Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History & Coins

Facing Gorgoneion with tongue protruding, serpents around / Upright anchor; in field, crayfish to left and A to right. SNG Copenhagen 452; SNG BM Black Sea 157; SNG Bulgaria Russe 2, 120-168; HGC 3.2, 1323. 3.03gr, 13mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine.

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

Facing Gorgoneion with tongue protruding, serpents around / Upright anchor; in field, crayfish to left and A to right. SNG Copenhagen 452; SNG BM Black Sea 157; SNG Bulgaria Russe 2, 120-168; HGC 3.2, 1323. 3.16gr, 14mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine.

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

Facing gorgoneion / Upright anchor; A to left, crayfish to right. Topalov, Apollonia 56; SNG BM Black Sea 167. 1.12gr, 12mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

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

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 -. 2.94gr, 14mm, 1h.

Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

Diademed head of Alexander the Great to right with horn of Ammon over his ear / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛΥΣIMAXOΥ, Athena seated to left on throne, leaning her left elbow on her shield decorated with lion's head and holding Nike, crowning the king's name, in her outstretched right hand, behind, transverse spear with point below left; in the outer left field, torch, in inner left field, monogram of ΠYP. Müller 443a var. (slightly differing monogram); Thompson 115. 16.81gr, 29mm, 11h.

Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful toning. Well-centred.

Ex collection of Georges Müller, numismatist.

Attic standard. Lion attacking to right, biting into the hindquarter of bull kneeling to left and biting the leg of the lion; Θ above, three ground lines below, the middle composed of pellets; stylised acanthus flower ιn exergue / Quadripartite incuse square. Desneux 59 (D57)(?); AMNG III/2, 5; HGC 3, 383. 17.19gr, 27mm.

Near Extremely Fine. Nicely toned with golden iridescence around the devices on obverse.

From collection of Dr G.W., Germany. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auction 37, 13 May 1987.

Laureate head of Apollo to right, bow and quiver over shoulder / ΑΜΦΙΠΟ-ΛΙΤΩΝ, bull butting to right. SNG ANS 113. 7.74gr, 21mm, 3h.

Very Fine.

Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany.

Diademed young male head to right / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, youth on horseback to right; uncertain monogram below. Cf. HGC 3, 882. 5.63gr, 18mm, 11h.

Near Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; monogram in left field. Price -. 16.54gr, 25mm, 10h.

Near Extremely Fine. Apparently unpublished and possibly unique.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in field to left, lion head to left above E; beneath throne, monogram of AP. Price 1993; Thompson 93 corr. (lion forepart). 3.96gr, 18m, 11h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / Zeus seated to left on throne, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; uncertain symbol or monogram in field. 2.63gr, 15mm, 12h.

Fine.

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

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; uncertain controls. Cf. HGC 3.1, 918. 0.64gr, 9mm, 3h.

Good Fine.

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