Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History, Stamps & Coins

Facing lion head / ΣΑ, head and neck of ox to right within incuse circle. Cf. Barron p. 213, 3-5 (Obol); cf. HGC 6, 1212 (same). 0.28gr, 6mm, 3h.

Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished as hemiobol.

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

ΗΓΗΣΙΑΝΑΞ (Hegesianax), magistrate. Head of Hera to right, wearing stephane and necklace / ΣA above, HΓHΣIANAΞ beneath prow of Samian galley to right. BMC -; cf. Barron pp. 204, 211, and 217 for magistrate; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. 1.59gr, 12mm, 1h.

Very Fine. Extremely rare issue.

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

Laureate head of Apollo to right / Lyre. Cf. SNG von Aulock 2388. 3.24gr, 18mm, 5h.

Very Fine.

Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.

AMYZO-NЄധN, female African head to right wearing braids / Laureate male head to right; c/m: large B (denominational mark). RPC IV.2 Online 11847; Robert, Amyzon 20. 2.85gr, 18mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Very rare type; only five specimens cited by RPC Online.

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

Laureate head of Apollo to left / [ΑΛΙ], eagle standing to left; lyre(?) to left. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 346-7; cf. SNG Keckman 50; cf. HNO 457. 1.28gr, 12mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine.

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

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ (Apollonios, son of Apollonios), magistrate. AΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ, head of Dionysus(?) to right / ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΩΝ, Zeus seated to right, holding Nike and long sceptre. RPC I, 2857; SNG Copenhagen 391. 3.40gr, 15mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Female head to right / KAP, head of eagle to left. Konuk 2012, 350, fig. 8; HNO Online 2160. 0.63gr, 9mm, 9h.

Very Fine. Exceedingly rare city; the first specimen of this type to appear on the market.

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

Head of ram to right / Youthful male head to right; Carian letter to left; [to right, A?]; all within square incuse. Cf. HN Online 943; cf. Konuk, Kasolaba 7; cf. SNG Kayhan II, 1637; cf. SNG Keckman I, 868. 0.49gr, 7mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

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

Diademed head of Apollo to right / K-AY(ligate), sword in sheath. BMC 17; SNG Copenhagen 187. 1.21gr, 11mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right, monogram in Ω in left field, KΛ below throne. Price 2478. 4.24gr, 17mm, 2h.

Extremely Fine. Rare.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 103, 24 November 2022, lot 505. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXX, 21 March 2024, lot 252. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Helios facing slightly to right / Rose; P-O across fields, all within incuse square. Ashton 19; SNG Copenhagen 725; SNG Keckman 367; HGC 6, 1426. 1.72gr, 12mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

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

Diademed and veiled female bust (of Berenike II?) to right / [PO], prow of galley to right; above, rose. R. Ashton: Rhodian Bronze Coinage and the Earthquake of 229-229 BC, in: NC 1986, Group 1; BMC 228; SNG Kayhan 1706. 3.04gr, 14mm, 5h.

Very Fine. Very rare and of historical importance.

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

R. Ashton connects this type with the disaster relief sent by Ptolemy III to Rhodes after the devastating earthquake of circa 226 BC.