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Lampsakos (AD 1-100) AE 20938 viewsImperial Times, 1st century AD. AE20 (5.48g, 1h). Bare head of the Demos of Rome right / Tyche seated left, holding phiale. VF, dark green patina. Extremely rare.
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Lampsakos (AD 14-37) AE 16 - Tiberius445 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE16 (2.81g). CЄBAC, laureate head right / ΛAMΨAKЄ, forepart of Pegasus right. Rare. Glossy enamel-like patina. VF.
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Lampsakos (AD 81-96) AE 15 - Domitian524 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE15 (3.24g, 6h). Laureate head right / Ithyphallic Priapus left. Good VF, dusty green patina. From Group CEM. Ex Sternberg XI (11/1981), lot 263.
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Lampsakos (AD 81-96) AE 16 - Domitian 331 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE16 (3.12g, 12h). Laureate head right / Ithyphallic Priapus standing left on basis. Near VF, thick earthen tan patina. Rare with the long reverse ethnic (only 2 cited in RPC).
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Lampsakos (AD 98-117) AE 21 - Trajan171 viewsTrajan. 98-117 AD, AE21 (5.44g, 12h). Laureate head right / Draped bust of Priapus right. VF, dark green patina with touches of red, roughness. Extremely rare.
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Lampsakos (AD 117-138) AE 16 - Hadrian170 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE16 - 1/3 Assarion (2.19g, 1h). AΔPIANOC KAICAP, laureate and cuirassed bust right / ΛΑΜΨΑΚΗÎωÎ, ithyphallic Priapos standing left. Repatinated, VF.
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Lampsakos (AD 117-138) AE 23 - Hadrian1159 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE23 (5.16g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Diademed bust of Priapos right. VF, green patina.
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Lampsakos (AD 138) AE 17 - Antoninus Pius309 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE17 (4.56g). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΑΔ ΑÎΤΩÎΙÎΟC, head right / ΛΑΜΨΑΚΗÎΩÎ, ithypallic Priapos left. Dark patina, VF.
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Lampsakos (AD 138) AE 20 - Antoninus Pius551 viewsAntoninus Pius, as Caesar, 138 AD. AE20 (5.61g, 7h). Bare head right / Winged hippocamp right. VF, pleasing green patina. Rare.
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Lampsakos (AD 161-180) AE 24 - Marcus Aurelius343 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE24 (7.45g). AVTO K ANTΩ, head of Marcus Aurelius right / ΛAMΨAKHNΩN, head of Priapos right.
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Lampsakos (AD 161-180) AE 25 - Marcus Aurelius451 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE25 (6.17g, 6h). Bare head of Aurelius right / Draped bust of Priapus right, wearing taenia. Good VF, green patina. Rare. From Group CEM.
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Lampsakos (AD 193-211) AE 26 - Septimius Severus918 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE26 (13.00g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Ithyphallic herm of Priapos, holding thyrsus and cantharus, facing left within distyle temple; eagle in pediment, garlanded altar with uncertain figure below, flanked by amphorae. VF, thick green patina. Wagner Coll.
The cult of Priapus, the god of regeneration and fecundity, was centered on Lampsacus, where he supposedly was born of Aphrodite and Dionysus. This apparently unpublished bronze of Septimius Severus presents the most detailed surviving depiction of the temple of Priapus at Lampsakos.
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Lampsakos (AD 198-217) AE 15 - Caracalla838 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.
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Lampsakos (AD 198-217) AE 19 - Caracalla494 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.
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Lampsakos (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla237 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE23 (4.98g). AV K M AVPH ANTWNЄINO, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΛΑMΨΑΚΗÎΩÎ, Homonoia standing facing, head left, holding cornucopia and phiale; at feet to left, lighted altar. Ex Vogl coll. VF.
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Lampsakos (AD 209-212) AE 19 - Geta202 viewsGeta, 209-212 AD. AE19 (4.03g). AV KA ΠO CЄΠTI ΓЄTAC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΛAMΨAKHNΩN, forepart of Pegasus (or winged horse) with tail feathers of bird right. VF.
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Lampsakos (AD 218-222) AE 24 - Elagabalus361 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE24 (7.66g). ΑΥ Κ Îœ ΑÎΤΩÎЄΙÎΟC, cuirassed and laureate bust right / ЄΠΙ CΤΡΑ CЄΒΗΡΟΥ ΛΑΜ[Ψ]/ΑΚΗÎΩ/Î, Poseidon with trident and dolphin standing left, foot on prow of ship. Rare. Green patina, VF.
