Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings, frontal crescent and star-in-crescent; stars and legends flanking, ribbons on shoulders; all within double border with star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within triple border with star-in-crescents in margin. Göbl type II/3. 4.04gr, 32mm, 3h.

Good Very Fine. Attractively toned.

Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman.

LAM (Rām-Ohrmazd) mint. Dated RY 33(?) (AD 624). Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings and star set on crescent; star-in-crescent before; all within double border with star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames, date to left, mint to right; all within triple border with star-in-crescents in margin. Cf. SC Tehran 2741-2. 4.05gr, 31mm, 3h.

Very Fine.

Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman.

PR (Furat-i-Meshan) mint. Dated RY 31 (AD 621/2). Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings and star set on crescent; star-in-crescent before; all within double border with star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames, date to left, mint to right; all within triple border with star-in-crescents in margin. Göbl II/3; cf. SNS 644-645. 3.96gr, 33mm, 9h.

Good Very Fine. Exceptionally rare mint of Furat-i-Meshan in Iraq.

Ex property of a UK gallery, early 2000s.

BACI-ΛEYC ("King"), draped bust to right, wearing headcloth; all within circle border / Uncertain legend in blundered Greek, cross within circle. Cf. Hahn & Keck 36; cf. SACAM 151-89; cf. H 33; cf. AC 52. 1.23gr, 14mm.

Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

[...]CI-ΛC∀C ("King"), draped bust to right, wearing headcloth; within double circle border / TOYTOΛCCΕΙΙTHΧ[...] ("may this please the country"), small cross within circle. Cf. SACAM 151-89; AC 51. 0.97gr, 14mm, 4h.

Near Very Fine

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Stylised lion's head facing, wearing a five-spiked radiate crown / Rough incuse square. Rosen 395; E.S.G. Robinson, Coins from Al-Mina, NC 1937, p. 186; SNG Copenhagen (Cyprus) 385; Weber 4591; Klein 232. 1.38gr, 9mm.

Very Fine. A mysterious coin with an enigmatic design.

Acquired in London in 2011. Private collection, Switzerland.

Head of bull or cow to left / Rough incuse square. Apparently unpublished: cf. Roma E-95, 253; cf. CNG E-170, 990 (Karia, Obol). 0.28gr, 6mm.

Very Fine.

Swiss private collection, acquired in 1992.

Struck AD 10-14. Head of Agrippa to left, wearing rostral crown combined with laureate crown, back to back with laureate head of Augustus to right; IMP above, DIVI • F below, P P across fields / Chained crocodile to right, palm frond upwards in centre, wreath to left of palm tip with long ties trailing to right; COL NEM across fields; two palm fronds below. RIC I 160; RPC I 525. 13.28gr, 26mm, 11h.

Near Extremely Fine. Dark green patina with earthen highlights.

Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

This artistically fascinating and typologically unique coin refers directly to the victory of Octavian (as was) and Agrippa at Actium over the forces of Cleopatra VII and Marc Antony, and to the settlement of veterans in Nemausus. The crocodile, collared around the neck and chained to a palm on the reverse of this coin is a clear reference to the subjugation of Egypt, thus obliquely referring also to Antony and Cleopatra; the wreath above with ties fluttering in the breeze is a reminder that the war was both just and necessary, with the victory having brought about the deliverance and salvation of the Roman people and the state. It is noteworthy also that the portraits of Agrippa and Augustus on the obverse are presented on the same level and back to back, at once recalling the ancient Janiform types once so prevalent on the Roman coinage, and also presenting princeps and general as inseparable and heroic partners - the one adorned with a wreath of laurel, the other with a rostral wreath in recognition for his naval victories.

AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ(ligate), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AΔPIANOΠ-OΛЄITΩN, Apollo standing to left, holding patera and branch. Youroukova 515; Varbanov 3709 corr. (obv. legend). 9.91gr, 25mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine.

Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Dated CY 228 (AD 225/6). ΑΥΤ Κ ϹЄΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right; c/m: Tyche standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia / ΑΔΡ ϹЄΥ ΑAЄΞ(sic) [ΑΜΑϹΙ]A[Ϲ] ΜΗ(ligate) ΝЄ ΠΡ ΠΟΝ (ΑΔΡΙΑΝΗC CΕΥΗΡΙΑΝΗC ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΙΝΗC ΑΜΑCΙΑC ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩC ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ ΠΡΩΤΗC ΠΟΝΤΟΥ) around and below, ЄΤ Ϲ[KH] (date) across field, altar of Zeus Strateus, surmounted by eagle standing facing, head to left, with wings spread; tree to left; above, Helios driving facing quadriga, raising his right hand and holding whip in left. RPC VI 6462 (temporary); cf. Dalaison 578; RG 105. For countermark see Howgego 269. 28.86gr, 38mm, 1h.

Very Fine.

Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Lucius Cerrinius Paetus, grammateus. Struck AD 138-140. Τ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΚΑΥϹΤΡOϹ ΚЄΝΧΡЄΙΟϹ around, ЄΠΙ ΠΑΙΤΟΥ ЄΦЄϹΙΩΝ in two lines beneath cult-statue of Artemis Ephesia wearing kalathos and standing facing, with supports, between river-gods Kaystros, on the left, and Kenchrios, on the right, reclining to right and left and facing each other, each resting arm on urn from which water flows. Cf. RPC IV.2 online 1114 (for reverse legend without personal name); Karwiese -. 28.29gr, 35mm, 6h.

Very Fine. Heavily tooled and smoothed. This coin appears to be the Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 27, 9 September 2023, lot 1227 (tooled and smoothed since). Otherwise apparently unpublished.

Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

ΤΙ. ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΜΝΑΣΕΑΣ (Ti. Claudius Mnaseas), strategos. Struck circa AD 65. Pseudo-autonomous issue. ЄΠI TI MNACЄOY CAPΔIANΩN, laurate head of Herakles to right, with lion's skin draped around his neck / CЄΒΑCΤΗ, Nike standing to left, holding wreath in right hand and palm branch in left. RPC I 3010; GRPC Lydia 264; SNG Copenhagen 504. 2.23gr, 15mm, 10h.

Very Fine.

Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.