Roma Numismatics

Auction XXIII  –  24 - 25 March 2022

Roma Numismatics, Auction XXIII

Celtic, Greek, Roman and Byzantine Coins

Part 1: Th, 24.03.2022, from 2:00 PM CET
Part 2: Fr, 25.03.2022, from 2:00 PM CET
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Description

Kings of Elymais, Kamnaskires III, with Anzaze AR Tetradrachm. Seleukeia on the Hedyphon, dated 231 AS = 82/1 BC(?). Conjoined busts left of Kamnaskires and Queen Anzaze; Seleukid anchor terminating in monogram behind / Zeus seated to left, holding sceptre and Nike, who crowns him; IΛCIΛE[ΩC] [KΛMN]ΛCKIPOY KΛI IΛIIΛIICHC ANZAZH (BAΣIΛEΩΣ KAMNAΣKIPOY KAI BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ ANZAZHΣ) around, [ΛΛ]Σ(?) (date) in exergue. Alram 454; BMC Arabia 1; G. R.F. Assar, A New Hellenistic Ruler from Early 1st century BC: King Hippokrates Autokrator Nikephoros (2020), p. 339, fig. 2 (this coin); Sunrise - cf. 470 (different monogram above anchor). 13.93g, 33mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine; overstruck on a tetradrachm of King Hippokrates whose epithet, NIKHΦOPOY, is clearly visible in the exergue.

This coin published in G.R.F. Assar, A New Hellenistic Ruler from Early 1st century BC: King Hippokrates Autokrator Nikephoros in Andreas Pangerl (ed.), 400 years of Hellenistic Portraits (Munich, 2020);
From the inventory of a US dealer.

King Hippokrates Autokrator Nikephoros is a newly discovered Hellenistic ruler of this region and as such this coin is very significant contribution to numismatic history and forms a key piece of evidence in Assar’s 2020 article on the subject.

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Price realized 1'900 GBP
Starting price 1'500 GBP
Estimate 2'500 GBP
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