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Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΙΟΥΛΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Hygieia standing to right, feeding serpent from patera, facing Asclepius standing to left, holding serpent staff; between them, Telesphorus. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 71078; RG -. 9.32gr, 26mm, 2h.

Near Very Fine. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk). Extremely rare; only one other example cited by RPC Online.

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

ΙЄΡΑ ϹVΝ-ΚΛΗΤΟ, draped male bust of the Senate to right / ΓЄΡΜΗ-[ΝΩΝ], laureate and draped bust of Apollo to right; in front, laurel-branch. RPC III, 1771; BMC 1, pl. XVI, 1. 2.59gr, 16mm, 8h.

Very Fine.

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

[ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ] ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟС, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΚVΖΙΚΗ]-ΝΩΝ, sheep or calf advancing to right. RPC IV.2 Online 731; Lindgren I, 232; BMC 244; SNG von Aulock 1275; SNG Copenhagen 117; SNG BnF 743. 4.14gr, 22mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

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

ANTONINVS PIVS AV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / C G I H PA, Genius standing facing, head to left, sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar with his right hand and holding cornucopia in his left. SNG Copenhagen 294; SNG BnF 1496; SNG von Aulock 1340. 8.52gr, 23mm, 8h.

Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

[ΑΥΤΟ]ΚΡΑΤΟΡΙ ΚΑΙCΑΡΙ CΕΒΑΣΤΟ [...], laureate head to right / ΕΠΙ ΕΓΔΙΚΟΥ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝ[...] ΠΟΙΜΑ, Dionysos standing to left, holding kantharos in right hand, left resting on long thyrsos; at his feet, panther to left. Unpublished in the major references; for a similar example cf. RPC III, 1657. 3.19gr, 17mm, 6h.

Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished and apparently unique.

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

CO-L [TROA], turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right; vexillum to left / COL AV TRO, horse grazing to right; tree behind. Bellinger A487. 5.36gr, 20mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

TI CLAVD CAES AVG, bare head to left / DIAN EPHE, temple of Diana Ephesia: cult statue of Diana of Ephesus with fillets hanging from her wrists, polos on her head within tetrastyle temple, pediment decorated with figures flanking a central table with disk above, two tables and recumbent figures in angles. RPC I 2222 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 30. 11.73gr, 25mm, 6h.

Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful old cabinet toning with golden iridescence on reverse. Minor oxidations.

From the collection of Georges Müller, numismatist (collector's tickets included).

ΑY Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹЄY ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ • ΠΡΩ • ΑϹΙ • Γ ΝЄΩ • Τ-ΩΝ • ϹЄΒ ЄΠ Ϲ • ΠΟΛЄΙΤΟΥ, Cybele seated on throne to left, holding patera and leaning elbow on tympanum; at her feet, lion to left. Cf. RPC VI Online 4680; Klose 3. 21.86gr, 36mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine. Excessively rare; only one other example cited by RPC Online.

Private collection, France. Private European collection.

ΠΟ ΛΙ ΚΟΡ ϹΑΛΩΝΙΝΑ C, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / ΑΦΡΟΔ-Ι-ϹΙЄΩΝ, cult statue of Aphrodite standing to right; to left and right, priestess seated to right and fountain (?); above, star and crescent. RPC X unassigned ID 60138; MacDonald 232. 6.64gr, 23mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Laureate and draped bust of Herakles to right / ΜΑΙΟΝΩ[Ν], club and bow in bowcase; above, bee. RPC III, 2428; GRPC Lydia 20; SNG von Aulock 3008. 2.98gr, 14mm, 1h.

Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

ΔΗΜΟϹ, head of Demos to right, wearing taenia / ΤΑΒΑΛΕΩΝ, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia facing, with supports. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 77023; GRPC Lydia 11; Hochard 2351f-k; Martin Demos Kame xxx. 4.77gr, 20mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

Property of a UK gallery.

Turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right / ΤΡΙΠΟ-ΛЄΙΤΩΝ, Artemis advancing to right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder. RPC X Online 5565; GRPC Lydia 76. 4.55gr, 23mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.