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

Comprising: coins of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia. 22.40gr total, 14-16mm.

As shown.

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

Comprising: various rulers, denominations and reverse types. 5.97gr total, 6-12mm.

As shown.

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

Comprising: mixed issues and reverse types. 13.65gr total, 18-21mm.

Condition as shown.

Property of a London, UK, private collector. Accompanied by an old coin ticket.

AVGVSTVS DIVI•F, laureate head to right / C•VAR•RVF•SEX IVL•POL•II•VIR•Q•, emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis and apex. RPC I 167; ACIP 3137. 11.56gr, 31mm, 7h.

Very Fine.

Ex UK private collection.

Λ[...] ΓЄΤΑC Κ, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΟΥΛΠΙΑΣ ΠΑΥΤΑΛΙ[...], Zeus seated to left, holding sceptre and patera. 4.47gr, 17mm, 7h.

Near Very Fine.

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

IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M S COL VIM, female figure (Provincia Moesia) standing to left, extending hands to bull at left and lion at right; AN II in exergue. Varbanov 115. 16.19gr, 30mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 55, 18 April 2019, lot 573. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M S COL VIM, Moesia standing to left between bull standing to right and lion standing to left; AN III I(date) n exergue. RPC VII.2 20; SNG Copenhagen 142; BMC 9. 17.92gr, 31mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 828. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

ΚΥΝΤΙΛΙΑΝΟΣ (Quintilianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore. ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC ΑΥΓOΥCΤΟC ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ, confronted busts of Caracalla, laureate and draped, to right and Julia Domna, draped, to left / ΥΠ ΚΥΝΤΙΛIΑΝΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Tyche standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; Є in left field. AMNG I 1 678; Varbanov 1054. 12.01gr, 28mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 115, 21 December 2023, lot 667. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

ΚΥΝΤΙΛΙΑΝΟΣ (Quintilianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore. ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟ•C • ΠΙ-ΟC • ΑVΓΟVCTOC, laureate head to right / VΠ ΚVΝΤΙΛΙΑΝ-ΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛIΤ-Ω-Ν, Tyche standing facing, head to left, sacrificing from patera over lighted altar with right hand and holding cornucopia in left. Hristova/Jekov 6.18.36.10a; Varbanov 981. 9.08gr, 26mm, 2h.

Very Fine.

Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.

[ΠΛΑΥΤΙΛΛΑ CЄΒΑCΤΗ], draped bust to right / [ΚΟΡΚΥΡΑΙധΝ], Pegasus flying to right. SNG Copenhagen 270; BMC 691. 6.62gr, 25mm, 10h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing Attic helmet / Athena advancing to right, holding spear pointed upwards; before, coiled serpent to right; Α-ΘΕ in two lines behind; all within wreath. RPC I, 1309B; Chaidari and Ag. Varvara hoards 47; Kroll, Agora 151; Svoronos pl. 80, 34. 8.45gr, 19mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only two examples in RPC Online.

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

Head of youthful Theseus to right; to left, club(?) / [ΑΘΗ], club. RPC IV.1 Online 8283 (temporary); Kroll, Agora 237(3); Svoronos, Athens pl. 96, 37 and 39. 1.28gr, 9mm, 4h.

Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.

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