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Auction 17  26 Oct 2018
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Lot 157

Estimate: 30 000 CHF
Price realized: 38 000 CHF
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MYSIA. Lampsakos. Circa 350-340 BC. Stater (Gold, 17 mm, 8.43 g, 2 h). Laureate head of Zeus to left, with scepter over his far shoulder, behind his neck. Rev. Forepart of Pegasos to right. Baldwin, Lampsakos 29s. BMFA 1594. Kraay / Hirmer 729. SNG France 1138 (same dies). SNG von Aulock 7394 (same dies). Rare, and with a noble head of Zeus of splendid late Classical style. Minor die breaks on the obverse, and with some striking flatness on the reverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.

Ex Roma XII, 29 September 2016, 306, from the Prospero Collection, New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012, 471, bought privately from Spink's in London, 7 August 1984, and from the collection of G. Philipsen, Hirsch XXV, 29 November 1909, 1790.
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