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LOT 3258
Cilicia, Mallos AR Hemiobol. Circa 440-390 BC.
Bearded head of Bellerophon to left, wearing cap or helmet; all within dotted border / MA, head of boar to left. Unpublished in the standard references; for another example cf. Nomos AG, Auction 33, 1419. Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; apparently the second known example.(0.33gr, 6mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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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. -
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Tetartemorion. Circa 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Head of Apollo(?) to left, wearing taenia / Helmeted head of Athena to left; laurel wreath on bowl. Cf. SNG Arikantürk 613 (no wreath on bowl); cf. Asia Minor Coins #15131 (same). 0.19gr, 7mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Very rare variant.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AE 11mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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.
