LOT 3190
Dynasts of Mysia, Prokles AE 10mm. Circa 400 BC. Teuthrania mint.
Head of Apollo to left / Head of satrap to right, wearing bashlyk; TEY to left, monogram to right. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen 549; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Tübingen 2502; Traité II 42; Winzer 8.1. Very Fine. Very rare issue of dynast Prokles.(0.92gr, 10mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Procles succeeded Demaratus as ruler of Teuthrania and Halisarna, maintaining the family's status as Persian vassals while asserting local autonomy.
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LOT 3190
Dynasts of Mysia, Prokles AE 10mm.
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
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Troas, Assos AE 9mm. Circa 400-250 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Griffin seated to right / Roaring lion's head to right. SNG München -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Klein -. 0.73gr, 9mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
The attribution of this coin to Assos is based on its similarity to obols struck during the same period. -
Lydia, Thyessos AE 18mm. Circa 400-300 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Laureate head of Zeus Ammon to left / Eight-rayed star, Θ-Y above. GRPC Lydia 3; BMC 3 (Troas, Thymbra); SNG von Aulock 1584 (same). 5.24gr, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Very rare city.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
For the reattribution of this coinage from Thymbra in Troas to Thyessos in Lydia, see D. S. Lenger, Thyessos in Lydia, not Thymbra in the Troad in D. Boteva, ed., Ex nummis lux: Studies in Ancient Numismatics in Honor of Dimitar Draganov (Sofia, 2017). -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AE Tetrobol. 265/260-246 BC. Alexandria mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / [ΠTOΛEMAIOY] BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle with open wings standing to left on thunderbolt; Y between legs. CPE B279 (Series 3); Svoronos 509; SNG Copenhagen -; Weiser -. 43.14gr, 36mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
