Mysia, Kyzikos EL Hekte. Circa 500-450 BC. Panther or lioness advancing to left with tail curled over back; tunny fish to left below / Quadripartite incuse. Von Fritze 86; SNG BnF 219-20; Boston MFA 1472; Jameson 2175; Rosen 464. 2.70g, 11mm.
Good Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired from Numismatik Naumann.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 779
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Obol. Circa 550-500 BC. Head of lion to right, holding tunny fish in its jaws / Rough incuse square. Roma E-82, lot 567 (same obv. die); Roma E-59, lot 250 (same obv. die); Leu Web 1, lot 451 (same obv. die); Obolos 4, lot 319 corr. (same obv. die, misidentified as an eagle's head); otherwise unpublished. 1.11g, 10mm.
Very Fine; lightly toned. Extremely Rare, seemingly the fifth known example of the type.
From a private European collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 780
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Obol. Circa 500 BC. Dolphin swimming to left above tunny fish swimming to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references, cf. Triton XXIII, lot 313; CNG E-340, lot 197; CNG E-311, lot 640; CNG E-291, lot 68; CNG E-286, lot 74; Roma IV, lot 1495; Gorny & Mosch 212, lot 1704; Lanz 117, lot 284. 0.86g, 10mm.
Near Very Fine; heavy 'find' patina. Unpublished, and Extremely Rare.
From a private UK collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 781
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Obol. Circa 500-450 BC. Janiform female head / Helmeted head of Athena to left, within incuse square, uncertain letter or symbol behind. Cf. SNG BnF 1127-31. 0.82g, 11mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From a private UK collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 782
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. 500-490 BC. Janiform female head / Helmeted head of Athena to left, within incuse square. SNG BnF 1126. 1.20g, 10mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private UK collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 783
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. 500-490 BC. Janiform female head, wearing taenia and necklace / Helmeted head of Athena to left, within incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group A, I, pl. V, 14-5; SNG von Aulock 1290; Rosen Coll. 524; SNG BnF 1126. 1.25g, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a private UK collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 784
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. 500-490 BC. Janiform female head, wearing taenia and necklace / Helmeted head of Athena to left, within incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group A, I, pl. V, 14-5; SNG von Aulock 1290; Rosen Coll. 524; SNG BnF 1126. 1.18g, 10mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From a private UK collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 785
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. 500-490 BC. Janiform female head, wearing taenia and necklace / Helmeted head of Athena to left, within incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group A, I, pl. V, 14-5; SNG von Aulock 1290; Rosen Coll. 524; SNG BnF 1126. 1.21g, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a private UK collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 786
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. 500-490 BC. Janiform female head, wearing taenia and necklace / Helmeted head of Athena to left, within incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group A, I, pl. V, 14-5; SNG von Aulock 1290; Rosen Coll. 524; SNG BnF 1126. 1.17g, 10mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private UK collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 787
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Obol. Circa 480-460 BC. Janiform female head / Helmeted head of Athena to left, within incuse square. SNG BnF 1129-31. 0.73g, 8mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From a private UK collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 788
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Tetrobol. Circa 4th-3rd century BC. Female janiform head, with circular earring / Helmeted head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, decorated with forepart of winged horse; ΛΑΜ around. BMC 32-33; SNG BnF 1175-1176; SNG von Aulock 1293. 1.96g, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private UK collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 789
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. 4th-3rd century BC. Janiform female head, [Θ]EO on bust truncation / Helmeted head of Athena to right, ΛΑ[ΜΨ]Α around. SNG BnF 1188-9; Baldwin, Lampsakos Group B, I (pl. VI, 15). 0.97g, 10mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private UK collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 790
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. Circa 400-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo to right / Forepart of Pegasos to right; Λ-Α-Μ around, snail below. SNG BnF 1217; SNG von Aulock 1296. 1.07g, 12mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a private UK collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 791
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Circa 280-275 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right; to left, monogram above forepart of Pegasos to left; monogram below throne. Price 1448. 17.25g, 31mm, 12h.
NGC Graded AU 5/5 - 4/5 (#4241667-006). Very Rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 37, 24 June 2017, lot 151.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 792
Mysia, Pergamon Æ 9mm. Circa 310-282 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Helmeted head of Athena to right; ΠEP downwards to right. SNG BnF 1595-6. 0.83g, 9mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private German collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 793
Mysia, Pergamon Æ 15mm. Circa 200-133 BC. Helmeted head of Athena to right; helmet decorated with star / Owl standing facing on palm; AΘHNA[Σ] above, NIKHΦOPOY below, A-AP(?) flanking. Cf. SNG BnF 1908-9. 2.84g, 15mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 794
Mysia, Pergamon AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Circa 133-67 BC. Serpent emerging from cista mystica; all within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; AP and monogram above, civic monogram in left field, serpent-entwined thyrsos to right. Kleiner, Hoard 27; Pinder 104; SNG BnF 1729; SNG von Aulock 7479; SNG Copenhagen 427. 12.60g, 28mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 795
Mysia, Pergamon AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Circa 133-67 BC. Serpent emerging from cista mystica; all within ivy wreath / Bow-case with two serpents; monogram and MH above, monogram in left field, serpent-entwined thyrsus right. Kleiner 42; SNG Copenhagen 437; SNG BnF 1745-1746. 12.49g, 26mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 796
Mysia, Pergamon Æ 19mm. Circa 133-27 BC. Laureate head of Asklepios to right / [ΑΣ]ΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ [ΣΩ]ΤΗΡΟΣ, serpent coiled around omphalos. SNG BnF 1803-27. 7.60g, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 797
Mysia, Pergamon AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Circa 95-92 BC. Serpent emerging from cista mystica; the whole within wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; civic monogram in left field, BO above, serpent-entwined thyrsos to right. Kleiner, Hoard 10; SNG BnF 1718. 12.62g, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 798
Mysia, Pergamon AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Circa 92-88 BC. Serpent emerging from cista mystica; the whole within wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; AΣ and monogram above, city monogram to left, thyrsos to right. Kleiner, Hoard 29; Pinder -; SNG BnF -. 12.44g, 28mm, 11h.