.19 g, 6h). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Facing female head, hair in two hanging braids. SNG France –; SNG Levante –; Göktürk –; Mildenberg, Kleingeld –; Troxell & Kagan –; Winzer –; Sunrise 97 (this coin). EF, toned. Good metal and exceptional for issue. Very rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 85 (15 September 2010), lot 467.
WESTERN ASIA MINOR, Achaemenid Period. Uncertain satrap. Early 4th century BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 3.73 g, 1h). Bearded head right, wearing kyrbasia / Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left; BASI?E to left; all within incuse square. Winzer 10.6 (Tiribazos; this coin illustrated); Meadows, Administration 343 var. (legend; Tissaphernes); Traite II 52 (Tissaphernes); Sunrise 69 (this coin). Good VF, toned, some porosity and faint cleaning marks. Extremely rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Peus 382 (26 April 2005), lot 176; Peus 376 (29 October 2003), lot 356; Peus 348 (2 May 1996), lot 174; Tkalec & Rauch (16 November 1987), lot 142.The identity of the individual on the obverse of this issue is uncertain, though most references name Tirbazos or Tissaphernes. Both of these satraps issued coinage in their own name with their portraits, and researchers have attempted to draw parallels between those portraits and that on the present coinage, though none have been conclusive. As there is no evidence confirming the mint and date of origin of this coinage, any identification is little more than speculation.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos II Kallinikos. 246-225 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 4.18 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / BASI?EOS SE-?EYKOY, Apollo standing left, testing arrow in his extended right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; monogram to outer left and right. SC 691.1; Le Rider, Antioche 3-4 (A1/P2); HGC 9, 310a (same obv. die as illustration); Sunrise 185 (this coin). Good VF, attractively toned, a couple minor die breaks on reverse. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear 14 (21 June 2007), lot 270.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos II Kallinikos. 246-225 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.48 g, 12h). Uncertain mint associated with Antioch. Diademed head right / BASI?EOS SE-?EYKO[Y], Apollo standing left, testing arrow in his extended right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; monogram to outer left and right. SC 703.3b; Le Rider, Antioche 4 (A4/P4) = CSE 424 = Sunrise 186 (this coin); HGC 9, 299d. Near EF, a little die wear, tiny deposit on obverse. Very rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Arthur Houghton Collection, 424.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos II Kallinikos. 246-225 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.46 g, 12h). Uncertain mint associated with Antioch. Diademed head right / BASI?EOS SE-?EYKO[Y], Apollo standing left, testing arrow in his extended right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; monogram to outer left. SC 717; Le Rider, Antioche 20 (A5/P12) = CSE 41 = Sunrise 187 (this coin); HGC 9, 299e. Good VF, minor lamination on obverse, die break on reverse. Very rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Goldberg 37 (12 September 2006), lot 3416; Leu 36 (7 May 1985), lot 177; Arthur Houghton Collection, 41.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos Hierax. Circa 242-227 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 17.02 g, 11h). Alexandreia Troas mint, workshop A(?). Series I, group A. Head of Antiochos I, rejuvenated and idealized, right, wearing winged diadem / BASI?EOS AN-TIOXOY, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; monogram to inner right, horse grazing right and monogram in exergue. SC 875.1a; WSM 1568a = Sunrise 188 (this coin); HGC 9, 399g. EF, toned. Well centered. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Kovacs X (18 May 1990), lot 153; Virgil Brand Collection (Hess-Leu 31, 6 December 1966), lot 514; Edward Herbert Bunbury Collection (Part 2, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 17 June 1896), lot 451.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos III Soter (Keraunos). 225/4-222 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.03 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck circa 244-226 BC. Diademed head right / BASI?EOS SE?E-YKOY, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; monogram to outer left and outer right. SC 921.1; Le Rider, Antioche 41-4 (A3/P29); HGC 9, 414c; Sunrise 189 (this coin). EF, light deposits. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear 10 (11 February 2004), lot 221.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos III ‘the Great’. 222-187 BC. AR Drachm (17.5mm, 4.09 g, 12h). Soloi mint. Struck circa 192/0-187 BC. Diademed head right / BASI?EOS ANTI-OXOY, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; to outer left, ?I above owl standing right, head facing; AP monogram to outer right. SC 1023.4a; Houghton, Soli 27 (A4/P5); HGC 9, 128e; Sunrise –. Good VF, lightly toned, minor double strike on reverse. Very rare. From the Sunrise Collection.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos III ‘the Great’. 222-187 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 17.12 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck circa 223-211/0 BC. Diademed head right / BASI?EOS ANTI-OXOY, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; two monograms to outer left. SC 1041.2; Le Rider, Antioche, Series 1, 161–2 (A11/P110); HGC 9, 447u; Sunrise –. Near EF, lightly toned, minor die breaks on obverse, small spot of flat strike on reverse. Bold portrait. From the Sunrise Collection.