LOT 3119
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AE 15mm. 305-281 BC. Lysimacheia mint.
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. Near Very Fine.(2.70gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3119
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AE 15mm.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AE 12mm. 281-261 BC. Tarsos mint.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet / BA AN, laureate pileus. SC 334; HGC 9, 217 (R3). 1.34gr, 12mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy IX to Ptolemy XII AE 19mm. 116-51 BC. Alexandria mint. Series 9.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles with their wings closed standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left. Svoronos 1426 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VIII); SNG Copenhagen 311-4 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII). 8.52gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Phrygia, Kolossai AE 15mm. Late 2nd-1st century BC.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Radiate head of Helios to right / ΚΟΛΟΣ-ΣΗΝΩΝ, lyre. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München -; SNG Tübingen -; SNG von Aulock -; Leu Numismatic AG, Web Auction 20, 1309 (hammer: 379 GBP). 3.06gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently the third known example.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Kolossai was one of the early Christian churches of Asia, and the apostle Paul addressed one of his epistles to the people of this place.
