Exceptional Stater of Mytilene
245. Lesbos, Mytilene AR Stater. Circa 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Kithara with fillet attached, plectron to left, MY-T-I around; all within linear frame. BMC 28-31; SNG Copenhagen 375; SNG von Aulock 7751-52; SNG M端nchen 727. 11.15g, 23mm, 11h. Very Rare. Good Extremely Fine.
5,000
Exceptional condition for the type, which is otherwise quite uniformly found heavily corroded. Ex Peus 343, 26 April 1995, lot 140.
MYSIA
246. Mysia, Lampsakos AR Tetrobol. Circa 500-480 BC. Forepart of Pegasos right / Quadripartite incuse square. A. Baldwin, Lampsakos: The Gold Staters, Silver and Bronze Coinages, AJN 53, 1924, pl. 5, 2; SNG BnF 1116. 2.06g, 10mm. Very Rare. Good Very Fine.
200
247. Mysia, Lampsakos AR Obol. Circa 500-490 BC. Female janiform head / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet, all within incuse square. Baldwin pl. V, 16; SNG von Aulock 7390; SNG France 5, 1126; Rosen Coll. 524. 1.24g, 9mm, 6h. Very Fine.
100
248. Mysia, Pergamon. Eumenes I AR Tetradrachm. Circa 263-250 BC. Laureate head of Philetairos right / FILETAIROU, Athena enthroned left, holding shield; spear behind, ivy leaf to inner left, bow to right, A on throne. Westermark, Philetairos, group III (see pl. 3 V.XXV). 17.10g, 29mm, 1h. Good Extremely Fine. Good style and superb, very high relief.
73
4,500