Mysia. Lampsakos. Stater. Circa 350-340 BC (Gold, 17.59 mm, 8.44 g). Laureate head of Zeus left, with scepter over shoulder. Rev. Forepart of Pegasos right. Baldwin, Lampsakos 29s. Boston, MFA 1594. Kraay-Hirmer 729. SNG France 1138 (same dies). SNG von Aulock 7394 (same dies). With a noble head of Zeus of splendid late Classical style. Minor die breaks on the obverse, and with some striking flatness on the reverse. About Extremely Fine. Rare. From the G. Philipsen Collection; ex Hirsch XXV, 29 November 1909, lot 1790. Subsequently privately purchased in London from Spink’s on 7 August 1984, and later part of the Prospero Collection; ex The New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012, lot 471. Renowned in antiquity for its fine wine and as the principal cult center of the fertility god Priapus, Lampsakos stood out for its remarkable economic vitality in the Classical period. In her masterful 1924 study, Agnes Baldwin Brett identified 41 distinct stater issues struck over just five or six decades in the 4th century BC—testimony to the city’s intense monetary activity. The steady output of these gold coins, likely supported by local mining, reveals a city thriving under both Spartan and later Persian control. Their obverses are consistently marked by a wide typological variety, yet the winged horse—Pegasus—remains a constant on the reverse, serving as a timeless civic emblem. Its powerful design ensured instant recognition in antiquity and continues to define the series’ desirability today. Few coinages better reflect the blend of prosperity, myth, and iconographic brilliance than that of Lampsakos.