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Diademed male head to right / ΦIΛIΠΠOV, youth on horseback to right; spearhead below. SNG ANS 850-1; SNG Alpha Bank 354-8. 8.18gr, 20mm, 9h.

Very Fine.

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

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin / BAΣIΛEΩΣ, bow in quiver to left; below, club above torch to left; c/m: head of lion to right. Price 2800. 5.65gr, 19mm, 9h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress / ΑΛΕ-ΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, club and quiver. Price 267. 1.34gr, 13mm, 6h.

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; ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ to right, bee in left field, monogram beneath throne. Price P104; Müller P72; ADM I Series XV. 4.23gr, 16mm, 11h.

Good Very Fine. Scarce.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 91, 2 December 2021, lot 321. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Wreathed head of Achilles to right / Inscription around AX monogram, Phrygian helmet(?) in right field. Cf. Rogers 442; cf. BCD Thessaly II 565. 1.31gr, 15mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Male head to left, wearing taenia / ΣΚΙ-ΑΘΙ, kerykeion; herm to inner left. HGC 6, 414. 2.12gr, 13mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine. Very rare.

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

Bust of Artemis to left wearing stephane; quiver before / Tripod within laurel-wreath, AΠOΛΛΩNIATAN around. HGC 3a, 12. 10.36gr, 22mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Cow standing to right, looking back at suckling calf standing to left below / Δ-Υ-Ρ, vertical double stellate pattern, divided by line, in linear square border; club above; all within linear circle border. HGC 3, 34. 10.69gr, 22mm, 5h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Draped bust of Redon to right, wearing petasos / [BAΣIΛEOΣ] ΓENΘIOY, prow of galley. HGC 3.1, 77. 7.76gr, 20mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine. Very rare king.

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

Redon, patron of sailors, is usually portrayed as a bearded figure with trident, like Poseidon. He is also patron of travelers, like Hermes, as suggested by the broad hat kausia they wore.

ΛEY, Pegasus flying to left / Head of Athena to left, wearing Corinthian helmet; in right field, bunch of grapes; before, Λ. Calciati, Pegasi 37/1 (these dies; Λ not mentioned); BCD Akarnanien -. 8.35gr, 23mm, 11h.

Near Very Fine. Very rare. Professionally cleaned.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Autumn Sale 2024, 30 September 2024, lot 316. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right / The nymph Histiaia seated to right on stern of galley, holding stylis; wing on galley, IΣTI-AIEΩN around. HGC 4, 1525. 1.97gr, 13mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Archaic head of Athena to right, wearing crested helmet decorated with chevron and dot pattern, and round earring / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Cf. Svoronos pl. 4, 31; HGC 4, 1590. 17.05gr, 23mm, 9h.

Very Fine.

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