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Ancient Greece, Mysia Lampsakos, ca. 4th century BCE; Kingdom of Macedon, Magnesia ad Maeandrum, Alexander III, ca. 319 to 305 BCE. An impressive pair of silver coins from Ancient Greece. The first is a Greek Silver AR Diobil Mysia Lampsakos from the 4th century BCE with a Janus-shaped female head inscribed theta, epsilon, omicron on one side and the head of Athena wearing a Corinthian helmet on the other (R.H. Gaebler, Nomisma XII, 1923, p. 15, no. 39, plate II 11, RR). Alternatively, the second coin is a Greek Silver AR Drachm Antigonos I Monophthalmos from Magnesia ad Maendrum in the Kingdom of Macedon and in the name and types of Alexander III. It features the Head of Herakles facing right wearing a lionskin headdress on one side and the other side with Zeus Aetophoros seated left holding a scepter with Alexandrou written in Greek letters to the right and monogram in the left field and below throne (Price 1973). Size of diobil: 0.4" W (1 cm); of drachm: 0.7" W (1.8 cm); weight of diobil: 1.19 grams; weight of drachm: 4.21 grams

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; (Diobil): ex-Gorny & Mosch coin auction (sale 255, October 3, 2018, lot 3169); (Drachm): ex-Roma Numismatics (E-sale 58, June 2019, lot 183); ex-private Swiss collection

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  • Condition: Both are extremely fine. Drachm is toned and highly lustrous.

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