LYDIA, Thyessos. 4th century BC. Æ 16mm Head of Zeus-Ammon left / Star

(4.06gr, 16mm, 10h.)

DESCRIPTION:

(same).

Laureate head of Zeus Ammon to left / Eight-rayed star, Θ-Y above. GRPC Lydia 3; BMC 3 (Troas, Thymbra); SNG von Aulock 1584

Very Fine.

PROVENANCE:

Timelines auction

Acquired on the European coin market.

Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

FOOTNOTES:

For the reattribution of this coinage from Thymbra in Troas to Thyessos in Lydia, see D. S. Lenger, "Thyessos in Lydia, not Thymbra in

the Troad" in D. Boteva, ed., Ex nummis lux: Studies in Ancient Numismatics in Honor of Dimitar Draganov (Sofia, 2017).