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Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm. Struck circa 301/0-300/299 BC. Abydos mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left; in left field, forepart of lion left above monogram; below throne, head right, wearing Phrygian cap. Thompson 65 var. (monogram); Müller -; Price 1582 var. (same); HGC 3, 1751c; SNG Saroglos 726. 4.38gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm. Circa 301/0-300/299 BC. Abydos mint. In the types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧ[ΟY], Zeus seated to left on low throne, holding long sceptre in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, forepart of lion to left above monogram; below throne, head of griffin to left. Müller -; Thompson 65. 4.17gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AE 23mm. Struck after 301 BC. Uncertain mint in Western Anatolia.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Male head in peaked Phrygian helmet to right / Trophy; [BAΣ]ΙΛΕΩΣ to left, [ΛYΣI]MAXOY to right. SNG Copenhagen 1164; HGC 3.2, 1755. 6.22gr, 23mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 217. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AE 15mm. 305-281 BC. Lysimacheia mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Forepart of lion to right; BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ above, ΛYΣIMAXOY below, [kerykeion and monogram?] to left, spearhead below. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 1159; cf. SNG Tübingen 969; HGC 3.2, 1760. 2.70gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Thrace. Odrysian, Kersebleptes AE 13mm. Circa 359-340 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Female head to right, wearing stephane and with hair bound in sphendone / K-E-P, kotyle; below, grain of barley. SNG Copenhagen 1070-1071; Jurukova 54-57; HGC 3.2, 1701. 1.76gr, 13mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Thrace. Rhoemetalkes I with Augustus AE 19mm. 11 BC-12 AD.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΡOIMHTAΛKOΥ, diademed head of Rhoemetalkes to right / KAIΣAPOΣ ΣEBAΣTOY, bare head of Augustus to right. RPC I, 1718. 4.86gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London gentleman. -
Islands off Thrace. Lemnos, Hephaistia AE 13mm. 276/261-167 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Radiate head of Helios to right / H-Φ A-I, Dionysos standing facing, head to left, holding kantharos with right and thyrsos with left hand. SNG Copenhagen (Thrace) 984; HGC 6, 295 (R2). 1.97gr, 13mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Corroded. Extremely rare issue of Hephaistia. No other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Macedon, Amphipolis AE 19mm. 2nd century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Bust of Artemis to right, quiver over shoulder / ΑΜΦΙΠΟ-ΛΙΤΩΝ, bull leaping to right, monogram below and behind. 3.49gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Macedon, Amphipolis AE 13mm. 3rd century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Herakles to right in lionskin / AMΦIΠO-[ΛITΩN], lion standing to right. HGC 3.1, 433. 2.90gr, 13mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Bisanthe AE 13mm. 3rd century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Veiled head of Demeter to right, wreathed with grain / BI within grain wreath, ΣΑΝ below. Schönert-Geiss 38-41; HGC 3.2, 1367 (ΣΑΝ not mentioned). 2.06gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Macedon, District of Bottiaia. Coinage in the name of the Botteatans AE 24mm. Circa 168-148 BC. Pella mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet / BOTTE-ATΩN, ox grazing to right. Cf. AMNG III.1 131. 10.41gr, 24mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Macedon, Eion AR Hemiobol. Circa 480-470 BC.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Two geese standing confronted with head reverted; pellets between / Quadripartite incuse square. HPM p. 88, 8-9; SNG ANS -; HGC 3.1, 522 (obol). 0.29gr, 8mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
