LOT 3182
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.(0.66gr, 8mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3182
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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Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm. Circa 301/0-300/299 BC. Abydos mint. In the types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧ[ΟY], Zeus seated to left on low throne, holding long sceptre in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, forepart of lion to left above monogram; below throne, head of griffin to left. Müller -; Thompson 65. 4.17gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Miletos AE 15mm. Circa 350-300 BC. Uncertain magistrate.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Lion standing to left, head turned back / Stellate pattern. For the type cf. BMC 47; cf. Deppert Milet 279-280. 2.04gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near 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.
