Biblical & Jewish Coins
Lot 1782 Session 6 (9.30am Thursday) Biblical & Jewish Coins
Estimate $1,200
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SOLD $1,050
THRACE, Kingdom of, Lysimachos, (323-281 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.928 grams), Uncertain mint, issued 297-281 B.C., obv. head of Alexander to right, with diadem and horn of Ammon, within dotted circle, rev. Athena enthroned to left, supporting Nike, spear behind, monogram before **PMATE*, to left **BASILEWS* to right **LUSIMAXOU*, (cf.S.6814, M.530, Thompson -). Well centred, good very fine and very rare.
Ex Spink & Son, with their ticket and Noble Numismatics Sale 54 (lot 1672). The style and fabric suggests a life time mint, but while many similar monograms are noted by Thompson, this one is not identified, suggesting a very minor mint in the Pergamon area.
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Lot 1780
THRACE, Kingdom of, Lysimachus, (323-281 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.966 grams), Lampsacus mint, issued c.297/6-282/1 B.C., ...
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Lot 1781
THRACE, Kingdom of, Lysimachus, (323-281 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.960 grams), Lampsacus mint, issued c.297/6-282/1 B.C., ...
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THRACE, Kingdom of, Lysimachos, (323-281 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.928 grams), Uncertain mint, issued 297-281 B.C., ...
Estimate $1,200
Lot 1783
THRACE, Kingdom of, Lysimachus, (323-281 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.302 grams), Pella mint, issued before 282/1 ...
Estimate $250
Lot 1784
THESSALY, Larissa (under Macedonian domination), (350-325 B.C.), silver drachm, (6.112 grams), obv. facing head of ...
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