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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Boeotia, Thebes AR Stater. Circa 390-382 BC. Wast(ias), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,510
Boeotian shield / Volute krater with a decorated upper half, barley grain above, FA-ΣT across central field; all within shallow incuse circle. Hepworth 36; BCD Boiotia 494; BMC 120; HGC 4, 1330. 12.14gr, 22mm, 2h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone with blue iridescence around the devices on obverse and gold on reverse.
Ex A. A. Ravel, 1938. Ex Pozzi 1443v TTB. Ex Prunier Auction, Numismatic Auction June 2022, 27 June 2022, lot 198. Acquired from Pecunia Numismatics.
Wastias was the pro-Spartan rival of Androkleidas and was instrumental in the latter's exile and assassination. -
Aeolis, Kyme AR Tetartemorion. Circa 480-450 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Head of horse to left / Quadripartite incuse square. SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Rosen -; Klein 332 var. (hemiobol; head of horse to right). 0.18gr, 6mm.
Near Extremely Fine. Nicely toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch AE Tetrachalkon. Dated year 13 of the Pompeian era (54/3 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate head of Zeus to right / [AN]TIOXEΩN THΣ [MHTPOΠOΛEΩΣ], Zeus seated to left on throne, holding crowning Nike and sceptre; IΓ (date) in exergue. RPC I 4212; McAlee 37; HGC 9, 1371. 8.57gr, 20mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