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Lampsakos (AD 235-238) AE 24 - Maximinus I764 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.
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Lampsakos (AD 235-238) AE 24 - Maximinus I287 viewsMaximinus Thrax, 235-238 AD. AE24 (8.69g). Γ IO BH MAΞIMЄINOC, laureate bust right / ΛAMΨAKHNΩN, Priapus standing left, holding thyrsos and kantharos. VF.
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Lampsakos (AD 249-251) AE 21637 viewsTrajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE21 (4.15g). AVT KOI TPAIAN ΔEK[IOC], draped, laureate bust right / ΛANVAKHN / [Ω]N - EΠI AΠOΛΛ[ΩN?] - ETOV, Priapos standing left, draped from hips, showing Ithyphallos, holding Thyrsos left and Kantharos right. Very rare, F+/-VF. Hoeft coll.
ΛAN erroneous for ΛAM, but there are some open questions too: KOI seems to be erroneous for KAI, magistrate AΠOΛΛΩNITOC couldn't be found until now. Priapos was born by Aphrodite in Lampsakos. Therefore Lampsakos was the centre of warshipping of Priapos. Here his depiction was more like Dionysos who was said to be his father.
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Lampsakos (AD 251-253) AE 23 - Trebonianus Gallus119 viewsTrebonianus Gallus. 251-253 AD. AE23 (5.3g). Sossios, strategos. ΑVΤ Κ ΟVΙΒ ΤΡ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΛΑÎΨΑΚΗΠЄΠΙ ϹΤΡ ϹΟϹϹΙΟV, Priapus standing left on base, holding filleted thyrsus and pouring cantharus over altar. Very rare. aVF.
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Lampsakos (AD 253-260) AE 24 - Valerian I625 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE24 (6.53g, 3h). Daphnos, magistrate. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Ithyphallic Priapus standing left, holding cantharus and filleted thyrsus; lighted altar to left. VF, brown surfaces with green deposits, minor overall roughness.
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Lampsakos (AD 253-268) AE 22 - Gallienus240 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE22 (4.43g). Laureate, draped and curiassed bust right / Athena standing left, holding crowning Nike and resting hand upon shield. VF. Ex Dr. P. Vogl collection; ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser (sold summer 1990). Very rare, with an apparent mixing of Latin and Greek characters within the obverse legend. VF.
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Lampsakos (BC 27- AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus797 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.
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Lampsakos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 15 - Augustus578 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE15 (3.07g, 12h). Laureate head right / Ithyphallic Priapus standing left. VF, green patina. Very rare. Ex. Wagner Coll.
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Lampsakos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus667 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (2.49g, 6h). Laureate head right; lituus to right / Priapus standing left. VF, black-green patina with light green overtones. Extremely rare, only five specimens recorded, four of which are in a public collection.
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Lampsakos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus474 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (2.66 gm, 12h). Laureate head right / Ithyphallic Priapos standing left. VF.
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Lampsakos (BC 45) AE 16947 viewsTime of Julius Caesar, circa 45 BC. AE16 (4.28g). C G I L head of Janus / Q∙ LVCRET L ∙PONT∙ IIVIR [C]OL∙ DED∙ PR∙, prow. Very rare. Good very fine.
Julius Caesar was the probably the founder of a colony at Lampsacus for veterans; maybe a twin foundation with Parium. The colony seems to have disappeared after its occupation by Sextus Pompey. Types made during this short period are traditional Republican. M. Turius was probably a legate of one of the Caesarian proconsuls of Asia.
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Lampsakos (BC 45) AE 17493 viewsTime of Julius Caesar, ca 45 BC. AE17 (4.23g). C G I L head of Janus; countermark: LAE monogram / Q LVCRET L PONT IIVIR COL DED PR, prow. Very rare. Very fine.
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Lampsakos (BC 45) AE 20 - Julius Caesar391 viewsJulius Caesar, ca 45 BC. AE20 (6.49g). Q. Lucretius and L. Pontius, duoviri, and M. Turius, legatus. C G - I L, laureate head right; countermark: cornucopia between C – G / Q LVCRETIO / L PONTIO / IIVIR / M TVRIO LEG, priest plowing right with two oxen. VF.
