LOT 3755
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm. Circa 299-296 BC. Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint. In the types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; ΛΥΣIMAXOΥ below, BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, head of lion to left in left field, monogram below throne, Σ in outer right field. Price L32; Müller L30; Thompson 98. Good Very Fine. Extremely rare.(4.02gr, 18mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, collection, 1990s.
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LOT 3755
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm.
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£90 (EUR 104; USD 122) +BP*
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Islands off Thrace. Thasos AR Hemiobol. Circa 411-340 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of bald and bearded satyr to right / Θ-Α-Σ-I, two dolphins, one above the other, swimming left and right; all within shallow incuse. Le Rider, Thasiennes, 12; SNG Copenhagen 1033. 0.37gr, 8mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex TimeLine. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Aeolis, Aegae AE 10mm. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to right, with long hair / ΑΙΓΑΕ, head of goat to right. BMC 7; SNG Copenhagen 2. 1.01gr, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lucius Verus AE 22mm of Titiopolis, Cilicia. Dated RY 3 (AD 163/4).
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
ΑV[Τ]Ο Κ [Λ ΑV] ΟVΗΡΟϹ, laureate head to right / ΤΙΤΙΟ[ΠΟΛЄΙTѠN] ЄT Γ, turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right. RPC IV.3 Online 9551 (temporary); Ziegler 238; Levante, Titiopolis -. 5.29gr, 22mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Very Rare; four other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
