Watch List notes:

Mysia, Lampsakos, silver tetradrachm, c. 200-150 BC, bearded head of Priapos right, hair wreathed with ivy and in long locks down side of neck, rev., ΛΑΜΨΑ – ΚΗΝΩΝ, Apollo Kitharoidos standing right, holding lyre; to left, monogram; to right, bow and arrow; below, magistrate's names: ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ - ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ – [Μ]ΙΚΑΛΟΥ, 16.45g, die axis 12.00, light toning, extremely fine and very rare. References: Baldwin pl. VIII, 1, same dies; Gaebler 70, pl. II, 42, same dies; SNG France 1229, same dies. Provenance: Münzen und Medaillen 41, Basel, 18 June 1970, lot 149; Bank Leu 48, Zurich, 10 May 1989, lot 220; Giessener Münzhandlung 46, Munich, 30 October 1989, lot 220; Prospero Collection, The New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012, lot 475. Note: The origin of Priapos is ill-defined and versions give him a variety of gods as parents; however, "at Lampsakos [where] they believe in Priapos more than anyone; they say he is the son of Dionysos and Aphrodite." (Paus. ix.31.2). On this rare series of tetradrachms his archaized head is in dual identity with his father. The cult of Priapos began to spread to Greece following the death of Alexander. An unusual aspect of the present coin is the magistrate's name (Demetrios) appearing alongside not only that of his father (Demetrios) but also his grandfather (Mikalos). (10000 - 15000 GBP)