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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.

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.

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.

ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ (Demetrios), magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus to right / TOPIAIT, eagle standing to right on thunderbolt, with kerykeion over his left shoulder, ΔΗΜΗΤ[Ρ] below. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques, Fonds Général 284 corr. (misdescribed as Amorion, Phrygia). 7.76gr, 20mm, 1h.

Very Fine. The second known example of an exceedingly rare mint.

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

Laureate head of Apollo to right / Λ-Ι, winged thunderbolt. BMC 1-2, pl. XIII, 3. 1.82gr, 13mm, 6h.

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

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

Laureate head of Apollo to right; Λ-[Y] across fields / Kithara; M-A across fields, tripod in lower right field; all within shallow incuse square. RPC I 3310; Troxell, Lycian League, Period IV, Series 6, 110; Müseler XI, 39-40. 1.71gr, 17mm, 11h.

Good Very Fine.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 100, 28 July 2022, lot 456. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Λ-Υ, laureate and draped bust of Apollo to right, with bow and quiver over left shoulder / Τ-Λ, diademed head of Artemis to right. RPC I 3330; Troxell 220β; BMC 7. 3.31gr, 16mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Rare mint.

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

In mythology, Tlos inhabited by hero Bellerophon and his winged horse Pegasus. Its name appears in the Lycian language as Tlawa or Tlawe, and it was one of the six cities possessing three votes in the Lycian League.