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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 4416776, member: 44357&quot;]Lampsakos produced one of my favorite Zeus portraits. It took me four tries to finally acquire an example of the type: the first one was fake, second was too expensive, third was at an inconvenient time for me financially, and finally all of the stars aligned, happily on an example with a 100+ year pedigree.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was my favorite coin for a long time and still ranks in my top handful:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1108277[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><i>LAMPSAKOS, Stater c. 360–340, Persic standard, AV 8.47 g. Obv. Laureate and bearded head of Zeus left, lotus-tipped sceptre on right shoulder. Rev. Forepart of Pegasus flying right, within a shallow incuse square. Literature Traité II/2, 2537, pl. CLXXI, 3 BMC Mysia 81, 28, pl. XIX, 6 SNG von Aulock 7394 SNG Lockett 2709 A. Baldwin, ”Lampsakos. The Gold Staters, Silver and Bronze Coinages”, AJN 53/3, 1924, 29w, pl. III, 4 (this coin) Pozzi 2228 M.-M. Bendenoun, Coins of the Ancient World, A portrait of the JDL Collection, Tradart, Genève, 2009, 23 (this coin) Rare. A fantastic portrait of wonderful style and a lovely reddish tone, Extremely Fine. Provenance Monnaies et Médailles AG 68, Basel 1986, 271 Brüder Egger, Wien, January 1908, 539. Ex. Prince Chattowskoy collection.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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