LOT 3752
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Magnesia ad Maeandrum, circa 301-299 BC.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; [AΛ]EΞANΔΡO[Y] to right, lion leaping to left in left field, A within wreath below throne. Price 1985; Müller 788; Thompson -. Very Fine.(4.29gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 235.
Acquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3752
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£53 (EUR 61; USD 71) +BP*
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Islands off Ionia, Samos AE 11mm. Circa 300-200 BC.
Estimate: £15 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Hera facing / Facing lion's head, invisible inscription below. Cf. BMC p. 366, 172. 0.89gr, 11mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
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. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Obol. Circa 323-317 BC. Babelon mint. In the types of Alexander III.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ below, ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ to right, wheel above monogram in left field, monogram beneath throne. Price P191 var. (drachm); Hersh, Additions -; Müller -. 0.70gr, 10mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare; unpublished in the standard references.
Ex Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG, Online Auction 82 Silver, 26 July 2020, lot 14. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
