Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History & Coins

Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΑΧΑ-ΙΤധN, Artemis standing facing, head to left, quiver over shoulder and holding bow and arrow in right hand. A. Ellis-Evans: The Coinage and History of Achaiion in the Troad, in: REA 119 (2017), p. 31, 4. 5.04gr, 18mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine. Extremely rare type of an exceedingly rare city; no other examples on CoinArchives.

Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.

Griffin springing to left / Head of lion to right within incuse square. SNG Arikantürk -; BMC 1; Boston MFA 1626. 2.78gr, 15mm, 12h.

Fine.

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

Male bearded head to left / Head of ram to right; above, trident to right, A below. For a similar bronze emission cf. BMC 40. 11.53gr, 21mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine. Very rare Greek test strike.

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

It has been suggested that such Greek lead test strikes were made by itinerant engravers in an effort to sell their services to cities that produced coins, much like modern coin patterns, which are made by artists to help officials visualise a coin before it is approved for production.

Apatourios, magistrate, draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / KY, oinochoe; laurel branches flanking, A-ΠA/T-OY/P-I/O-Σ across inner fields. SNG Ashmolean 1416-8; SNG Copenhagen 106-7. 3.39gr, 17mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Property of a London, UK, private collector.

Laureate head of Apollo right / T-A, bunch of grapes hanging from vine-branch, monogram to right. SNG Copenhagen 255. 2.33gr, 13mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

Property of a London, UK, private collector.

E-Φ flanking bee / [...]ΕΑΣ, stag standing to right; in background, palm tree with two date clusters. Cf. Kinns, Attic, p. 90. 3.56gr, 19mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / M-A, trident; all within maeander circle. SNG Copenhagen 810; SNG von Aulock 2032 (helmet also wreathed). 0.76gr, 9mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

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

Forepart of bull to right, head to left; small seal above / Incuse square punch. Bodenstedt 9 (unlisted dies); Boston MFA -; BMC -; SNG von Aulock 7946. 2.58gr, 11mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine. Extremely rare, only seven examples noted by Bodenstedt.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction 6, Session 2, 29 September 2013, lot 623. Private European collection.

Head of nymph to left, wearing sakkos / Quadripartite incuse square. Klein 452; SNG Copenhagen 389-394 (as uncertain mint); SNG Kayhan 522. 1.26gr, 10mm, 1h.

Extremely Fine. Well-centred; one of the most beautiful specimens and with attractive old cabinet toning.

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

Facing lion scalp / Forepart of ox to right; ΣA above, olive branch to left, Γ (date) below; all within incuse square. Barron Class VII, 72a (A33/P72) (this coin); Slg. O'Hagan 591 (this coin); Coll. Berlin (Fox coll.); HGC 6, 1190. 12.96gr, 24mm, 9h.

Near Extremely Fine. Amazing old cabinet tone. Well centred and of fine style. Extremely rare date (no other examples on CoinArchives).

Ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 23 March 1896, lot 592. Ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 4 May 1908, lot 591. From Hyman Montagu (1844-1895) collection. From Henry Osborne O'Hagan, Esq. (1853-1930) collection. Ex Cahn, 1951. Ex Bourgey Emile, Collection de Monnaies Grecques Gauloise-romaines, Hôtel Drouot Sale, Paris, 13 June 1952, lot 127. Ex Münzen & Medaillen, Basel. From Rollin & Feuardent (William Talbot Ready), London. Acquired privately from Jean Vinchon, Paris.

Laureate head of Zeus right / MYNΔΙΩΝ / ΜΗΤΡΟΔΩΡOC, winged thunderbolt. SNG Keckman 245. 4.29gr, 16mm, 8h.

Very Fine.

Property of a London, UK, private collector.

Youthful male head to right; Carian letter to left, A to right; all within circular incuse / Head of ram to right. Konuk, Kasolaba 7; HN Online 943. 0.26gr, 7mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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