Lot 2598

Description

Mysia, Atarneus, (c.350 B.C.), AE 17, (3.90 g), obv. laureate head of Apollo right, rev. forepart of horse right, bunch of grapes before, snake above, ATAP below (S. 3812, SNG Cop 21, Lindgren-Kovacs 211 var); Astyra, under Persian Satrap, Tissaphernes, (c.400-395 B.C.), AE 12, (1.47 g), obv. portrait of Tissaphernes bare-headed to right, **[TI]SS[A]* below, rev. cult image of Artemis, club to right, to left **ASTUR[H]*, (S.-, Cahn, Numismatics - Witness to History pp.11-14 and pl.3, Spink Num. Circ. April 1994); Phrygia, Apameia, (after 133 B.C.), AE 15, (3.62 g), obv. turreted head of Artemis to right, rev. Marsyas advancing right playing flute, Maeander pattern below, ATTA **HRAK* around, (cf.S.5122, BMC 63, SNG Cop.-). Deeply toned, fine - good very fine, second coin rare. (3)