Lot 3105
Sale 123 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
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Description
Bithynia, Herakleia Pontica, Timotheos and Dionysios (c.345-337 B.C.), silver didrachm or stater, (9.69 g), obv. head of young Dionysos to left, wreathed with ivy, thyrsos over right shoulder, rev. naked Herakles standing to left, erecting trophy against which rests club, **TIMOQE[OU]*, to left, **[D]IONUSIO[U]* (S.3778, BMC 21-22 [p.142], SNG BMC 1605-8, SNG von Aulock 363). Lightly toned, good fine, rare.
Ex George Mihailuk Collection, acquired from Downie's Sydney, August 1993.
- Estimate
- $150
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $180