LOT 3181
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Obol. Circa 500-450 BC.
Janiform female head wearing double stephane, necklace, and circular pendant earring / Head of Athena to left, wearing crestless Corinthian helmet; all within incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group A, Type I, pl. V, 14; SNG BnF 1131. Near Very Fine.(0.82gr, 10mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3181
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Obol.
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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Phrygia, Alia AE 13mm. Circa AD 30-276.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted bust of Athena to right / ΑΛΙΗΝΩΝ, zebu standing to right. Von Aulock, Phrygien I, 36-38; Paris 255. 3.26gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare city; no other examples of this type on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Thyessos AE 18mm. Circa 400-300 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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). 5.24gr, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Very rare city.
Acquired 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). -
Kings of the Bosporos, Rheskouporis V, with Philip I, BI Stater. Dated 545 BE (AD 248/9).
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
BACIΛЄധC PHCKOΠOPIΔ, diademed bust to right / Laureate head of emperor to right; club before, ЄMΦ (date) beneath truncation. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 3347; MacDonald 607/1 (Rheskouporis IV). 6.98gr, 20mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Areas of delamination.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
