Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 3180 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $700
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $840
THRACE, Kingdom of Lysimachus, (323-281 B.C.), silver drachm, (4.314 grams), Colophon mint, struck 299/8-297/6 B.C., obv. head of Herakles to right wearing lion skin, with dotted border, rev. Zeus enthroned to left supporting eagle, lion forepart to left, race torch below, pentagram below, below **BASILEWS*, to right **LUSIMAXOU*, (S.6812, cf.SNG Cop. 1080, Thompson 126, cf.M.18). Light blue and gold toning, large flan, as struck, good extremely fine, rare.
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Estimate $700
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