LOT 3242
Lydia, Thyessos AE 18mm. Circa 400-300 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. Very rare city.(5.24gr, 18mm, 3h.).
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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Kings of Cappadocia, Ariaramnes AE 17mm. Circa 280-230 BC. Uncertain Cappadocian mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Head to right, wearing bashlyk / Horse trotting to right; APIAPAMNOY and エ above; monogram behind. Simonetta -; Simonetta, Coins -; SNG Copenhagen -; Ganschow -; SNG von Aulock -; BMC-; HGC 7, -. 2.74gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; unpublished and apparently unique variant.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Miletos AE 15mm. Circa 350-300 BC. Uncertain magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Lion standing to left, head turned back / Stellate pattern. For the type cf. BMC 47; cf. Deppert Milet 279-280. 2.04gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Aeolis, Autokane AE 9mm. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Zeus to right / AYT[...], helmeted head of Athena to right; bunch of grapes behind. 0.66gr, 9mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
