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Karia, uncertain 'Mint E' AR Diobol. Circa 380-340 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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. -
Lydia, Hierocaesarea AE 16mm. Circa 100-54 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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. -
Lydia, Klannudda AE 22mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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. -
Lydia, Sardes AE 15mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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. -
Lydia, Thyessos AE 18mm. Circa 400-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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). -
Phrygia, Alia AE 13mm. Circa AD 30-276.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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. -
Phrygia, Apameia AE 18mm. Circa AD 180-250. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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. -
Phrygia, Epikteteis AE 19mm. Struck circa 89-86 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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. -
Phrygia, Eriza AE 17mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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. -
Phrygia, Kolossai AE 15mm. Late 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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. -
Phrygia, Peltae AE 10mm. Before 133 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Laureate head of Zeus (or Herakles) to right / ΠΕΛΤΗ-ΝΩΝ, club with lion's skin hanging over handle, monogram(?) to right. Cf. Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p.283, 6. 1.04gr, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Phrygia, Sanaos AE 18mm. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
ΑΠΟΛ- (Apol-), magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΣΑΝΑΗΝΩΝ ΑΠΟΛ, tripod flanked by two laurel branches. Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p. 286, 1; Von Aulock, Phrygien I, 856-8. 3.76gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped. Extremely rare mint.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Sanaos was probably located on the northern coast of the salt Lake Anava, on the eastern road between Apamea and Laodicea.