Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 3Auction date: 22 February 2024
Lot number: 28

Price realized: 480 CHF   (Approx. 545 USD / 504 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


KINGS OF THRACE. Lysimachos, 305-281 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 32.58 mm, 16.17 g) Byzantion mint, posthumous issue, struck circa 90-81 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander the Great right, wearing horn of Ammon. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ vertical to right, ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ vertical to left. Athena draped and wearing long crested helmet, seated left, holding Nike crowning the king's name to left on her right hand and resting the left bent arm with elbow on the shield decorated with rays standing to right, spear diagonal behind, monogram to inner left, BY on throne, trident decorated with dolphins to left in exergue. De Callatay Group 3, pg.123. HGC 3.2, 1404. Muller 208. Price, "Mithradates VI and Coinages of the Black Sea", NumChron 1968, pl. IV, 26. Extremely Fine. Fine.

Starting price: 100 CHF

Match 1:
Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 2Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 31

Price realized: 406 CHF   (Approx. 462 USD / 429 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


KINGS OF THRACE. Lysimachos, 305-281 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 36.15 mm, 16.57 g) Byzantion, posthumous issue, circa 250/100 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander wearing horn of Hammon right. Rev. LYΣIMAXOY vertical to left, BAΣIΛΕΩΣ vertical to right. Athena Nikephoros draped and wearing long crested helmet, seated on throne left, holding Nike to left on her right hand crowning the Lysimacho's name, transverse spear behind her, resting the left arm bent on shield set vertical to right decorated with lion head, monogram in the left field, BY on throne, trident orizontal to left decorated with two dolphins in exergue. Thompson pl. 24, 11a var.; Muller 197. Very Fine.
From a European collection formed prior to 2005.

Starting price: 100 CHF

Match 2:
Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 2Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 32

Price realized: 750 CHF   (Approx. 853 USD / 792 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


KINGS of THRACE. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver 30,13 mm, 16,62 g). Lampsakos. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield; monogram to inner left. Thompson 59; Müller 88; HGC 3, 1750b; SNG BN 2552; Fine style portrait. Some deposits, otherwise, Very Fine.
From a European collection formed prior to 2005.

Starting price: 250 CHF

Match 3:
Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 2Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 33

Price realized: 440 CHF   (Approx. 500 USD / 465 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


KINGS OF THRACE. Lysimachos, 305-281 BC. Drachm (Silver, 18.96 mm, 4.23 g) Uncertain mint in Western Asia Minor, circa 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander wearing horn of Hammon right. Rev. LYΣIMAXOY vertical to left, BAΣIΛΕΩΣ vertical to right. Athena Nikephoros draped and wearing long crested helmet, seated on throne left, holding Nike to left on her right hand crowning the Lysimacho's name, transverse spear behind her, resting the left arm bent on shield set vertical to right decorated with lion head, Λ O monogram on throne. Thompson - ; Muller - ; HGC 3, 1753 (for type). Very Fine. Rare.
From a European collection formed prior to 2005.

Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 4:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 136

Price realized: 420 CHF   (Approx. 477 USD / 441 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


KINGS OF THRACE. Lysimachos, 305-281 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 16.77 g, 1 h), uncertain mint in Asia Minor, circa 250-200. Diademed head of Alexander the Great to right with horn of Ammon over his ear. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟY Athena seated left, holding Nike, crowning the king's name, in her right hand and leaning with her left arm on shield decorated with lion's head; behind, transverse spear; in inner left field, monogram. Gordion Hoard I, 68. Meydancikkale -. Müller -, cf. 527 (monogram reversed). Very rare and lightly toned. Minor marks and with a thin flan crack, otherwise, good very fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.

Starting price: 100 CHF

Match 5:
Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 3Auction date: 22 February 2024
Lot number: 27

Price realized: 140 CHF   (Approx. 159 USD / 147 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


KINGS OF THRACE. Lysimachos, 305-281 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 28.12 mm, 16.82 g) struck circa 299/8-297/6 BC, in the name and types of Alexander III (336-323 BC) Kolophon mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ vertical to right, BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ in exergue. Zeus Aetophoros seated left on throne, holding eagle on the right hand and scepter in the left hand, pentagram below throne, forepart of lion to outer left above torch. Price L22. Muller L18. Thompson, 'Lysimachus' 122. Armenak 865-6. HGC 3, 1749a.
Toned. Porous. Near Very Fine.

Starting price: 50 CHF