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[Λ ΑΥΡ Κ]ΑΙϹΑΡ [ΟΥΗΡΟϹ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΝΥϹΑ]-ЄΩΝ, Kore standing to left, holding long sceptre. RPC IV.2 Online 1477 (temporary); Regling, Nysa 107 corr.; BMC 38 corr. 8.03gr, 23mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine. Rare.

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

Head of Dionysos to right, wreathed with ivy / ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEΩN, Pan, naked, dancing to left with both arms outstretched. BMC 35; SNG Copenhagen 353; Mionnet IV, 537; GRPC Lydia 87. 2.71gr, 17mm, 8h.

Near Very Fine.

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

ΑΝΔΡΟΝΙΚΟΣ ΑΡΧΩΝ A (Andronikos IV), great-great-grandson of Iollas, first archon and stephanephoros. AY KAI Λ C-ЄΠ CЄOYHP[...], laureate head to right / [ЄΠI A]NΔPONЄIKOY APX A CAITTH-NΩ-N, Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder with her right hand and cornucopia with her left. RPC V.2 Online Unassigned ID 70867; GRPC Lydia 86-87; Hochard 1697; Amandry Saittai A.II.2. 7.55gr, 25mm, 5h.

Very Fine.

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

Turreted head of Tyche to right / ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ, nude figure of Apollo standing facing, head to left, holding branch and bow. GRPC Lydia 6; RPC IV.2 Online 1402 (temporary); BMC 3. 3.49gr, 17mm, 6h.

Very Fine. Very Rare.

Acquired from Papillon Numismatic. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 81, 25 February 2021, lot 485. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

ΑΝΔΡΟΝΕΙΚΟΣ (Androneikos), magistrate. CΑΛΗΝΩΝ, draped bust of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / ЄΠΙ ΑΝΔΡΟΝЄΙΚΟY, Kybele seated to left, holding patera in her right hand and leaning with her left on tympanon. RPC IV.2 Online 1416 (temporary); GRPC Lydia 22; BMC 18-19. 4.18gr, 18mm, 7h.

Good Very Fine.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 102, 3 November 2022, lot 417. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

ΜΑΡΚΕΛΛΟΣ (Marcellus), proconsul for the second time, and ΤΙ- ΚΛΑΥ- ΦΙΛΕΙΝΟΣ (Ti. Klau. Phileinos), strategos for the second time. ЄΠI TI KΛAV ΦIΛЄINOV CTPA, draped bust of Roma-Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / ЄΠI MAPKЄΛΛOV CAPΔIANΩN TO B, tetrastyle temple with pellet in pediment. BMC 67; RPC II 1305. 4.12gr, 18mm, 3h.

Very Fine.

Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

ΝΑΝΝΑΣ ΣΤΕΦΑΝΗΦΟΡΟΣ (Nannas, stephanephoros). Γ ΚΑΙϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΑΙΖΑΝΙΤΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΝΑΝΝΑ ΣΤΕΦΑΝΗΦΟΡΟΥ, Zeus standing to left, holding eagle with his right and and long sceptre with his left hand. RPC I, 3073; BMC 70; SNG Copenhagen 81. 4.27gr, 18mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

[ΣΕΒΑΣΤ]ΟΣ, bare head to right / Artemis advancing to right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow; stag to right, AKM-ONEΩ[N] in two lines to left. RPC I, 3169Α. 3.08gr, 14mm, 2h.

Near Very Fine. Very rare; only four examples cited by RPC Online.

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

ΣΕΡΟΥΗΝΙΟΣ ΚΑΠΙΤΩΝ and ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΣΕΟΥΗΡΑ (L. Servenius Capito, Archon and his wife Iulia Severa). ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, laureate head to right; behind, kerykeion; before crescent / ΣΕΡΟΥΗΝΙΟΥ ΚΑΠΙΤΩΝΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΙΟΥΛΙΑΣ ΣΕΟΥΗΡΑΣ ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ, Zeus seated to left on throne, holding patera in his right hand and sceptre in left hand; at his feet to left, owl; in the field to left, ΕΠΙ and ΑΡΧ (partially ligate). RPC I, 3174; SNG Copenhagen 28. 4.22gr, 20mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

ΚΛΑΥΔΙΑ ΕΥΓΕΝΕΤΟΡΙΑΝΗ (Claudia Eugenetoriane). ΒΟΥΛΗ ΚΟΛΟϹϹΗΝΩΝ, veiled and draped bust of the Boule to right / ΚΛ ЄΥΓЄΝЄΤΟΡΙΑNΗ ΑΝЄΘΗΚЄΝ, Dionysus standing facing, head to left, holding cantharus over panther and long thyrsus. RPC III, 2307F; Von Aulock Phrygiens II, 454 corr. (unclear legends); Martin, Demos, Colossae 4 corr. (reverse legend). 4.92gr, 20mm, 6h.

Very Fine. Extremely rare; only three specimens cited by RPC Online; no other examples on CoinArchives.

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

ΤΙΤΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ, laureate head to right / ΙΤΑΛΙΚΩ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΩ ΔΟΡΥΛΑЄΩΝ, Zeus seated to left, holding thunderbolt and long sceptre. RPC II, 1413; Von Aulock Phyrgiens II, 173-184. 5.37gr, 20mm, 2h.

Near Very Fine.

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

ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΟΣ ΖΜΕΡΤΟΡΙΞ (Valerius Zmertorix), magistrate. ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, bare head to right / OYAΛEPIOΣ MZEPTOPIΞ(sic) EYMENEΩN within laurel wreath. RPC I, 3146 var. (rev. legend error). 3.77gr, 15mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine. Very rare with this legend error.

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