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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Bithynia, Herakleia Pontica AE 11mm. 3rd-1st century BC.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Wreathed head of Dionysos(?) to right / H-P-A between three clubs. Cf. RG 63-64. 0.96gr, 11mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; no other on the market since the last twenty years.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Sicily, Akragas AR Hemidrachm. Circa 420-410 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Eagle to left, clutching dead hare in its talons / Crab; fish to right below. SNG ANS 1003. 1.93gr, 15mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Mysia, Priapos AE 11mm. Circa 3rd century BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly to right / Crayfish; ΠPI above, A below. SNG von Aulock 7527 var. (rev. legend); Asia Minor Coins Online 14626 var. (same). 1.20gr, 11mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Very rare variety.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
