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Baaltars seated to left, holding sceptre / Lion walking to left, spearhead to left above. CNG MBS 63, lot 786 (Samaria); BMC -, cf. 4 (tetradrachm); Nicolet-Pierre -, cf. 2 (same); otherwise unpublished. 0.42gr, 8mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.

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

Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.49gr, 15mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Countermarks on both sides.

Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.58gr, 14mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.45gr, 16mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.54gr, 15mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.5gr, 16mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.52gr, 16mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.53gr, 15mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.47gr, 15mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Diademed bust to left, with long pointed beard / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; degraded legend around, monogram beneath bow. Sellwood 82.1 (Mithradates IV); Shore 425 (Mithradates IV); Sunrise 450. 3.78gr, 19mm, 12h.

Near Extremely Fine. Deep original 'find' patina.

Privately purchased from Jencek Historical Enterprise, 12 April 2014. Ex Dr. Stephen J. Antonello Collection. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 107, 16 March 2023, lot 685. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 119, 24 April 2024, lot 996. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY MAYOY, Zeus standing to left, holding long sceptre / 'Rajadirajasa mahatasa Moasa' in Kharosthi, Nike standing to left, holding wreath and palm over shoulder; monogram to right. Mitchiner 699a; HGC 12, 524. 9.49gr, 29mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine. Bend with hairline crack.

Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, wearing crested helmet covered with pelt of scales and adorned with wing / Athena Alkidemos advancing to left; monogram to right. Bopearachchi 16E; SNG ANS 868; HGC 12, 193. 1.79gr, 16mm, 11h.

Very Fine.

London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.