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Lampsakos (BC 45) AE 23 - Julius Caesar906 viewsJulius Caesar, ca 45 BC. AE23 (9.76g). Laureate head of Caesar right / Priest plowing right with two oxen. Near VF, green patina.
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Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 11209 views2nd-1st century BC. AE11 (1.49g). Wreathed head of Priapos right / ΛΑΜ-ΨΑ within wreath.
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Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 13725 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE13 (2.09g). ΛΑ-Μ, Kerykeion (caduceus) within olive wreath / Ψ-Α, Pegasos right, dolphin? below. Light green patina, EF/gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 15512 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.
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Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 18770 views190-85 BC. AE18 (3.31g). Head of Priapos right / Kantharos.
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Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 20709 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.
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Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 20646 viewsca 190-85 BC. AE20 (4.95g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΛΑΜ, kithara, forepart of Pegasos in field to left. Dark green patina, gVF/VF. Rare. Joy coll.
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Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 21661 viewsca 160-140 BC. AE21 (6.29g). Head of Priapos right within dotted circle / ΛΑΜΨΑ/ΚΗÎΩÎ, Forepart of winged horse right. Black patina, gVF/VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 21463 views2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (9.10g). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / ΛΑΜ-ΨΑ, thyrsos, within wreath.
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Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 21582 viewsca 190-85 BC. AE21 (5.99g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right; c/m: grape bunch / Lyre; to left, forepart of Pegasos left. Countermark gVF, host coin F, dark brown patina.
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Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 21350 viewsca 190-85 BC. AE21 (4.7g). Bearded head of Priapus right, wreathed with ivy / ΛΑΜΨΑ - ΚΗÎΩÎ, forepart of Pegasos right. EF.
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Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 23594 viewsca 190-85 BC. AE23 (7.46g). Head of Priapos right / Forepart of winged horse right, ΛΑΜΨΑ − ΚΗÎΩÎ, palm branch to R. VF.
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Lampsakos (BC 200-150) AR Tetradrachm1307 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.
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Lampsakos (BC 200-150) Hemidrachm?705 viewsca 2nd century BC. AR Hemidrachm? (1.95g, 14mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΛAM; Pegasos right; below, monogram. Minor edge damage, very fine.
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Lampsakos (BC 300-200) AE 11232 viewsca 400-200 BC. AE11 (1.63g). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΛΑ, forepart of Pegasos right, trident below. VF.
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Lampsakos (BC 300-200) AE 16627 views3rd cent BC. AE16 (2.70g). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΛΑ-Μ-ΨΑ, forepart of Pegasos right, dolphin below. Dark brown patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.
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Lampsakos (BC 350-250) AE 19724 views4th-3rd cent BC. AE19 (7.24g). ΛΑΜ, laureate female head right, wearing earring, within dotted circle / ΨΑ, forepart of Pegasos right, ear below. Olive-green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Lampsakos (BC 350-250) AE 20939 views4th-3rd cent BC. AE20 (7.72g). ΛΑΜ, laureate female head right, wearing earring / ΨΑ, forepart of Pegasos right, uncertain symbol below. Dark green glossy patina, aEF. Rare. Good style. Gutknecht coll.; ex Freedman coll. and CNG Triton V (New York, 2002), lot 437.
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Lampsakos (BC 350-250) AE 21439 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AE21 (6.04g, 18-21mm). ΛΑΜ, laureate female head right, wearing earring, within dotted circle / ΨΑ, forepart of Pegasos right, dolphin below. gVF.
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Lampsakos (BC 350-250) Hemidrachm925 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.71g, 7h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Helmeted head of Athena right. VF, light porosity. Very rare, unpublished in the standard references.
The reverse type is commonly found on Lampsakos hemidrachms of the 4th century BC, with a janiform head on the obverse (cf. SNG France 1175-81). The obverse type typically occurs on Lampsakos bronzes dated to the 4th-3rd centuries BC (cf. SNG France 1200-1).
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Lampsakos (BC 350-250) Trihemiobol970 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Obol (12mm, 1.24g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of Pegasus right; mouse below. Near VF, toned. Scarce. The mouse is probably a symbol of Apollo Sminthos.
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Lampsakos (BC 350-250) Trihemiobol883 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Diobol (1.23g, 10mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΛΑΜ, Forepart of Pegasus right; bunch of grapes below. aEF.
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Lampsakos (BC 350-250) Trihemiobol458 viewsca 330 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.25g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΛΑΜ, forepart of Pegasus right; helmet below. Toned, VF.
