LOT 3250
Seleucis and Pieria, Apameia AE 21mm. Dated SE 275 (38/7 BC).
Helmetted and draped bust of Athena to right / ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; EOΣ (date) to inner left, [letters?] in exergue. RPC I 4337; DCA 413; HGC 9, 1424. Good Very Fine.(7.98gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Lydia, Thyessos AE 16mm. Circa 4th Century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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). 4.06gr, 16mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
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). -
Kingdom of Persis. Napad (Kapat) AR Obol. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Diademed bust to left, wearing Parthian-style tiara / Diademed bust to left. K&M 4/50; Alram 614. 0,44gr, 10mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AE Unit. 305-281 BC. Uncertain mint in Thrace (Lysimacheia?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Helmetted head of Athena to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, lion leaping to right; kerykeion, monogram of EM, and spearhead below. Müller 76; HGC 3, 1758. 4.85gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
