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[IMP CAES TR HADRIANVS], laureate and cuirassed bust to left / IANVS AVG C G I P, founder ploughing with two oxen to right. RPC III, 1539. 1.91gr, 14mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine. Very rare.

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

ΑVΤΟ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / C G H I P, Genius sacrificing to left over lighted altar, holding patera and cornucopia. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 89918.4 (this coin); SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -. 4.79gr, 24mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Very rare.

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

COΛ-IENVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL G(?) IVL H PHB(sic), Marsyas standing to left, raising right hand and carrying wineskin over left shoulder. RPC X Unassigned ID 97471 (this coin). 4.38gr, 22mm, 1h.

Very Fine. Extremely rare variety. Only this example known, published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).

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

IMP [...], laureate head to ight / APOLLO-N SMIN[Θ?], nude Apollo Smintheus advancing to left, holding patera and laurel-branch(?). RPC IV.2 Online 142 (temporary); Bellinger A 181. 1.63gr, 15mm, 6h.

Very Fine. Very rare; only three specimens cited by RPC Online.

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

CAI COMM A, bare head to right / COL AVG TROA, tripod. RPC IV.2 Online 189 (temporary); Bellinger A231. 2.25gr, 18mm, 7h.

Very Fine. Very Rare.

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

IMP LIC VALERIANVS A, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL AVGV TRO, horse grazing to right. RPC X Unassigned ID 63960; Bellinger A436. 5.28gr, 23mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

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

CO ALEX TRO, turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right, with vexillum inscribed CO AV in two lines behind / COL AVG TROADE, Herakles standing facing, head to right, resting his right hand on hip and leaning left on club set on rock; to left, bow and quiver. RPC IX 533 = SNG von Aulock 1464 = Bellinger A484. 4.13gr, 22mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; apparently the second known example.

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

COL TROA, turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right; vexillum behind / COL AVG TRO, eagle flying to right, carrying bukranion. Bellinger A490. 4.46gr, 21mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Three ears of corn / ΜΑΓΝΗΤധΝ (retrograde), eagle facing, head to right, with open wings. RPC IV.2 Online 1050 (temporary); SNG von Aulock 2047. 3.65gr, 15mm, 12h.

Very Fine. No other examples on CoinArchives.

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

[ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ]ΟΡΑ [ΤΡΑ]ΙΑΝΟΝ ΑΔ[ΡΙΑΝΟΝ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΝ], laureate head to right, with drapery on left shoulder / ΜΥΛΑ-ϹΕΩΝ and central pellet within wreath of ears of corn and poppyheads; on the top, eagle to right looking to left. RPC III, 2198.4 (this coin); Akarca 55 corr. 11.58gr, 28mm, 7h.

Near Very Fine.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).

ΟΡΘΡΙΟΣ ΙΕΡΕΥΣ or ΙΕΡΩΝ (Orthrios, priest or Hieron), magistrate. ΔHMOC TABHNധN, laureate head of Demos to right / Capricorn to right; ΔIA OP • IЄ around. RPC II 1257; Robert, Carie p. 119, c. 4.17gr, 18mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

IEPA CVNKΛHTOC, draped bust of the Senate to right / AΠOΛΛΩNIΔE, draped bust of Apollo to right. GRPC Lydia 13; RPC II Supp. 952A. 1.88gr, 17mm, 7h.

Very Fine. Rare.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 86, 8 July 2021, lot 538. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.