LOT 3116
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.
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. Very Fine.(4.38gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AE 14mm. Circa 226-220 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Diademed and veiled female bust (of Berenike II?) to right / [PO], prow of galley to right; above, rose. R. Ashton: Rhodian Bronze Coinage and the Earthquake of 229-229 BC, in: NC 1986, Group 1; BMC 228; SNG Kayhan 1706. 3.04gr, 14mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Very rare and of historical importance.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
R. Ashton connects this type with the disaster relief sent by Ptolemy III to Rhodes after the devastating earthquake of circa 226 BC. -
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Cilicia, Uncertain Mint AR Tetartemorion. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
The Persian Great King in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in his right hand and bow in his left / Crowned head of the Persian Great King to right. Troxell & Kagan -; Sunrise 93; Winzer 3.6a; CNG E-Auction 286 (2012), 150. 0.20gr, 6mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Troas, Skepsis AE 12mm. Circa 400-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Bearded head of Priapos to right, wearing ivy-wreath / Σ-ΚH, filleted thyrsos; in field to right, eight-rayed star. BMC 24 var. (bunch of grapes); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; cf. Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies Grecques (1883), p. 266, 196 (symbol not visible); Obolos 39, 302. 1.19gr, 12mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; unpublished variant of a very rare type.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
