LOT 3753
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm. Circa 305-281 BC. 'Kolophon' mint. In the types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ below, ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ to right, forepart of lion to left above crescent in left field, pentagram below throne. Price L28; Thompson 127. About Good Very Fine.(4.26gr, 18mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 94, 24 February 2022, lot 276.
Acquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3753
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm.
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£111 (EUR 129; USD 150) +BP*
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Thessaly, Pharsalos AR Drachm. Late 5th-mid 4th century BC. Signed by the engraver ΤΗΛΕΦΑΝΤΟΣ (Telephantos) and ΙΠ- (Ip-).
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,350
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet with raised cheek pieces; behind neck, ΤΗ above ΙΠ (engravers' initials) in small lettering / Φ-Α-Ρ-Σ clockwise around Thessalian cavalryman riding horse prancing to right, wearing petasos, chlamys and chiton, and holding lagobolon over his right shoulder; in exergue, Τ (engraver's initial). Lavva 86 (O43/R51); BCD Thessaly I 1284 var. (TH in exergue); BCD Thessaly II 639 var. (no ΙΠ); HGC 4, 624. 5.95gr, 18mm, 9h.
Good Extremely Fine. Tiny cut on reverse. Attractive toning with golden iridescence around the devices. Sharply struck and surprisingly detailed.
From a Swiss collection, acquired prior to 2005. Ex Nomos AG, Auction 21, 21 November 2020, lot 145 (company's ticket included).
If the harmony and the aristocratic inner peace of the portraits are the first thing that catches our attention, it is the extremely detailed rendering of the figures, especially on the reverse, that makes the viewer cling more to their admiration for this coin. Each depiction of Athena’s head in these emissions of Pharsalos makes us believe that she has her own character and that no two are the same, even though they share the same characteristics. Athena in our coin looks like a tender girl with a serious but innocent look in her eyes. Her divine power, despite her young age, is not violent; it is simply inherent in the serenity of her gaze. On the other hand, the detailed rendering of the cavalryman’s and horse's face, the texture of his chlamys, the harmonious matching of muscles and joints in the horse's body, and even the pronounced veins in the horse's belly convince us of a talented engraver and a gifted artist. -
Judaea. First Jewish War AE Prutah. Dated Year 2 (67/8 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
'Year two' in Paleo-Hebrew, amphora with broad rim and two handles / 'The freedom of Zion' in Paleo-Hebrew; vine leaf on small branch with tendril. TJC 196a; Sofaer 11-4; Hendin GBC 6, 6389; Hendin GBC 5, 1360. 2.94gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AE 12mm. 138-129 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Prow to left / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, piloi of the Dioskouroi. SC 2069a; HGC 9, 1106. 1.38gr, 12mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
