Last additions - Lampsakos
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Hekate1489 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.38g, 17mm). Laureate head of Hekate left, wearing earring, korumbos in hair / Forepart of Pegasos flying right. Rare. Double strike on obv., aEF.Feb 16, 2005
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Lampsakos (BC 500-450) EL Stater1623 viewsca 450 BC. EL Stater (15.35g). Forepart of winged horse left, surrounded by a grapevine / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, a few edge splits. Rare. Feb 16, 2005
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Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Trihemiobol1232 viewsca 390-330 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.12g). Female double-head, wearing earring / ΛΑΜ-ΨΑ, head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet, moon to right. Very rare. VF. Ex. Auc. Aufhauser 5 (1988), lot 82.Feb 16, 2005
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Lampsakos (AD 117-138) AE 23 - Hadrian1142 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE23 (5.16g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Diademed bust of Priapos right. VF, green patina.Feb 16, 2005
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Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Trihemiobol1461 viewsca 390-330 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.16g). Female double-head, wearing earring / Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet, ΛΑΜΨΑ. VF.Feb 16, 2005
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Lampsakos (AD 235-238) AE 24 - Maximinus I749 viewsMaximinus I Thrax, 235-238 AD. AE24 (9.94g). Laureate, draped bust right / LAMY - AKHNWN, bearded ithypallic Priapos left, standing on base, holding thyrsos in left hand and cup in right. Rare. Thick, olive-green patina, VF.Feb 16, 2005
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Lampsakos (AD 198-217) AE 15 - Caracalla822 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE15 (2.18g). Draped, laureate bust right / Λ-ΑΜΨΑ-ΚΗÎΩÎ, naked Eros riding dolphin right, holding wreath in right hand. Thick, dark green patina. Good VF.Feb 16, 2005
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Lampsakos (AD 198-217) AE 19 - Caracalla487 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE19 (4.74g). Draped, laureate bust right / ΛΑΜΨΑ - ΚΗÎΩÎ, Homonoia standing, head with kalathos to left, cornucopiae in left hand, patera in right, over a burning round altar. VF.Feb 16, 2005
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Lampsakos (BC 27- AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus784 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (3.43g). CΕΒΑCΤΟΥ − ΛΑΜΨΑΚΗ, laureate head right / ΙΕΡΑ − CÎ¥ÎΚΛITΤΟC, daped young bust of Senate right. Rare. Brown-green patina, EF.Feb 16, 2005
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Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 15499 viewsca 190-85 BC. AE15 (2.75g). Head of Demeter right, wearing corn wreath / Thunderbolt, ΛΑΜ above, forepart of Pegasos right below. Dark green patina, VF.Feb 16, 2005
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Demeter2754 viewsca 370 BC. AV Stater (8.35g), Persic standard. Half length figure of Demeter, wearing girdled chiton and himation, rising left from earth, holding three ears of grain; behind left shoulder, two ears of grain and vine bearing two bunches of grapes / Forepart of winged horse right with curved wing. Good VF. Extremely rare, only two known specimens, this being the only one in private hands. Ex Gillet Coll.; Weber Coll., 5096.
Following the example and standard of the Persic daric, Lampsakos was the first Greek city to make regular issues of gold coinage which enjoyed an international circulation from Sicily to the Black Sea. As at Kyzikos, the quality of engraving was very high, and types changed frequently: about forty types were produced in a period of about sixty years, one of the most interesting of which is the highly original rendering of Demeter Chthonia rising from the ground. Chthonic deities were those whose powers came from the earth. An important aspect of Demeter celebrated in the Eleusinian Mysteries was that she was venerated as an earth-goddess who symbolised the annual cycle of death and rebirth in nature, especially the grain harvest.Feb 16, 2005
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Artabazos3174 viewsArtabazos, Satrap of Daskylion, ca 356 BC. AV Stater (8.46g, 3h). Head of Artabazos left, wearing a Persian tiara tied with a diadem / Forepart of Pegasos right in shallow incuse. Good VF, a few light scratches. Extremely rare, only six examples recorded, four of which are in museum collections.