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Lampsakos (BC 361-330) AE 19473 viewsca 361-330 BC. AE19 (3.97g, 3h). Janiform female head / Forepart of Pegasos right, Φ below. Scarce variety.
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Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Hemidrachm1698 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Tetrobol (14mm, 2.61g, 6h). Janiform female head / Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Good VF, choice flan.
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Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Hemidrachm701 views4th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 2.4g). Janiform female head with earring / Head of Athena right, wearing crested Korinthian helmet. VF.
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Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Hemiobol?432 viewsca 390-330 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.40g, 8.6mm, 3h). Janiform female head, wearing earring / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet. Rare.
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Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Obol636 viewsca 400-300 BC. AR Obol (0.60g, 10mm). Janiform female head within dotted circle / Helmeted head of Athena right within incuse circle. VF.
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Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Trihemiobol1492 viewsca 390-330 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.16g). Female double-head, wearing earring / Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet, ΛΑΜΨΑ. VF.
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Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Trihemiobol1263 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.
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Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Trihemiobol732 viewsca 390-330 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.23g, 7h). Female double-head, wearing earring / ΛΑΜ, head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet; fly to right. gVF.
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Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Trihemiobol1001 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Diobol (11mm, 1.28g, 6h). Janiform female head / ΛΑΜΨΑ, head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; Λ on helmet. Good VF, toned.
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Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Trihemiobol1083 viewsca 390-330 BC. AR Diobol (1.10g). Janiform female head with circular earring / ΛΑΜ, helmeted head of Athena right. Nice VF.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Aktaion2618 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.45g). Head of Aktaion left, with stag's horn / Forepart of Pegasos right. Mint state.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Artabazos5930 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.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Artabazos3221 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.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Athena1614 viewsca 400-370 BC. AV Stater (8.40g). Three-quarter facing head of Athena, wearing crested Attic helmet with cheek pieces turned up and necklace / Forepart of Pegasos to right. About EF.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Athena1788 viewsCa. 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.44g). Head of Athena three-quarters right in triple-crested helmet with raised ear flaps, wearing pendant earring and pearl necklace / Forepart of winged horse monster right. Very rare. EF. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 23 (3/2002), lot 1243.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Athena1447 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (16mm, 8.42g). Helmeted head of Athena left / Forepart of Pegasus right, Λ below. Extremely rare. Two very minor nicks (one on obverse and one on reverse) and some abrasion on edge, otherwise aEF.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Demeter2800 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.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - female1256 viewsca 330 BC. AV Stater (8.40g). Female head (Aphrodite?) left, wearing laurel of lotus flowers, hair caught up in saccos behind / Forepart of Pegasos right within very shallow incuse square.
Very rare. gVF. Ex Leu 42 (1987), 286 and NAC 27 (2004), 178. From the Waddington and Gillet collections and the duplicates of the Bibiothèque Nationale de France.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - female1137 viewsca 400-370 BC. AV Stater (8.41g). Female head left, wearing sphendone in hair, wreath of lotus blossoms and ear pendant / Forepart of Pegasos right. EF.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - female1140 viewsCirca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.39g, 11h). Head of female left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace / Forepart of Pegasos flying right within shallow incuse square. Good VF, underlying luster. Struck from artistic dies. Extremely rare, one of only three known, the other two in museum collections (the BN and BM). Both the BN and BM specimens are struck from the same die pair. The present coin adds a new reverse die to the corpus.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Hekate1512 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.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Hera1516 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.36g, 12h). Head of Hera right, wearing stephane; bow and quiver to left / Forepart of Pegasos right in incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, a few tick marks on obverse. Extremely rare, the finest of two known (see Numismatica Ars Classica 18, lot 200, for the other). Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 23 (3/2002), lot 1244.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Hermes1922 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.39g). Head of Hermes left, wearing large brimmed causia / Forepart of Pegasus right within incuse square. Extremely rare. EF.
