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Cuirassed and helmeted bust of Athena right; to right, owl / ΚΑΙΣΑ-ΡΕΙΑΣ, shield and spear; ΝΓ (date) below. RPC I, 3617; Ganschow 31. 3.80gr, 16mm, 3h.

Near Very Fine. Very rare; only four specimens cited in RPC Online.

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

Head to right, wearing bashlyk / Horse trotting to right; APIAPAMNOY and エ above; monogram behind. Simonetta -; Simonetta, Coins -; SNG Copenhagen -; Ganschow -; SNG von Aulock -; BMC-; HGC 7, -. 2.74gr, 17mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; unpublished and apparently unique variant.

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

Head to left, wearing four-pointed tiara / BAΣΙΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY TIΓPANOY ΦΙΛΕΛΛHNOC, Nike standing to right, holding wreath; M-A across fields. Kovacs 67. 3.52gr, 19mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine. Rare.

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

Head of Tigranes II to left, wearing four-pointed tiara decorated with star and tied with diadem; to left, c/m: APK within rectangular incuse / BAΣΙΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY TIΓPANOY, tree; in inner left and right fields, I ς (date). Kovacs 64. 3.83gr, 17mm, 7h.

Very Fine.

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

Draped female bust to left / Draped bust of Mithradates to left, bearded and wearing upright bashlyk tied with a diadem; before, monogram of AP; behind, 'q' in Aramaic. Kovacs 30 corr. (legend not noted). 1.49gr, 11mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Bust to left, wearing bashlyk; uncertain countermark / [BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΙΘΡΙΔΑΤ ΦΙΛO], club within wreath. Kovacs 36. 4.30gr, 18mm, 9h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Male head to right, wearing laureate and crested Attic helmet / AN-TI, bull butting to right. Cf. SC 354 (Apollo; perhaps Antioch on the Orontes); Roma Numismatics, e-Sale 112, 529 (hammer: 850 GBP); otherwise unpublished. 1.66gr, 12mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; the third known example and of considerable numismatic importance.

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

The closest example to our coin is this of SC 354 (=SNG Spaer 216). Although the obverse is described as Apollo, it is nevertheless very worn. Upon closer examination one could see that the two coins share the same type. According to SC 354 note 'The Kritt specimen shows an apparent helmet crest behind Apollo's head, perhaps evidence for overstriking on an earlier variety featuring Athena'. SC's suggestion of Antioch as a possible mint is repeated from SNG Spaer. The reverse is similar to those from Seleukeia ad Tigrim but the fabric is quite different (cf. Brian Kritt, From Aï Khanoum to Samarqand. Seleucid Coins in Central Asia, pl. 8). Our coin is more reminiscent of western mints, but the identification of a specific mint is still impracticable. The most interesting feature, however, is the mysterious face depicted on the obverse, whose parallel example cannot be found in the references.

Winged head of Medusa to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, bull butting to right; Ξ in exergue. SC 21.2b; HGC 9, 92a corr. (SC citation). 7.41gr, 21mm, 8h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΒΑ ΣΕ, tripod. SC 19; HGC 9, 109. 1.82gr, 12mm, 1h.

Very Fine. Very rare small denomination. No other examples on CoinArchives.

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

Elephant walking to right; countermark within incuse square / Horse's head to left; anchor below, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ to left. SC 35; WSM 1128; HGC 9, 79. 8.43gr, 21mm, 11h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Helmeted head of Athena to right / Elephant standing to right; monograms above and below. SC 128. 8.66gr, 20mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Laureate head to right / BΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] ΑΝΤΙΟΧ[ΟΥ], Artemis standing to left, wearing short chiton, endromides, and quiver over shoulder, crowning the king's name with wreath in her right hand, and holding spear in her left, monogram in outer right field. BMC -; HGC 9, -; Newell -; Houghton -; Savoca Numismatik, Auction 21, 212. 12.11gr, 22mm, 11h.

Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; unpublished and the second known example.

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