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  • Celtic South East Gaul. Massalia, Bull MA Cast AE Unit.
    Celtic South East Gaul. Massalia, Bull MA Cast AE Unit. c.2nd century BC. Massalia?

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £364

    Head of Apollo left / Bull butting right, MA above. ABC 115, LT-, Blanchet fig.92, BN 1966-67. 4.51gr, 19mm, 7h.

    Good Very Fine / Near Extremely Fine. Glossy brown patina, superb bull, clear MA. Extremely Rare, only thirteen others recorded from the UK.

    Found Essex, UK. Ex Chris Rudd (List 119, no.4/15734 with coin ticket). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.

    Chris Rudd writes: 'This is an important coin because it seems to be the direct prototype for the Cantian Thurrock cast bronzes, the first coins made in Britain.'

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  • Apulia, Arpi AE 22mm.
    Apulia, Arpi AE 22mm. Circa 3rd century BC.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £39

    Laureate head of Zeus to left; ΔAIOY before, [thunderbolt behind] / Boar running to right; spearhead above, APΠANΩN in exergue. HN Italy 642; SNG ANS 635-9; HGC 1, 534. 7.04gr, 22mm, 10h.

    Near Very Fine.

    Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.

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  • Lucania, Metapontion AE 16mm.
    Rare Variety
    Lucania, Metapontion AE 16mm. Circa 225-220 BC.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £39

    Head of Leukippos to left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / [ΜΕ]ΤΑ, Demeter standing facing, holding long cross-torch in her right hand and resting her left on her hip; to left, barley ear. Johnston, Bronze, 67; HN Italy 1703; SNG München 1019; SNG ANS 561. 3.48gr, 16mm, 10h.

    Good Fine. Rare variety with left facing head of Leukippos.

    Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.

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  • Sicily, Kamarina AE Tetras or Trionkion.
    Sicily, Kamarina AE Tetras or Trionkion. Circa 420-405 BC.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

    Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with wing / KAMA, owl standing to left, head facing, clutching lizard in talons; in exergue, three pellets (mark of value). CNS 33; SNG ANS 1229; HGC 2, 548. 2.66gr, 15mm, 9h.

    Very Fine.

    Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.

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  • Sicily, Syracuse AE 25mm.
    Sicily, Syracuse AE 25mm. Time of Agathokles, circa 295-289 BC.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £104

    Draped bust of Artemis Soteira to right; quiver over shoulder, ΣΩTEIPA downwards before / Winged thunderbolt; AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ above, BAΣIΛEOΣ below. CNS II, 142; BAR Issue 33; SNG ANS 708; HGC 2, 1537. 9.77gr, 25mm, 7h.

    Very Fine.

    Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.

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  • Sicily, Syracuse AE 21mm.
    Very Rare Variety
    Sicily, Syracuse AE 21mm. Time of Hieron II, circa 275-265 BC.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

    Wreathed head of Kore to left; ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ before, bucranium behind / Bull butting to left; club and M above, IE in exergue. CNS II, 191 (Ds18R1 / 1ff., combination of bucranium and M not listed); HGC 2, 1469. 6.11gr, 21mm, 12h.

    Near Extremely Fine. Very rare variety.

    Ex cgb.fr. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.

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  • Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm.
    Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Late 5th-4th centuries BC.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

    Gorgoneion facing, with protruding tongue and snakes as hair / Upright anchor; in field to right, crayfish. SNG Copenhagen 453; SNG BM Black Sea 157 var. (no 'A'); HGC 3.2, 1323 var. (same). 3.28gr, 13mm, 5h.

    Good Very Fine.

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

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  • Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm.
    Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Late 5th-4th centuries BC.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £221

    Facing head of Medusa with tongue protruding and snakes as hair / Upright anchor; crayfish to left, A to right. Topalov, Apollonia p. 337, 7; HGC 3.2, 1323. 3.34gr, 13mm, 1h.

    Near Extremely Fine.

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

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  • Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm.
    Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 386-338 BC.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £59

    Forepart of lion to right, head reverted to left / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet and uncertain design in opposite sunken quarters. HGC 3.2, 1437. 2.28gr, 17mm, 12h.

    Very Fine.

    Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.

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  • Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm.
    Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 357-320 BC.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £124

    Forepart of lion to right, head to left / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet and monogram in one sunken quarter, [pellet?] and pentagram in opposite quarter. Cf. CN Online Type 6355; HGC 3, 1437. 2.22gr, 13mm, 3h.

    Very Fine.

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

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  • Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm.
    Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 386-338 BC.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £91

    Forepart of lion to right, head reverted to left / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; AΓ monogram and grain ear in opposite sunken quarters. McClean 4089; HGC 3.2, 1437. 2.12gr, 14mm.

    Very Fine.

    From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.

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  • Thrace, Maroneia AE 16mm.
    Thrace, Maroneia AE 16mm. Circa 398-346 BC.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £78

    Horse galloping to right; monogram of ΠΝΚ below / ΜΑΡ-ΩΝΙ-ΤΩΝ, legend around grape arbor within linear square border; monogram of EY below. Evelpidis 962-3; SNG Copenhagen 632; Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia 721-923; BMC -. 4.29gr, 16mm, 12h.

    Very Fine.

    Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 40, 28 October 2017, lot 129 (professionally cleaned since). Property of a London antiquarian.

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