Chaponnière & Firmenich SA > Auction 17Auction date: 19 November 2023
Lot number: 44

Price realized: 1,750 CHF   (Approx. 1,974 USD / 1,813 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


GREECE. Greco-Baktrian kingdom. Antimachos I, 180-165 BC. Tetradrachm, Baktra. Obv. Diademed and draped bust of Antimachos I right, wearing flat topped kausia. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΘΕΟΥ - ΑΝΤΙΜΑΧΟΥ. Poseidon, standing facing, holding long trident in his right hand and filleted palm branch in his left ; to lower right, monogram. Bopearachchi 1A ; HGC 12, 106 . AR. 16.83 g. - Nice AU-UNC
Ex. Numismatica Ars Classica auction 11, 29 April 1998, lot 118 ; From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, Ex. Leu Numismatik Auction 8, 23 October 2021, lot 186. -
Well struck on a full flan, light porosity on the reverse.



Starting price: 1750 CHF

Match 1:
VAuctions > NBJ Auction 11Auction date: 7 April 2024
Lot number: 61

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


BAKTRIA: Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I, circa 170-145 BC. AR Drachm. Diademed and draped bust of Eukratides I to right. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ; The Dioskouri galloping to right, each holding spear and palm frond; to left, monogram to above left. (4.20gm, 18mm) Extremely Fine.

Estimate: 600 USD

Starting price: 300 USD

Match 2:
VAuctions > NBJ Auction 11Auction date: 7 April 2024
Lot number: 63

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


BAKTRIA: Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I, circa 170-145 BC. AR Drachm. Diademed and draped bust of Eukratides I to right, wearing crested Macedonian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear. BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOΥ / EΥKΡATIΔOY; The Dioskouri galloping to right, each holding spear and palm branch; to lower left, monogram. (4.18gm, 20mm) Near Extremely Fine.

Estimate: 500 USD

Starting price: 250 USD

Match 3:
VAuctions > NBJ Auction 11Auction date: 7 April 2024
Lot number: 59

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


BAKTRIA: Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I, circa 170-145 BC. AR Drachm. Diademed and draped bust of Eukratides I to right. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ; The Dioskouri galloping to right, each holding spear and palm frond; to left, monogram to lower right. (4.24gm, 19mm) Extremely Fine.

Estimate: 600 USD

Starting price: 400 USD

Match 4:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 3933

Price realized: 90 CHF   (Approx. 102 USD / 95 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Elagabalus, 218-222. Denarius (Silver, 20 mm, 3.02 g, 12 h), Rome, 221-222. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Laureate and draped bust of Elagabalus to right, wearing 'horn' over forehead. Rev. SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG Elagabalus standing front, head to left, holding patera in his right hand and branch in his left; to left, lighted tripod; in field to left, eight-pointed star. BMC 231. Cohen 276. RIC 146. Thirion 312. Struck from a clashed reverse die and a bit weak, otherwise, virtually as struck.


From the Jay Smith Collection of coins of Elagabalus and the collection of H. Ursprung, Leu Web Auction 24, 3-6 December 2022, 2497.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 5:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 2206

Price realized: 380 CHF   (Approx. 431 USD / 399 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Elagabalus, 218-222. Denarius (Silver, 21 mm, 3.21 g, 6 h), Rome, 221-222. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Laureate and draped bust of Elagabalus to right, wearing 'horn' over forehead. Rev. SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG Elagabalus standing front, head to left, holding patera over lighted tripod in his right hand and branch in his left; in field to left, star. BMC 231. Cohen 276. RIC 146. Lustrous, well defined and fresh. Good extremely fine.

Starting price: 50 CHF