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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Artabazos
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Artabazos, 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.
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| File information |
| Filename: | 650225.jpg |
| City/Mint name: | Lampsakos |
| Rating (29 votes): |   |
| Keywords: | gold / classical |
| References: | Baldwin, Lampsakos II, 21; Troxell, "Orontes, Satrap of Mysia," RSN 60 (1981), pp. 35-37 and Pl. 4, B; SNG France 1159; BMC Mysia -; SNG Cop. -; SNG von Aulock 7395=Kraay-Hirmer 735 (this coin); Gulbenkian 689; Boston MFA 1593 |
| Valuation: | CNG Triton VII (1/2004), lot 312 ($17,500 + comm) |
| Photo courtesy of: | Classical Numismatic Group - www.cngcoins.com |
| Filesize: | 170 KiB |
| Date added: | Dec 07, 2004 |
| Dimensions: | 500 x 231 pixels |
| Displayed: | 6011 times |
| URL: | http://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=239 |
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