LOT 3194
Lydia, Thyessos AE 16mm. Circa 4th Century BC.
Laureate head of Zeus Ammon to left / Eight-rayed star, Θ-Y above. GRPC Lydia 3; BMC 3 (Troas, Thymbra); SNG von Aulock 1584 (same). Very Fine.(4.06gr, 16mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
For the reattribution of this coinage from Thymbra in Troas to Thyessos in Lydia, see D. S. Lenger, "Thyessos in Lydia, not Thymbra in the Troad" in D. Boteva, ed., Ex nummis lux: Studies in Ancient Numismatics in Honor of Dimitar Draganov (Sofia, 2017).
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Lydia, Sardes AE 15mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate head of Apollo to left / Club within oak wreath, ΣAPΔI-ANΩN to either side. GRPC Lydia 80; SNG Münich 486. 2.88gr, 15mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Rare variant of this type with no monogram on reverse.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 86, 8 July 2021, lot 541 (company's ticket included). -
Cilicia, Tarsos AR Twelfth Stater or Obol. Struck circa 380-379 BC. Pharnabazos, Persian military commander.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Female head facing slightly to left; [dolphin to lower left?] / Bearded and helmetted male head (Ares?) to left. Casabonne Series 2–3, pl. 4, 14; Göktürk 21; SNG BnF 303. 0.65gr, 9mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Thrace, Mesambria AR Tetradrachm. Circa 150-125 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ [ΑΛ]ΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in inner left field, helmet above ΔA; ΠPO monogram beneath throne. Price 1062; Topalov, Messambria 18; HGC 3, 1568. 16.86gr, 30mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Toned. Obverse slightly double struck.
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.
