A GROUP OF 22 SILVER COINS

A GROUP OF 22 SILVER COINS Western Asia, 250 BC - 700 AD. Consisting of a large silver drachme of the Sasanian king Khosrow II, three square silver coins, with Apollodotus I and Philoxenos amongst others, and eighteen round coins including a coin from Parata Rajas, from the Sasanian kingdom, the Indo-greek kingdom with Alexander the Great and Menander I Soter amongst others. Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. Istvan Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe. Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age, as expected from such pieces. Weight: 53.7 g Dimensions: Diameter from 1.5 cm to 2.7 cm