LOT 3247
Phrygia, Kolossai AE 15mm. Late 2nd-1st century BC.
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). Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently the third known example.(3.06gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
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LOT 3247
Phrygia, Kolossai AE 15mm.
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Thrace, Sestos AE 24mm. Circa 300 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Female head to left, hair bound with sphendone / ΣA, Demeter seated to left, holding grain ear in right hand and resting left on seat; to left, herm. Von Fritze 1; HGC 3.2, 1640. 8.19gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lycian League, Tlos AE 16mm. Late 1st century BC (?).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
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. -
Phoenicia, Sidon AR 1/16 Shekel. Time of Mazday (Mazaios), circa 353-333 BC. Dated RY 17(?) (337/6 BC).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Phoenician galley to left; date above, waves below / Persian king or hero, holding dagger in right hand, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on hind legs, Phoenician letters between; all within incuse square. Cf. Elayi & Elayi Group IV.6.2.k; cf. DCA 859; HGC 10, 265. 0.60gr, 9mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
