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Athena Alkidemos standing to left, holding shield and brandishing spear / META, owl standing to left on stalk of barley ear. Johnston, Bronze coinage 68c; Historia Numorum Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 3.17gr, 14mm, 2h.

Near Very Fine.

London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.

Athena Promachos advancing to right, brandishing spear and shield / Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; META upwards to left. Johnston, Bronze 68a; SNG Copenhagen 1254; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 3.40gr, 16mm, 5h.

Extremely Fine.

Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Athena Promachos advancing to right, brandishing spear and shield / Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; META upwards to left. Johnston, Bronze 68a; SNG Copenhagen 1254; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 3.81gr, 15mm, 9h.

Extremely Fine.

Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Helmeted head of Leukippos to right / Demeter standing facing, head to right, holding long-cross torch; META to right. Johnston, Bronze 66; HN Italy 1702; HGC 1, 1099. 4.96gr, 17mm, 4h.

Near Extremely Fine.

Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Helmeted head of Leukippos to right / Demeter standing facing, head to right, holding long-cross torch; META to right. Johnston, Bronze 66; SNG ANS 561; HN Italy 1702; HGC 1, 1099. 5.13gr, 16mm, 5h.

Near Extremely Fine.

Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Athena Promachos advancing to right, brandishing spear and shield / Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; META upwards to left. Johnston, Bronze 68a; SNG Copenhagen 1254; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 3.25gr, 14mm, 3h.

Extremely Fine.

Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress / META, grain ear with leaf to right. HN III 1696; Johnston Bronze 60; HGC 1, 1124. 2.39gr, 13mm, 4h.

Very Fine.

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

Athena Promachos advancing to right, brandishing spear and shield / Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; META upwards to left. Johnston, Bronze 68; SNG ANS 565-6; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 2.66gr, 14mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine.

Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Poseidon advancing right, nude but for chlamys draped over arms, wielding trident overhead / Bull standing left on dotted line. Cf. HN Italy 1116; HGC 1, 1152. 7.95gr,19mm, 5h.

Near Very Fine. Seemingly suspension loop attached.

Acquired on the European art market.

Helmeted head of Athena to right, no symbol on bowl / ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ, bull butting to right; in exergue, [grape bunch(?) between inscription]. Cf. HN Italy 1855; cf. BMC 117. 1.09gr, 12mm, 11h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / [Θ]ΟΥ, T-in-Π (mark of value). HGC 1, 1272 (R3). 0.46gr, 8mm, 8h.

Very Fine. Edge chipped. Exceedingly rare denomination.

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

Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Bull butting to right; ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ above, fish to right below. HN Italy 1918; HGC 1, 1279. 13.67gr, 23mm, 3h.

Near Very Fine.

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