Auction Catalogue

17 March 2009

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Celtic and Ancient Coins

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 1125 x

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17 March 2009

Hammer Price:
£480

Black Sea Region, Kallatis, time of the First Mithradatic War, 88-86, Stater in the name of Lysimachos, diademed bust of Alexander the Great right, wearing horn of Ammon, rev. Athena enthroned left, holding Nike, shield and spear, trident in exergue, 8.26g/12h (SNG Copenhagen 1089). Good very fine
£400-450

For attribution and dating of the series see François de Callatay, ‘L'Histoire des Guerres Mithridatiques vue par les Monnaies’, Numismatica Lovaniensia 18 (1997)