LOT 3198
Troas, Larissa (as Ptolemais) AE 16mm. 3rd century BC.
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΠTOΛEMAIEΩN, amphora on base, double cornucopiae to left. Near Very Fine.(1.70gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Caria, Amyzon AE 18mm. 2nd-3rd centuries AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
AMYZO-NЄധN, female African head to right wearing braids / Laureate male head to right; c/m: large B (denominational mark). RPC IV.2 Online 11847; Robert, Amyzon 20. 2.85gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare type; only five specimens cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Phrygia, Kolossai AE 15mm. Late 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter AE Obol. Circa 294-282 BC. Palaipaphos mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Head of Aphrodite to right, wearing polos ornamented with palmettes / [ΠTO]ΛEMAI[OY], eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt. CPE B118; Svoronos 74; Cox, Curium 31. 9.52gr, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Tooled. Very rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 98, 16 June 2022, lot 492. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
