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

Head of youthful male to right / Female kneeling to left, casting astragaloi. Klein 677; SNG Levante 65. 0.53gr, 9mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

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

Bearded and helmeted male head (Ares?) to left / Female head facing slightly to left. SNG Levante 96; SNG BnF -; SNG von Aulock -. 0.83gr, 9mm, 1h.

Good Very Fine.

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

Bearded head of Pan to left / Herakles kneeling to right, holding club and bow, lion skin tied at neck and draped over arm. Göktürk -; SNG BnF -; SNG Levante 237; Traité II 1381 (Tarsos). 0.69gr, 9mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

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

The Persian Great King in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in his right hand and bow in his left / Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet. Göktürk -; SNG Levante -; SNG Paris -; Troxell & Kagan 12; Sunrise 94. 0.16gr, 6mm, 11h.

Good Very Fine. Rare.

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

Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Male deity, half nude, seated to left on throne, holding patera and sceptre, flanked by two sphinxes. Unpublished in the standard references but cf. Leu 13, 458 = Roma E-79, 334. 0.27gr, 7mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; the third known example.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 118, 8 April 2024, lot 664. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Diademed head of Zeus to right / Nike advancing to left, holding wreath. Cf. SNG BnF 1140. 6.32gr, 20mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Legend within wreath / Splayed double cornucopia with pomegranate between. Hendin 6181; Meshorer Group P; HGC 10, 638. 1.59gr, 14mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.

'Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews' (in Paleo-Hebrew) within wreath / Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate between the horns Cf. Hendin GBC 6, 6181; HGC 10, 638. 2.18gr, 14mm, 2h.

Very Fine.

London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.

Yehonatan the King' in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, upright anchor. Hendin 6189; Meshorer Group K; HGC 10, 637. 1.13gr, 14mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.

'Year two' in Paleo-Hebrew, amphora with broad rim and two handles / 'The freedom of Zion' in Paleo-Hebrew; vine leaf on small branch with tendril. TJC 196a; Sofaer 11-4; Hendin GBC 6, 6389; Hendin GBC 5, 1360. 2.94gr, 18mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

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

HPΩΔOY TETPAPXOY, palm frond; L ΛZ (date) across field / TIBEPIAC in two lines within wreath. RPC I 4931; Bromberg I 33; Hendin 6243; Meshorer, AJC, 14; Sofaer 105-106. 5.35gr, 19mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.

TIBEPIAC in two lines within wreath / HPωΔΟΥ TETPAPXOY, palm frond; across fields, L ΛΓ (date). RPC I 4923; Hendin 6235; Meshorer 80. 5.85gr, 19mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.