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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Mysia, Kyzikos AR Didrachm. 3rd century BC.
Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Wreathed head of Kore Soteira to right, hair in sphendone / K-Y Z-I, Apollo, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, seated to left on omphalos, holding phiale, left arm resting on kithara seated on ground to right; monogram to left. Unpublished denomination. 6.88gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; unpublished and unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Adramyteion AE 12mm. Circa 2nd-1st century BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Bust of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / AΔPAMVTH, owl standing to right with closed wings, head facing. Stauber, Adramytteion p. 215, 144 = Von Fritze, Mysiens 97, pl. II, 16; Lindgren I 205. 1.00gr, 12mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Uncertain Mint of Asia Minor AE 11mm. 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Nike(?) standing to left, holding wreath. 1.45gr, 11mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
