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

Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Pomegranate. SNG BnF 770. 3.26gr, 15mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

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

Turreted head of Tyche to right; uncertain countermark / KEΡAEITΩN, boar springing to right; c/ms: star. SNG Tübingen 241; SNG Pfalz 241; Imhoof KM 5; Von Aulock Pisidien II 755-759. 3.31gr, 16mm, 8h.

Very Fine.

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

Shield decorated with rosette / KЄ(ligate)-PA, club. SNG Turkey 6.1, 1393-1394. 2.17gr, 14mm, 6h.

Very Fine. Very rare type.

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

Helmeted head of Athena to left / Forepart of Pegasos to left within incuse square. Göktürk -; SNG BnF 103-7. 0.65gr, 9mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

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

Bearded head of Bellerophon to left, wearing cap or helmet; all within dotted border / MA, head of boar to left. Unpublished in the standard references; for another example cf. Nomos AG, Auction 33, 1419. 0.33gr, 6mm, 9h.

Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; apparently the second known example.

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

Female head facing, her hair in two hanging braids / The Persian Great King in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in his right hand and bow in his left. Göktürk -; Troxell & Kagan 2 var. (hair style); Sunrise 97. 0.14gr, 6mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine. Very rare Tetartemorion.

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

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.