LOT 3249
Phrygia, Sanaos AE 18mm. 2nd century BC.
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. Very Fine. Edge chipped. Extremely rare mint.(3.76gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
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Cilicia, Mallos AR Hemiobol. Circa 440-390 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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 Unpublished in the standard references; for another example cf.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. 0.33gr, 6mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; apparently the second known example.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia. Astyra, Tissaphernes AE 11mm. Circa 400-395 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[TIΣΣA], bare, bearded head of Tissaphernes to right / ΑΣΤΥΡΗ, facing cult statue of Artemis Astyrene, wearing polos and with fillets hanging from wrists; to upper right, vertical club. Klein 253; SNG Arikantürk 331-61; SNG BnF 124A. 1.52gr, 11mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Astyra was a small town of Mysia, in the plain of Thebes, between Antandros and Adramyteion. It had a temple of Artemis, of which the Antandrii had the superintendence, and Artemis had hence the name of ΑΡΤΕΜΙΣ ΑΣΤΥΡΗΝΗ (Artemis Astyrene), as it appears on our coin. -
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Aeolis, Larissa Phrikonis AE 11mm. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Female head to left, with hair in sakkos / Λ-A P-I, amphora; kerykeion to left. SNG von Aulock 1658; Klein 338. 1.26gr, 11mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
