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ΘΕΑΝ ΡΩΜΗΝ, draped bust of Roma to right / ΘЄΟΝ ΣΥΝΚΛΗΤΟΝ, draped bust of Senate to right. Cf. RPC III, 1750. 2.03gr, 18mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

BP[ЄTANNIKOC KA]ICAP, bare head of Britannicus to right / [ЄΠI XAΛЄOY] AIΓAЄωN, Zeus standing facing, head to left, holding eagle in his right hand and sceptre with his left. RPC I 2431. 4.01gr, 18mm, 11h.

Very Fine.

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

ΓΑΙΟΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΑ ЄΠΙ ΑΟΥΙΟΛΑ, laureate head to right / ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙWΝ ΜΗΝΟΦΑΝΗϹ, Nike advancing to right, holding wreath and palm. RPC I 2473; BMC 277. 3.36gr, 16mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ, laureate head to right / ΜΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ, cult statue of Apollo Didymeus, holding stag, laurel branch and bow to right: in right field, star. RPC II, 1151; BMC 152; SNG Copenhagen 1014. 5.78gr, 20mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΟΝΕΙΚΟΣ, ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΟΣ (Claudius Stratonikos, strategos). ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ ΙΟΥΛΙΑ, draped bust to right / ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡ • ΚΛ • ϹΤΡΑΤΟNЄΙ ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙ-ΩΝ, temple with four columns enclosing Tyche standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 1427; BMC 387-8; Klose LVIII 27-33. 7.65gr, 25mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine.

Ex UK private collection. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.

• ΠΟ • ΛΙΚ • ΟΥΑΛЄΡΙΑΝΟϹ, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / ΤΗΙΩΝ Є-ΙΩΝΩΝ(sic), the poet Anacreon seated to right, playing lyre held on knee. RPC X Unassigned ID 61397; SNG Copenhagen 1536. 3.55gr, 20mm, 8h.

Very Fine.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 598, 29 October 2025, lot 313. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. Accompanied by a CNG coin ticket.

Anacreon was born in Teos about 582 BC and gained fame as a lyric poet. He left the city when it was threatened by the Persians circa 545 and subsequently helped to found Abdera in Thrace. He was later the court poet for the tyrant Polykrates of Samos. Upon his death, a statue was erected in the Acropolis in Athens (from CNG footnote).

ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ B ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩ-Ν, Dionysus standing facing, head to left, holding long thyrsus and kantharus. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 73912; GRPC Lydia -; Hochard -. 6.26gr, 24mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.

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

ΔΙΑΦΑΝHΣ (Diaphanes), archon. CΙΛΑΝ-ΔЄΩΝ, turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right / ЄΠ ΔIAΦANOYC APX, lion walking to right. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 76827; Amandry Silandos -; GRPCL Lydia 38; Hochard 2289. 3.34gr, 18mm, 7h.

Very Fine. Extremely rare.

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

Α Κ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤωΝ, basket of Kibyra. RPC IX, 787. 1.76gr, 18mm, 7h.

Near Very Fine. Rare.

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

ΑΥ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ [ΚΑΙ ϹΕ Γ]ΕΡ ΔΑ, laureate head to right / ΜΙΔΑ-[ΕΩΝ], Cybele seated to left, holding patera in her right hand, resting on tympanum with her left arm; lion to left and right. Cf. RPC III, 2644; Von Aulock, Phrygiens II -. 21.46gr, 32mm, 7h.

Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one example cited by RPC and none on CoinArchives.

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

[ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟC], laureate head to right / ΠΕΡ, prow to right; behind, lighthouse. BMC 25; RPC III 2689. 2.06gr, 12mm, 3h.

Near Very Fine.

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

KAICA ANTΩNEI, laureate head to right / ΠΕΡΓΑΙΩΝ, Sphinx seated to left, uncertain symbol behind. Unpublished. 1.19gr, 11mm, 6h.

Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished and possibly unique.

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