428, Lot: 597. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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GREEK. Levant & the Near East. Lot of two (2) bronzes of the Kings of Sophene and Commagene. Includes: KINGS of SOPHENE. Arsames II. Circa 230 BC. Æ Chalkous (15mm, 3.47 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing tiara / Piloi of the Dioskouroi. Nercessian,
Coinage 18; AC 9. Near VF, dark green patina, some roughness // KINGS of COMMAGENE. Mithradates I Kallinikos. Circa 96-70 BC. Æ (17mm, 4.89 g, 10h). Head left, wearing tiara / Club left [within wreath]; c/m: MIΘ in incuse rectangle. Bedoukian,
Coinage –; AC 193; cf. CNG E-Sale 343, lot 226 for same type with MΘ countermark, and Lanz 160, lot 266 for MIΘ countermark. Fine, dark green patina with some earthen highlights/deposits. Fine to Near VF, with patinas. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Two (2) coins in lot.