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Nomos 11

9 October 2015
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 6000 CHF
Hammer Price:  4800 CHF
Lot 53

KINGS of THRACE. Lysimachos, 305-281 BC. Stater (Gold, 18mm, 8.52 g 6), Byzantion, c. 250-240. Diademed head of Alexander the Great to right, with horn of Ammon over his ear. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left on low-backed throne, holding, in her right hand, Nike crowning the king’s name and, in her left, a spear, and with her left elbow resting on a shield ornamented with an aegis; to left, above Athena’s knee, monogram of ΠΑ (?). Gorny & Mosch 118, 1193 (same dies). Cf. Marinescu 39 (silver only). Cf. Thompson 234 (but Parium and silver). Apparently unpublished save for its auction appearance. Extremely fine.


From the collection of P. H.C. Tan, Classical Numismatic Group MBS 84, 5 May 2010, 142.

Online bidding closes: 9 Oct 2015, 08:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 19 Apr 2024, 01:43:59 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:4800 CHF

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