Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Sale 113    22–25 Nov 2016   Dixson Room, State Library of NSW   Sydney

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Lot 4411    Session 16 (9.30am Friday 25 November) Terry Naughton Collec    Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Estimate $1,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,000

PARTHIA, Kingdom of, Bagasis, (127-126 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (15.86 g), Seleucia mint, obv. long bearded bust to right in diadem, filleted border, rev. Demeter enthroned to left, holding Nike in right hand, cornucopiae in left, neireid supporting throne, to right, **BASILEWS* to left **ARSAKOU*, (S.-, Sellwood 18.1, Le Rider Suse, Pl.lxxi, 1-2, BMC -, Shore -). Very fine or better and extremely rare.

Ex Noble Numismatics Private Sale November 3, 2009.
The attribution and discovery of this ruler by Dr. Assar was published in Celator January 2001. Bagasis known from some cuneiform texts as Baga-asa a brother of the rulers Phraates I, Mithradates I and Artabanus I and is suggested by Dr Assar to be the short lived ruler (of a few months) and the successor of Pharaates II. Almost all of the forty known examples (including this piece) come from the one hoard found several years ago.

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