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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LOT 3116
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm.
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£60 (EUR 70; USD 81) +BP*
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Kings of the Bosporos, Rheskouporis IV, with Philip I BI Stater. Dated 544 BE (AD 247/8).
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
BACIΛЄധC PHCKOVΠOPIΔ, diademed head of Rheskouporis to right / Laureate head of Philip I to right; club before, ΔMΦ (date) below. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 3312; MacDonald 606. 7.07gr, 20mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Some delamination to reverse.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Lebedos AE 12mm. Circa 4th-3rd centuries BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[ΛEBEΔIΩ], prow to left / Cow standing to left, head turned to right towards calf suckling to right below; above, spearhead to right. Imhoof-Blumer, Antike griechische Münzen, in: SNG XIX (1913), p. 38, 108 corr. (legend); Lindgren III 1644 corr. (misdescribed as Leukas) = Münzen & Medaillen GmbH 21 (2007), 790 corr. (as 'incert'). 1.29gr, 12mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare smalll denomination of Lebedos.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE Prutah. 40-4 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
HPW[...], anchor / Caduceus between crossed cornucopias. Meshorer 59; Hendin 1188; HGC 10, 661. 1.94gr, 15mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