Traditionally, this stater has been assigned to the satrap Orontes, based on the similarity of its reverse to silver and bronze coins believed to have been struck by him at Lampsakos. Although Orontes did control portions of Mysia, he was in fact subordinate to his kinsman Artabazos who was the true satrap of the entire region of Daskylion, which encompassed Lampsakos at the time this coin was struck. When both Orontes and Artabazos rebelled against the Persian king Artaxerxes III in 357 BC, Artabazos secured Lampsakos through the agency of the hired Athenian mercenary, Chares. When Chares accomplished his mission, Artabazos richly rewarded him in coin, the likely occasion for striking this issue.Feb 16, 2005
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Lampsakos (BC 200-150) AR Tetradrachm1279 viewsca 200-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.63g, 12h). Promethion, magistrate. Wreathed head of Priapos right / ΛΑΜΨΑ−[Κ]ΗÎΩÎ, Apollo Citharoedus standing right, holding plectrum in right hand, lyre in left arm; monogram to inner left, cult statue of Demeter holding two torches to inner right, ΠΡΟΜΗΘΙΩÎΟΣ [Τ]ΟΥ ΛΑΜΠΩÎΟΣ below. Good VF, toned, a few obverse die breaks, overstruck but undertype not readily identifiable. Rare.Feb 06, 2005
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Zeus1501 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.56g, 4h). Laureate head of Zeus left; lotus flower behind / Forepart of Pegasos right in shallow incuse. Good VF. Rare. Feb 06, 2005
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - maenad1312 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.38g, 3h). Head of a Maenad left, hair flying, wearing ivy wreath, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / Forepart of Pegasos right in shallow incuse. Good VF, a few minor marks.Feb 06, 2005
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Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 23584 viewsca 190-85 BC. AE23 (7.46g). Head of Priapos right / Forepart of winged horse right, ΛΑΜΨΑ − ΚΗÎΩÎ, palm branch to R. VF.Dec 24, 2004
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Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 20691 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE20 (6.24g). Head of Priapos right / Forepart of winged horse right, ΛΑΜΨΑ − ΚΗÎΩÎ, star to right. VF, high relief obverse, a little rough, especially the reverse, green patina.Dec 20, 2004
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Lampsakos (BC 500-450) EL Stater1602 viewsca 450 BC. EL Stater (15.22g). Forepart of winged horse left, surrounded by a grapevine / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, a few edge splits. Rare. Dec 08, 2004
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Kabeiros1438 viewsca 340 BC. AV Stater (8.47g, 7h). Head of bearded Kabeiros left, wearing laureate pilos / Forepart of Pegasos right. Extremely rare, one of only five known specimens, of which three are in museums. With an obverse of beautiful late classical style, struck in high relief and attractively toned. Reverse struck from the usual worn die, otherwise, extremely fine.
From the collections of C. Gillet, Bank Leu & Muenzen und Medaillen (Kunstfreund), 28 May 1974, 218, R. Jameson and Sir H. Weber, who purchased it from Alischan in Constantinople in 1889.Dec 08, 2004
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Artabazos5806 viewsArtabazos, Satrap of Daskylion. ca 356 BC. AV Stater (8.45g). Head of Artabazos left, wearing a Persian tiara tied with a diadem / Forepart of Pegasos right. Good VF, light roughness on the obverse. Very rare, only six recorded examples, four of which are in museum collections. Ex Leu 30 (4/1982), lot 167; Von Aulock Collection, 7395; Monnaies et Medailles XIX (6/1959), lot 475; Muenzen und Medaillen XIII (6/1954), lot 1159.Dec 07, 2004
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Lampsakos (BC 450) Drachm1638 viewsca 470-450 BC. AR Drachm (5.64g). Janiform female head, wearing necklace and circular earring / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with wreath, within incuse square. Good VF, toned, granular surfaces, reverse die break. Rare early janiform head type from Lampsakos.Dec 05, 2004
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