LOT 3172
Mysia. Astyra, Tissaphernes AE 11mm. Circa 400-395 BC.
[TIΣΣA], bare, bearded head of Tissaphernes to right / ΑΣΤΥΡΗ, facing cult statue of Artemis Astyrene, wearing polos and with fillets hanging from wrists; to upper right, vertical club. Klein 253; SNG Arikantürk 331-61; SNG BnF 124A. Very Fine.(1.52gr, 11mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Astyra was a small town of Mysia, in the plain of Thebes, between Antandros and Adramyteion. It had a temple of Artemis, of which the Antandrii had the superintendence, and Artemis had hence the name of ΑΡΤΕΜΙΣ ΑΣΤΥΡΗΝΗ (Artemis Astyrene), as it appears on our coin.
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LOT 3172
Mysia. Astyra, Tissaphernes AE 11mm.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
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Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Pamphylia, Side AE 15mm. Circa 2nd-1st century BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Pomegranate. SNG BnF 770. 3.26gr, 15mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Troas, Gargara AE 17mm. Circa 400-284 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to right; c/m: bucranion(?) / ΓΑΡ, horse prancing to left. SNG Copenhagen 332; SNG von Aulock -; Obolos 38, 241 (hammer: 333 GBP). 4.03gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare with horse prancing to left and one of the few examples from Gargara countermarked. Only one other example on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
