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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Troas, Zeleia AE Chalkous. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of Artemis to right, wearing stephane / Ζ-E Λ-E, torque within wreath of grain ears. SNG Copenhagen 503-4. 1.49gr, 12mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Rare city.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. Circa 450-350 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Janiform female heads, with central earring / ΛΑ-[Μ]-Ψ, helmeted head of Athena to right within incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos Group B, Type I, 3-4; SNG Arikantürk 621. 1.28gr, 12mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. Circa 390-330 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Janiform female head with circular earring; below, dolphin / ΛA-M-Ψ, head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet; all within shallow incuse square. Baldwin Lampsakos pl. 6, 12; SNG BnF 1194. 1.22gr, 11mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
