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Janiform female head wearing double stephane, necklace, and circular pendant earring / Head of Athena to left, wearing crestless Corinthian helmet; all within incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group A, Type I, pl. V, 14; SNG BnF 1131. 0.66gr, 8mm, 7h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Head of Apollo(?) to left, wearing taenia / Helmeted head of Athena to left; laurel wreath on bowl. Cf. SNG Arikantürk 613 (no wreath on bowl); cf. Asia Minor Coins #15131 (same). 0.19gr, 7mm, 3h.

Very Fine. Very rare variant.

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

Facing gorgoneion, with mouth open and tongue protruding / Quadripartite incuse square. SNG BnF 1351-2; SNG Copenhagen 256. 3.99gr, 15mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

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

Bull butting to right / Upright club; Π-Α-Ρ-Ι across fields, all within wreath. Unpublished in the standard references, cf. BMC 54-56 for similar type. 1.41gr, 11mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished in the standard references.

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

Laureate head of Asklepios to right / [AΣK]ΛHΠ[IOΥ ΣΩ]THPOΣ, serpent coiled around omphalos to right. SNG BnF 1803-27; SNG von Aulock 1372. 6.52gr, 19mm, 11h.

Very Fine.

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

Head of Athena to right wearing crested helmet / [Φ]ΙΛΕΤΑΙΡ[ΟY], coiled serpent; monogram in field. Cf. SNG BnF 1650; cf. SNG Copenhagen 343. 3.34gr, 15mm, 3h.

Near Very Fine.

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

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.