LOT 3221
Ionia, Naulochos AE 11mm. Circa 350-340 BC.
Helmeted head of Athena to right / NAY, dolphin to right within circular maeander pattern. SNG Kayhan 1421. Near Very Fine. Very rare city.(1.21gr, 11mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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. -
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India, Indo-Sasanian Gadhiya Paisa BI Drachm. Circa AD 950-1050.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Indo-Sasanian style bust to right; pellets and ornaments around / Stylised fire altar; pellets around. Mitchiner, Non-Islamic 422-4. 4.03gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Lydia, Thyessos AE 18mm. Circa 400-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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).
