Ancient Gold

Sale 58    8–10 Jul 1998   Dallas Brooks Hall   Melbourne

  PrevNext  

Lot 3441       Ancient Gold

Estimate $7,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au

MYSIA, Lampsakos, electrum stater, c.500-480 B.C., (15.125 grams), obv. forepart of winged horse to left, rev. quadripartite incuse square, alternate compartments deeper, (cf.S.3881, cf.Weber 5105, cf.BMC 7, cf.Baldwin [AJN 1914] period I, No.11, [p.7, Pl.I, 9], Boston 1582 [pl.77 similar dies], cf.SNG Von Aulock 1289, cf.ACNAC Rosen 523 [p.34, Pl.20), cf.Hess-Leu Sale 24 [April 16, 1964 lot 189 similar dies and probably the same reverse die]). Very fine and extremely rare and probably unique for these dies.

Ex. Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin, June 1974 (G416, Å“1350 but with ticket marked Å“1250). Agnes Baldwin does not list these dies, only 40 known staters of Lampsacus survive and they include 13 of this, the earliest period I.

Estimate / sale price does not include buyer's premium (currently 22% including GST) which is added to hammer price. All bids are executed on the understanding that the Terms & Conditions of sale have been read and accepted. For information on grading and estimates please refer to the Buying at Auction advice.

Quick find

View a lot by number and sale.

Adjacent lots

  • Lot 3439  

    GOERGE VI-ELIZABETH II, 1938-1964, complete date set in Supreme album plus extra 1952 and 1953. ...

    Estimate $200

  • Lot 3440  

    THRACE, Kingdom of, Coson, (c.42 B.C.), gold stater, (8.2 grams), Northern Greece mint, obv. three ...

    Estimate $1,000

  • Lot 3441   This lot

    MYSIA, Lampsakos, electrum stater, c.500-480 B.C., (15.125 grams), obv. forepart of winged horse to left, ...

    Estimate $7,500

  • Lot 3442  

    LYDIA, Persian Imperial Coinage (c.350 B.C.), struck in period of Artaxerxes III, gold daric, (8.2 ...

    Estimate $1,200

  • Lot 3443  

    FAUSTINA JUNIOR, wife of Marcus Aurelius, (d.A.D. 175), gold aureus, (7.38 grams), issued at Rome ...

    Estimate $14,000