| Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals | M&M Numismatics Ltd > Auction 60 | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 61 Price realized: 775 USD (Approx. 710 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Thracian Kingdom. Lysimachos. Silver Tetradrachm (16.69 g), as King, 306-281 BC Byzantion, under Mithradates VI of Pontos, 120-63 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena seated left, holding Nike and resting elbow on shield at side, spear leaning against her far shoulder; in inner left field, monogram; on throne, BY; in exergue, trident. Cf. De Callataÿ grp. 2B, p. 123; SNG Copenhagen 1139. NGC grade Ch AU; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 2/5. Edge bend. Lysimachos' gold and silver coinage featuring the deified head of Alexander and Athena Nikephoros, which he introduced in 297/6 BC, had a lasting popularity, especially among the Thracian and Celtic peoples who supplied mercenary troops to many of the Hellenistic kingdoms and who demanded them from their paymasters even long after Lysimachos was dead. This particular posthumous-Lysimachos tetradrachm was struck by the important city of Byzantion, probably in support of the expansion of the Pontic empire of Mithradates VI Eupator (ca. 116-63 BC) in the Black Sea and perhaps even during his first confrontation with the Romans in the First Mithradatic War (89-85 BC). Estimate: 750 USD |  |
Match 1:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 210 Price realized: 95,000 USD (Approx. 87,011 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. Circa 340-325 BC. AV Stater (21mm, 9.12 g, 10h). Bearded head of Pan left, wearing ivy wreath / Griffin, holding spear in its mouth, standing left, head facing, forepaw raised, on grain ear; Π-A-N around. Anokhin 1021; MacDonald 54; HGC 7, 20; SNG BM Black Sea 864; Gulbenkian 588–90; Jameson 1361; Pozzi 1150; Sartiges 1580. NGC photo certification 6828475-001, graded MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5, Fine Style. Well centered on a broad flan, with significant mint luster. Pantikapaion was founded by Greek colonists from Miletos in the late seventh century BC. Situated on the west side of the Cimmerian Bosporos, in what is now called the Crimea, it achieved great prosperity through its exploitation of the abundant fisheries of the straits and the export of wheat from the Crimea. This wealth is attested by its splendid gold coinage, which commenced in the mid-4th century BC, and by the magnificently furnished rock tombs of its principal citizens in the same period. Later, it was to become a regional capital of the kingdom of Mithradates VI of Pontos (120-63 BC) and later still the seat of the kings of Bosporos (first century BC – fourth century AD). The coinage of Pantikapaion seems to have commenced with silver issues in the latter part of the fifth century BC, but it is for its beautiful gold staters that the mint is chiefly noted. They depict the head of the god Pan (a pun on the name of the city) and on the reverse, the griffin that Herodotos describes as being the guardian of the remote sources of gold. Estimate: 75000 USD |  |
Match 2:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 201 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. Circa 340-325 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 9.13 g, 12h). Bearded head of Pan left, wearing ivy wreath / Griffin, holding spear in its mouth, standing left, head facing, forepaw raised, on grain ear; Π-A-N around. Frolova, Catalogue, Group III, dies unlisted; Anokhin 1021; MacDonald 54; HGC 7, 20; SNG BM Black Sea 864; Gulbenkian 588–90; Jameson 1361; Pozzi 1150; Sartiges 1580; CNG 111, lot 178 (same dies); Triton XXIII, lot 282 (same obv. die). Lustrous. NGC photo certification 6828214-001, graded MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5, Fine Style. Struck from fresh dies, showing excellent detail. Pantikapaion was founded by Greek colonists from Miletos in the late seventh century BC. Situated on the west side of the Cimmerian Bosporos, in what is now called the Crimea, it achieved great prosperity through its exploitation of the abundant fisheries of the straits and the export of wheat from the Crimea. This wealth is attested by its splendid gold coinage, which commenced in the mid-4th century BC, and by the magnificently furnished rock tombs of its principal citizens in the same period. Later, it was to become a regional capital of the kingdom of Mithradates VI of Pontos (120-63 BC) and later still the seat of the kings of Bosporos (first century BC – fourth century AD). The coinage of Pantikapaion seems to have commenced with silver issues in the latter part of the fifth century BC, but it is for its beautiful gold staters that the mint is chiefly noted. They depict the head of the god Pan (a pun on the name of the city) and on the reverse, the griffin that Herodotos describes as being the guardian of the remote sources of gold. Estimate: 75000 USD |  |
Match 3:
| Naville Numismatics Ltd. > Auction 88 | Auction date: 7 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 47 Price realized: 420 GBP (Approx. 530 USD / 490 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachus, 323 – 281 and posthumous issues Amphipolis Tetradrachm circa 288-281, AR 31.00 mm., 17.08 g. Diademed head of deified Alexander r. with the horn of Ammon. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ − ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated l. on throne, holding Nike and spear and resting l. elbow on shield; in inner l. field, caduceus/monogram and in outer r. field, monogram. Thompson, Essays Robinson 191. Lightly toned and very fine From the collection of a Mentor. Starting price: 200 GBP |  |
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| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 146 | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 2172 Price realized: 15,000 CHF (Approx. 16,518 USD / 15,367 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Kings of Thrace, Lysimachus, 323 – 281 and posthumous issues. Stater, Pella (?) 286-281, AV 18 mm, 8.47 g. Diademed head of deified Alexander r. with the horn of Ammon. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ – ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated l. on throne, holding Nike and spear and resting l. elbow on shield; in inner l. field, monogram. Thompson, Essays Robinson –. Müller –. An apparently unrecorded variety. A splendid portrait of fine style, minor area of smoothing on cheek, otherwise good extremely fine Ex NAC sale 77, 2014, 37. Privately purchased in 1999. Estimate: 8000 CHF |  |
Match 5:
| Davissons, Ltd. > E-Auction 48 | Auction date: 6 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 43 Price realized: 600 USD (Approx. 556 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: KINGS OF THRACE. Lysimachos. 305-281 B.C. AR tetradrachm. 16.75 gm. 32 mm. Uncertain mint in Asia Minor. Head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, resting left arm on round shield set on ground, on outstretched right hand holding Nike crowning the king's name; spear in background, monogram in inner left field; BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY. Thompson -, cf. 230 for similar monogram (Parion). HGC 3.2, 1750. Good Very Fine; attractively toned; well centered on a broad flan. Handsome coin. Ex Berk BBS 199 (29 September 2016) lot 66 (tag). Estimate: 750 USD |  |
