Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History, Stamps & Coins

Head of Nymphe to right / Rose. HGC 6, 1479. 1.22gr, 11mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.

Bare head of bearded male to right / Forepart of bull to left, [Ǝ (= Carian "Y") on shoulder]. Konuk, Coin M48; HN Online 1707.1. 1.23gr, 10mm, 9h.

Good Very Fine. Extremely rare.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 522, 24 August 2022, lot 140. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Confronted foreparts of lion to right, with extended right foreleg, and bull to left / Bipartite incuse squares of unequal size. GRPC Lydia S1; Berk 20; Traité I 407; SNG Kayhan 1018; SNG von Aulock 2874; SNG Copenhagen 455; SNG Ashmolean 760. 10.44gr, 19mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Toned.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Head of Apollo to right / Bow and quiver between AP monogram and IEΡ monogram; all within wreath. GRPC Lydia, 1; Imhoof-Blumer, Lyd. Stadtmünzen 3. 4.09gr, 16mm, 5h.

Very Fine.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Laureate head of Zeus to right / KΛANNOYΔEΩN, eagle standing to right on thunderbolt, all within wreath. Prowe III, 1452; GRPC Lydia 5. 6.82gr, 22mm, 11h.

Near Very Fine. Rare city.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Laureate head of Apollo to right / Club within oak wreath, ΣAPΔI-ANΩN to either side. Cf. GRPC Lydia 80; cf. SNG Münich 486. 3.76gr, 15mm, 6mm.

Near Very Fine.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Laureate head of Zeus Ammon to left / Eight-rayed star, Θ-Y above. GRPC Lydia 3; BMC 3 (Troas, Thymbra); SNG von Aulock 1584 (same). 5.24gr, 18mm, 3h.

Very Fine. Very rare city.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

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).

Helmeted bust of Athena to right / ΑΛΙΗΝΩΝ, zebu standing to right. Von Aulock, Phrygien I, 36-38; Paris 255. 3.26gr, 13mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Extremely rare city; no other examples of this type on CoinArchives.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

ΔHMOC, draped bust of Demos to right / ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ, Marsyas advancing to right, playing double flute. SNG Copenhagen 200. 3.35gr, 18mm, 7h.

Near Extremely Fine. Rare.

Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Draped male bust (Ares?) to right, wearing crested helmet / EΠIKTHTE, horse prancing to right, carrying pileus surmounted by star, ΑΣ to left, BA before, E beneath horse's belly. BMC 2, pl. XXVI 1 (BA not mentioned); HGC 7, 679. 9.69gr, 19mm, 1h.

Very Fine, Very rare.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Laureate head of Zeus to right / EPIZH/NΩN, eagle standing to right on thunderbolt with wings spread. SNG Copenhagen 364; SNG von Aulock 8361; Von Aulock, Phrygien I, 259-271. 4.88gr, 17mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Very rare city.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Radiate head of Helios to right / ΚΟΛΟΣ-ΣΗΝΩΝ, lyre. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München -; SNG Tübingen -; SNG von Aulock -; Leu Numismatic AG, Web Auction 20, 1309 (hammer: 379 GBP). 3.06gr, 15mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently the third known example.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Kolossai was one of the early Christian churches of Asia, and the apostle Paul addressed one of his epistles to the people of this place.