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Helmeted head of Athena to right / ΦΙΛΕ-ΤΑΙΡΟΥ above and beneath bow. SNG Copenhagen 348; SNG BnF 1682-1687. 1.95gr, 13mm, 3h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly to right / Crayfish; ΠPI above, A below. SNG von Aulock 7527 var. (rev. legend); Asia Minor Coins Online 14626 var. (same). 1.20gr, 11mm, 3h.

Very Fine. Very rare variety.

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

Head of Apollo to left / Head of satrap to right, wearing bashlyk; TEY to left, monogram to right. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen 549; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Tübingen 2502; Traité II 42; Winzer 8.1. 0.92gr, 10mm, 3h.

Very Fine. Very rare issue of dynast Prokles.

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

Procles succeeded Demaratus as ruler of Teuthrania and Halisarna, maintaining the family's status as Persian vassals while asserting local autonomy.

Head of Demeter to right, wearing wreath of grain ears / [ΘΗ]Β-A, forepart of Pegasos with curled wing to right. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies Grecques, p. 247, 95c. 0.78gr, 9mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Very Rare.

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

Laureate head of Apollo to left / ΑΛΕΞΑ, horse grazing to left; corn-grain below, thunderbolt in exergue. Bellinger A112. 2.71gr, 15mm, 5h.

Very Fine.

From a UK collection formed in the early 2000s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Griffin seated to right / Roaring lion's head to right. SNG München -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Klein -. 0.73gr, 9mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.

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

The attribution of this coin to Assos is based on its similarity to obols struck during the same period.

Head of Kabeiros to left, wearing pileus / B-I P-Y, vertical club, all within laurel wreath. SNG Copenhagen 247-49; SNG von Aulock 1502; Klein 302. 1.08gr, 11mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

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

Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet; c/m: facing head of Athena, wearing tripled-crested helmet(?) / ΔΑP, horseman galopping to right, and holding spear; spearhead below. Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p. 37, 1. 8.06gr, 22mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine. Overstruck(?). Extremely rare type; no other examples on CoinArchives.

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

Laureate head of Apollo to right; c/m: bucranion(?) / ΓΑΡ, horse prancing to left. SNG Copenhagen 332; SNG von Aulock -; Obolos 38, 241 (hammer: 333 GBP). 4.03gr, 17mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine. Extremely rare with horse prancing to left and one of the few examples from Gargara countermarked. Only one other example on CoinArchives.

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

Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΑΜΑ-ΞΙ, lyre. SNG von Aulock 7601; SNG Copenhagen 342. 1.44gr, 11mm, 7h.

Good Very Fine. Rare city.

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

According to Aelian, the inhabitants of Hamaxitus worshipped mice, and for this reason called Apollo, their chief divinity, Smintheus (='mouse' in the Aeolian dialect).

Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΠTOΛEMAIEΩN, amphora on base, double cornucopiae to left. 1.70gr, 16mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Helmeted head of Athena to right / Σ- ΙΓ-Ε, crescent to left. BMC 21; SNG Copenhagen 499-500; SNG von Aulock 1572. 0.92gr, 10mm, 9h.

Very Fine.

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