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos III ‘the Great’. 222-187 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.96 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck circa 204-197 BC. Diademed head right / BASI?EOS ANTI-OXOY, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; monogram to outer left, F in exergue. SC 1044.4b; Le Rider, Antioche, Series III-IV, 136-53 (obv. die A10); HGC 9, 447u; Sunrise 190 (this coin). Near EF, attractively toned. Well struck. From the Sunrise Collection.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos III ‘the Great’. 222-187 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.28 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck circa 204-197 BC. Diademed head right / BASI?EOS ANTI-OXOY, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; monogram to outer left, H in exergue. SC 1047.2c; Le Rider, Antioche, Series III–IV, 33 (A8/P24); HGC 9, 452d; Sunrise 191 (this coin). VF, toned. Rare. From the Sunrise Collection.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos III ‘the Great’. 222-187 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.07 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck circa 192/0-187 BC. Diademed head right / [B]ASI?EOS ANTI-OXOY, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; cornucopia to outer left, K in exergue. SC 1046.3a; Le Rider, Antioche, Series III-IV, 244 (A25/P180) = Sunrise 192 (this coin); HGC 9, 447u. Good VF, toned. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Monetarium 49 (Spring 1988), no. 69; Rauch 37 (20 October 1986), lot 189.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos III ‘the Great’. 222-187 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.54 g, 1h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 211-209/8 BC. Diademed head right / BASI?EOS ANTI-OXOY, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; monogram to outer left and right. SC 1159; ESM 242; HGC 9, 442c; Sunrise 193 (this coin). Near EF, a few light marks. Extremely rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Triton VIII (11 January 2005), lot 538.This coin was part of a special commemoration issue for Antiochos’ successful Armenian campaign, which included gold staters and oktodrachms.
Pair: BWM, Victory (2096 Pte P Boness RAMC), VF and pinned to an armband bearing Red Cross and stamped “Army Medical Service”, 3 MOP button fixing, GC. Nursing awards: Serbia Red Cross medal, reverse with Maiden of Kosovo, without the 1912-1913 dates and from a bow ribbon, VF and scarce, and a Serbian Cross of Charity or Mercy 1912 in bronze gilt and enamel. VF
A Mixed Lot of assorted Folk Instruments, to include: a modern Carved Indian Tun wood overlay Sarangi (no bow), features three main strings which overall approximately thirty-four sympathetic strings, goat skin covered lower chamber, neck with bone platforms to each side, height 27”, width 8”; together with an earlier vintage example (A/F), 23” x 9”; a vintage Miniature Sarangi (possibly tourist piece), hand painted with flowers and foliage, height 16 ½” x 3 ½”; together with an early 20th Century Miniature Tanbur (possibly fruitwood), long neck with four tuning pegs and bowl type back, 20 ½” x 4 ½”
An early 20th Century unmarked Violin, two-piece back with double purfling sides, length of back 14”; together with an unnamed bow, 29”, housed within a fitted wooden carry case Condition: Has probably been re-strung, some wear to patina, bridge probably replaced, fair/average condition. Please note: Keys Fine Art Auctioneers take great care to ensure that any statements as to attribution, age, date, origin, provenance and condition are reliable and accurate but it should be noted that all such statements are skilled opinions prepared with due care, if provenance (written or historical fact) cannot be produced. However, Keys Fine Art Auctioneers do not guarantee that condition reports, whether included in the catalogue, or given at a later time, cover all aspects of an item(s) condition. All clocks, watches and mechanical items are sold on behalf of vendors by Keys Fine Art Auctioneers strictly on an “As Found” basis. No guarantee or warranty is issued or given in anyway, either written or verbal and therefore refunds will not be issued on the basis of the Lot not being “in working order”, “incomplete”, or “not in original condition”. Keys Fine Art Auctioneers would respectfully ask that prospective buyers view Lots in person, wherever issues regarding condition are seen as important to them, satisfying themselves as to the condition, completeness and originality of any Lot on which they intend to bid. Kind Regards Keys I Fine Art Auctioneers LLP
An antique Persian Polychrome decorated Flight Bow with exaggerated scroll ends, gilt foliate and scroll decoration on a Gesso type ground - lacking string, some decoration loss - Length 78 cm with a leather and six bamboo arrows having metal heads with a leather quiver and a wooden arrow - wear to quiver especially top part, splits to bamboo parts of arrows
Frog Saxophone Player Pendant or Brooch, the comical frog, of emerald green and white crystals, large green faux cat's eye and peridot coloured eyes, wearing a gold coloured bow tie and playing a similar saxophone, has a loop fitting with chain, plus a brooch pin, to the back; frog 2.25 inches high, chain 20 inches long
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