LOT 3118
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AE 23mm. Struck after 301 BC. Uncertain mint in Western Anatolia.
Male head in peaked Phrygian helmet to right / Trophy; [BAΣ]ΙΛΕΩΣ to left, [ΛYΣI]MAXOY to right. SNG Copenhagen 1164; HGC 3.2, 1755. Near Very Fine.(6.22gr, 23mm, 3h.).
ProvenancePurchased 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.
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LOT 3118
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AE 23mm.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Mysia. Astyra, Tissaphernes AE 11mm. Circa 400-395 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
[TIΣΣA], bare, bearded head of Tissaphernes to right / ΑΣΤΥΡΗ, facing cult statue of Artemis Astyrene, wearing polos and with fillets hanging from wrists; to upper right, vertical club. Klein 253; SNG Arikantürk 331-61; SNG BnF 124A. 1.52gr, 11mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Astyra was a small town of Mysia, in the plain of Thebes, between Antandros and Adramyteion. It had a temple of Artemis, of which the Antandrii had the superintendence, and Artemis had hence the name of ΑΡΤΕΜΙΣ ΑΣΤΥΡΗΝΗ (Artemis Astyrene), as it appears on our coin. -
Cilicia, Uncertain Mint AR Tetartemorion. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
Female head facing, her hair in two hanging braids / The Persian Great King in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in his right hand and bow in his left. Göktürk -; Troxell & Kagan 2 var. (hair style); Sunrise 97. 0.14gr, 6mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare Tetartemorion.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AE 21mm. Circa 300-281 BC. Apameia on the Orontes mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £15
Elephant walking to right; countermark within incuse square / Horse's head to left; anchor below, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ to left. SC 35; WSM 1128; HGC 9, 79. 8.43gr, 21mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
