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)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Bithynia, Kalchedon AR Drachm. Circa 367/6-340 BC. Rhodian standard.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
KAΛX, bull standing to left on grain ear; to left, kerykeion next to monogram of ΔA / Quadripartite incuse square with stippled quarters. RG 15; SNG BM Black Sea 104; HGC 7, 511. 3.75gr, 16mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AE 21mm. Circa 300-281 BC. Apameia on the Orontes mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Elephant walking to right; countermark within incuse square / Horse's head to left; anchor below, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ to left. SC 35; WSM 1128; HGC 9, 79. 8.43gr, 21mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Kings of Commagene, Mithradates I Kallinikos AE Tetrachalkon. Circa 96-70 BC.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Mithradates I to right, wearing bashlyk tied with diadem / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MIΘPAΔATOY KAΛΛINIKOY, Athena standing facing, head to left, extending her right hand and holding spear and shield in her left. Kovacs 221. 4.60gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
