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CVNOB-ELINI in two panels; pellet-in-annulet above and below / Victory seated to left, holding wreath. Van Arsdell 1971-1; ABC 2918; SCBC 324; BMC 1921-27. 1.54gr, 16mm, 10h.

Very Fine.

From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Devolved head of Apollo to right / Disjointed horse to left; 'anchor' shape above. For prototype cf. ABC 1743; cf. Van Arsdell 811-1; cf. SCBC 390. 4.10gr, 18mm, 5h.

Near Very Fine.

From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Celticized head of Apollo to left / Disjointed driver guiding chariot to left; rosette below, patterns in fields. D&T 70; Van Arsdell 20-1; ABC 31 (Bellovaci); SCBC 7. 1.49gr, 15mm, 12h.

Fine.

From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.

Figure running to right, holding torque and spear / Beast to right; uncertain ornaments above and below. Depeyrot, NC VII, 29; D&T 155; CCCBM III 483-506; de la Tour 8124. 3.80gr, 20mm, 9h.

Near Very Fine.

From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.

Comprising: three bronze units of different reverse types, one with a bull facing right, one with a centaur, and one with a sow. 6.55gr total.



From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Bare head to right; Iberian BENKOTA behind / Warrior on horseback to right, holding sword; Iberian BASKUNES below. ACIP 1630; SNG BM Spain 904-7; CNH 10. 3.79gr, 18mm, 1h.

Good Very Fine. Toned.

Private collection, France. Private European collection.

CARTEIA, turreted head of Fortuna to right / Neptune standing to left, holding dolphin and trident; D D before. RPC I 122; ACIP 2615. 6.35gr, 22mm, 5h.

Near Very Fine.

From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.

Head of Demeter to right, wearing grain wreath, pendant earring and pearl necklace; ΕΥ beneath chin / ΜΕΤΑ, ear of barley with leaf to right; above leaf, sixteen-rayed star; in the lower field to left, ΛΥ. ANS 499 (same dies); Johnston C.8.12 (same dies). 7.77gr, 21mm, 1h.

Near Extremely Fine. Attractive toning with iridescence in fields. Well-centred.

Property of a late collector. Ex Vinchon, 11 April 1988, 185. Ex Münzen und Medaillen FPL 342, February 1973, 6.

Wreathed head of Demeter to right / Two grain ears with leaves to right; META upwards, between, [bird above right grain ear's leaf?]. Cf. Johnston Bronze 78; HN Italy 1714 corr. (position of ethnic"). 4.50gr, 17mm, 4h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Athena Promachos advancing to right, brandishing spear and shield / Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; [MET]A to left. Johnston, Bronze 68a; SNG Copenhagen 1254; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 3.54gr, 15mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

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

Nike flying to left; below, swan standing to left; all within wreath / KAMAPI-NAION, Athena standing to left, holding spear; shield to lower left. Westermark & Jenkins, Period 2, Series 2c, 50; HGC 2, 536. 0.64gr, 13mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

Ex Catawiki. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.

Laureate head of Apollo to left / ΣYPAKOΣ[IΩN], charioteer driving fast biga to right; triskeles running to right below. Bérend, Agathocle pl. 9, 1 var. (triskeles running to left); SNG ANS 549; HGC 2 1276. 4.26gr, 14mm, 6h.

Extremely Fine. An attractive, bright example.

Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 118, 15 October 2002, lot 1130. Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 136, 10 March 2008, lot 480. Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 402, 14 March 2024, lot 588. Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.