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Lydia, Thyessos AE 18mm.
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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.).

Provenance

Acquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Footnotes

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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Rare City of Thyessos

LOT 3242

Lydia, Thyessos AE 18mm.

Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)

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