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

The Persian Great King in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in his right hand and bow in his left / Crowned head of the Persian Great King to right. Troxell & Kagan -; Sunrise 93; Winzer 3.6a; CNG E-Auction 286 (2012), 150. 0.20gr, 6mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

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

Female head (Arethusa?) facing, wearing triple-pendant earrings / Male head to left, wearing Corinthian helmet. SNG Levante 248; SNG BnF 477; SNG von Aulock -. 0.50gr, 11mm, 9h.

Good Very Fine.

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

Laureate head of Zeus to right; Σ behind / EΛAIOYΣΣΙΩN, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm frond; ΔIΟ to left. SNG BnF 1131 var. (obv. control); SNG Levante 823 var. (same). 7.44gr, 21mm, 11h.

Good Very Fine. Rare variant.

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

Lion walking to left; head of ram to left above / Horse walking to left; star above, ankh to left. Destrooper pl. 10, 6; Zapiti & Michaelidou 27-8; Tziambazis 128 (Salamis, Evagoras II). 3.34gr, 17mm, 2h.

Very Fine. Very rare.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 511. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Shield adorned with wreath containing ['sa-pa'] in Cypriot / Head of lion to left; [MAPIEYΣ] below. Cf. Tziambazis Supp. 20 (no king named); Destrooper 16 (no king named); cf. Roma E-91, 496 corr. (Stasioikos II) and Roma E-74, 668 (Timarchos). 7.83gr, 21mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine. Very rare.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 515. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

The two Roma Numismatics auction specimens listed both have clear letters on the obverse, one reading 'ti-pa' and the other 'sa-pa' for Timarchos and Stasioikos II.

Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet / Prow of galley to left; ΣAΛ upwards to left. Tziambazis 130; BMC 74; Traité II, 1193. 2.51gr, 13mm, 3h.

Near Very Fine. Very rare.

Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Cuirassed and helmeted bust of Athena right; to right, owl / ΚΑΙΣΑ-ΡΕΙΑΣ, shield and spear; ΝΓ (date) below. RPC I, 3617; Ganschow 31. 3.80gr, 16mm, 3h.

Near Very Fine. Very rare; only four specimens cited in RPC Online.

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

Head to right, wearing bashlyk / Horse trotting to right; APIAPAMNOY and エ above; monogram behind. Simonetta -; Simonetta, Coins -; SNG Copenhagen -; Ganschow -; SNG von Aulock -; BMC-; HGC 7, -. 2.74gr, 17mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; unpublished and apparently unique variant.

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

Head to left, wearing four-pointed tiara / BAΣΙΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY TIΓPANOY ΦΙΛΕΛΛHNOC, Nike standing to right, holding wreath; M-A across fields. Kovacs 67. 3.52gr, 19mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine. Rare.

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

Head of Tigranes II to left, wearing four-pointed tiara decorated with star and tied with diadem; to left, c/m: APK within rectangular incuse / BAΣΙΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY TIΓPANOY, tree; in inner left and right fields, I ς (date). Kovacs 64. 3.83gr, 17mm, 7h.

Very Fine.

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

Draped female bust to left / Draped bust of Mithradates to left, bearded and wearing upright bashlyk tied with a diadem; before, monogram of AP; behind, 'q' in Aramaic. Kovacs 30 corr. (legend not noted). 1.49gr, 11mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Bust to left, wearing bashlyk; uncertain countermark / [BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΙΘΡΙΔΑΤ ΦΙΛO], club within wreath. Kovacs 36. 4.30gr, 18mm, 9h.

Near Very Fine.

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