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Long Beach Signature Sale 3067 6-7 Sep 2018
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PONTIC KINGDOM. Time of Mithradates VI (120-63 BC). AV stater (20mm, 8.29 gm, 1h). NGC Choice MS 4/5 - 5/5. Types of Lysimachus of Thrace. Callatis or Chalcedon, ca. 88-86 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛYΣΙΜΑΧΟY, Athena enthroned left, holding Nike, HP (ligate) O below arm, KAΛ on throne, trident in exergue. AMNG I 2580. Well struck from dies that are better than to be expected from this series.
From the Kadison Family Collection.
During the ascendency of Mithradates VI, the popular coin types of Lysimachus of Thrace, originally struck nearly two centuries earlier, were restored and cranked out in great numbers by mints along the Black Sea, notably Istrus, Tomis, Callatis and Chalcedon, surely to pay the immense mercenary armies raised by the Pontic dynasts. The dies for these coins are generally hastily engraved in indifferent style and used to the point of exhaustion, with many coins showing heavy die rust and wear.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD
PONTIC KINGDOM. Time of Mithradates VI (120-63 BC). AV stater (20mm, 8.29 gm, 1h). NGC Choice MS 4/5 - 5/5. Types of Lysimachus of Thrace. Callatis or Chalcedon, ca. 88-86 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛYΣΙΜΑΧΟY, Athena enthroned left, holding Nike, HP (ligate) O below arm, KAΛ on throne, trident in exergue. AMNG I 2580. Well struck from dies that are better than to be expected from this series.
From the Kadison Family Collection.
During the ascendency of Mithradates VI, the popular coin types of Lysimachus of Thrace, originally struck nearly two centuries earlier, were restored and cranked out in great numbers by mints along the Black Sea, notably Istrus, Tomis, Callatis and Chalcedon, surely to pay the immense mercenary armies raised by the Pontic dynasts. The dies for these coins are generally hastily engraved in indifferent style and used to the point of exhaustion, with many coins showing heavy die rust and wear.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD