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ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΝΕϹΤΟΡΟC ΦΙΛΟΜΗΛΕΩΝ, river-god Gallos reclining to left, holding cornucopia and reed with right hand, and resting left elbow on urn from which water flows. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 20688. 7.81gr, 25mm, 6h.

Very Fine. Very rare; only three specimens cited by RPC Online.

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

IЄPA • CYN-KΛHTOC, draped bust of the Roman Senate to right / ΠΡVΜΝ-ΗϹϹЄ[ΩΝ], Cybele seated to left on throne, holding her right hand above forepart of lion to left and leaning left on tympanon. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 27262; Von Aulock, Phrygien II, 895-904. 7.49gr, 25mm, 6h.

Near Extremely Fine.

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

[...] ΝΕΡΟΥΑϹ [...], laureate head to right / [ΔΙΑ ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΝ ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΙϹ?], Zeus Pandemos seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, Nike holding wreath. Cf. RPC III 2618. 9.37gr, 23mm, 11h.

Good Fine.

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

Zeus Pandemos was the chief god of Synnada, and his epithet ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΣ means ''of all the people'' (see the word 'pandemic'), an indication of a form of Zeus associated with the community and popular support.

[Α Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹЄΟΥ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹЄ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Wreath set on table, containing CIΔΗ-TΩΝ; to left and right, palm frond. RPC VI Online 6430; Watson 351; SNG BnF 841. 8.79gr, 25mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine.

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

IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS A, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ANTIOCHI CO-[LO]NI, Vexillum surmounted by eagle between two standards surmounted by eagles; S R between. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 3239. 9.22gr, 25mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine.

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

ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑV ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC, radiate head to right / ANAZA-[P]B MHTP-O, octastyle temple, pellet in pediment; AMK (ΠΡΩΤΗΣ ΜΕΓΙΣΤΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΗΣ) below. Cf. RPC VI Online 10855 = Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 61, 2011, 27,3. 5.59gr, 20mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine. Reverse slightly off-centre. Exceedingly rare; only one example on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.

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

[IMP CAES DIVI F AVGVSTVS], bare head to right / A • PLAVTIV-S • PROCOS, Zeus Salaminios standing to left, holding patera and short sceptre; eagle perched on his wrist. RPC I, 3907; Amandry, Julio-Claudien 2b (Salamis?); Parks 2b. 3.61gr, 16mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

ΑΥΤO Λ OΥΗΡOϹ, laureate head to right / ΑΝΚ-ΥΡΑϹ, eagle standing facing, head to left, with spreading wings, holding wreath in beak. RPC IV.3 Online 9787 = Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, GR 19738 (Ankyra in Phrygia). 4.12gr, 17mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one example on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.

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

[TIBEPIO]Σ KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ, laureate head to right / MHTHP ΘEധN ETEI N, turreted and draped bust of Cybele with long hair to left. RPC I 3554; SNG BnF 2393-4. 6.80gr, 21mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

AVTO NEPOY[ΑΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ], laureate head to right / ΕΠI Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝ-ΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ, Mên standing to left, wearing chiton, cloak and oriental tiara, crescent on shoulder, holding patera in his extended right hand. RPC III, 2834. 11.94gr, 25mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine.

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

ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙCΑΡ ΟΥЄCΠΑCΙΑΝΟC CЄΒΑ, laureate head to right / Nike advancing to right, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left. RPC II, 1659; Ganschow 71; SNG von Aulock 6362. 1.59gr, 15mm, 11h.

Very Fine.

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

ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒΑϹΤ, laureate head to right with drapery on left shoulder / Nike advancing to right, holding wreath and palm; ЄT Δ (date) in right field. RPC III, 3074; Sydenham, Caesarea 255; Ganschow 194a. 1.60gr, 14mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.