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LYDIA, Thyessos. 4th century BC. Æ 16mm Head of Zeus-Ammon left / Star
£100.00
(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).