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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 Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.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.

Head of Kabeiros to left, wearing pileus / B-I P-Y, vertical club, all within laurel wreath. SNG Copenhagen 247-49; SNG von Aulock 1502; Klein 302. 1.08gr, 11mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

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

Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet; c/m: facing head of Athena, wearing tripled-crested helmet(?) / ΔΑP, horseman galopping to right, and holding spear; spearhead below. Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p. 37, 1. 8.06gr, 22mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine. Overstruck(?). Extremely rare type; no other examples on CoinArchives.

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

Laureate head of Apollo to right; c/m: bucranion(?) / ΓΑΡ, horse prancing to left. SNG Copenhagen 332; SNG von Aulock -; Obolos 38, 241 (hammer: 333 GBP). 4.03gr, 17mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine. Extremely rare with horse prancing to left and one of the few examples from Gargara countermarked. Only one other example on CoinArchives.

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

Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΑΜΑ-ΞΙ, lyre. SNG von Aulock 7601; SNG Copenhagen 342. 1.44gr, 11mm, 7h.

Good Very Fine. Rare city.

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

According to Aelian, the inhabitants of Hamaxitus worshipped mice, and for this reason called Apollo, their chief divinity, Smintheus (='mouse' in the Aeolian dialect).

Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΠTOΛEMAIEΩN, amphora on base, double cornucopiae to left. 1.70gr, 16mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Helmeted head of Athena to right / Σ- ΙΓ-Ε, crescent to left. BMC 21; SNG Copenhagen 499-500; SNG von Aulock 1572. 0.92gr, 10mm, 9h.

Very Fine.

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

Bearded head of Priapos to right, wearing ivy-wreath / Σ-ΚH, filleted thyrsos; in field to right, eight-rayed star. BMC 24 var. (bunch of grapes); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; cf. Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies Grecques (1883), p. 266, 196 (symbol not visible); Obolos 39, 302. 1.19gr, 12mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; unpublished variant of a very rare type.

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

Head of Artemis to right, wearing stephane / Ζ-E Λ-E, torque within wreath of grain ears. SNG Copenhagen 503-4. 1.49gr, 12mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine. Rare city.

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

Laureate head of Zeus to right / AYT[...], helmeted head of Athena to right; bunch of grapes behind. 0.66gr, 9mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

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

Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΓYΡ, mussel shell, cockle shell below. 0.70gr, 9mm, 3h.

Near Very Fine.

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