LOT 3226
Caria, Alabanda(?) AE 18mm. Circa 2nd century BC.
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Lyre. Cf. SNG von Aulock 2388. Very Fine.(3.24gr, 18mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
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LOT 3226
Caria, Alabanda(?) AE 18mm.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera with Ptolemy XV Caesarion AE 27mm. Circa 37-30 BC. Uncertain mint on Cyprus(?).
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜ[ΑΙΟ]Υ ΒΑΣ[ΙΛΕΩΣ], eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt, palm frond behind shoulder; monogram to right. RPC I 3903; Tziambazis 69; Svoronos 1875 (Cyprus); BMC 52-3. 8.80gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Double struck. Very Rare; RPC lists only 9 examples.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 559. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 115, 21 December 2023, lot 439. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Lucania, Metapontion AE 14mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Athena Alkidemos standing to left, holding shield and brandishing spear / META, owl standing to left on stalk of barley ear. Johnston, Bronze coinage 68c; Historia Numorum Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 3.17gr, 14mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Phrygia, Kolossai AE 15mm. Late 2nd-1st century BC.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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.