For the better part of 4th century BC, Lampsakos issued gold staters with forepart of Pegasus with a variety of obverse types. Few Greek cities were issuing gold at this time, and that Lampsakos was able to start such a project and maintain it for five or six decades, speaks volumes of its wealth and importance. Lampsakos had issued an important group of electrum staters in earlier times. Its gold staters apparently enjoyed wide distribution. Baldwin documented 41 issues of Lampsakene staters in her 1924 study, which is still the standard work. Of these, 8 bore figural types and 32 bore portraits, revealing a preference for the latter category. The chief difficulty Baldwin encountered in ordering the series was the surprising lack of die links between issues; in fact only once was a reverse die carried over from one issue to another, making a global die study impossible. For die studies within each issue, she located 5 examples of Hermes staters that were struck with 5 obverse and 4 reverse dies.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Hermes1773 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.41g). Head of Hermes left, wearing petasos / Forepart of Pegasus right within incuse square. EF.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Kabeiros1465 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.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Kabeiros1420 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.38g). Head of bearded Kabeiros left, wearing laureate pilos / Forepart of Pegasos right. VF.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - maenad1332 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.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - maenad1108 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.36g, 17mm, 12h). Head of female left, wearing ivy wreath, single-pendant earring and necklace / Forepart of Pegasos flying right within shallow incuse square. Near EF, test cut on edge. Good style and sharp details. Ex Gorny & Mosch 151 (10/2006), lot 174.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - maenad837 viewsca 350-330 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.43g). Ivy-wreathed head of Maenad left, wearing ivy wreath, single-pendant earring and necklace / Forepart of Pegasos right within shallow incuse square. Very rare. aEF.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Nike833 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.43g). Laureate head of Nike left, wing attached to neck / Forepart of winged horse monster right. Somewhat softly struck on obverse. Extremely fine.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - satyr903 viewsafter 380 BC. AV Stater (8.34g, 16mm, 9h). Head of a young satyr with ivy wreath right / front part of Pegasos right within incuse square. VF. Very rare.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - satyr1090 viewsca 360-340 BC. AV Stater (8.42g). Head of female (!) satyr with pointed ear and flowing hair facing left, wearing ivy wreath, ear pendant and necklace / Forepart of Pegasos right. Highly unusual and extremely beautiful. Less than five recorded specimens. Good EF.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Zeus1531 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.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Zeus1650 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.51g). Laureate head of Zeus right, lotus flower behind at base of neck / Forepart right of curl-winged Pegasos in shallow incuse. Rare and of the best style! About Extremely Fine/ Choice Very Fine.
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Lampsakos (BC 440-390) Trihemiobol794 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 1.30g, 3h). Janiform female head, dolphin below / ΛΑΜ, helmeted head of Athena right within incuse square. Good VF
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Lampsakos (BC 440-390) Trihemiobol882 views4th century BC. AR Diobol (1.32g). Janiform female head, dolphin below / ΛΑΜΨ, helmeted head of Athena right within incuse square. VF.
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Lampsakos (BC 440-390) Trihemiobol757 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AR Diobol (11mm, 1.43g, 3h). Janiform female head / Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Good VF, darkly toned, light porosity.
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Lampsakos (BC 440-390) Trihemiobol444 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.2g). Janiform female head, wearing earring, dolphin below / ΛΑΜΨΑ, head of Athena right, wearing Korinthian helmet. VF.
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Lampsakos (BC 450) Drachm1671 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.
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Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Drachm1709 viewsca 470-450 BC. AR Drachm (4.65g, 3h). Janiform female head wearing diadem and earring, within dotted circle / Helmeted head of Athena left, kerykeion (caduceus) to right, within incuse square. Rare. Good very fine. Ex Muenzen und Medaillen 79 (2/1994), lot 314.
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Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Drachm719 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 5.15g, 12h). Janiform female head / Helmeted of Athena left, monogram on helmet. Very rare. Porosity and area of encrustation on obverse, otherwise VF.
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Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Drachm761 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 5.01g, 3h). Diademed Janiform female head / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet with HΓ monogram on bowl; all within incuse square. VF, lightly toned, some roughness, light cleaning scratches.
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Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Drachm457 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 5.37g, 2h). Janiform female heads / Helmeted head of Athena left within incuse square. VF, toned, double struck on obverse, die break on reverse. Rare. Ex Cahn Coll.
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Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Drachm558 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.69g). Janiform female head / Helmeted head of Athena left within incuse square. gVF, light graffito in the reverse field.
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Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Hemiobol 528 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.44g, 9mm). Janiform female head / Helmeted head of Athena left within incuse square. VF.
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Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Hemiobol333 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.49g, 9mm). Janiform head / Helmeted head of Athena left within incuse square. aEF. Rare.
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Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Obol494 viewsca 470-450 BC. AR Obol (0.85g, 10mm, 9h). Head right / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet, wheel with four spokes on helmet, within incuse square.
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