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

Helmeted bust of Athena, to right / ΑΘΗ, owl standing to left. RPC IV.1, 8273 (temporary); Kroll, Agora 229(1); Svoronos, Athens 88.47-51; SNG Copenhagen 337-8. 1.61gr, 12mm, 10h.

Very Fine.

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

Pegasus flying to left; [Ϙ below] / Head of Athena to left, wearing Corinthian helmet; Δ-I flanking neck, behind, Zeus seated to right, holding eagle and brandishing thunderbolt. Pegasi 450; Ravel 1075; BCD Corinth 131; HGC 4, 1848. 8.51gr, 24mm, 2h.

Good Very Fine. Pleasant cabinet tone.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 78. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Laureate head of Apollo to left / ΠE within wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 600.4; HGC 4, 129. 1.81gr, 14mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

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

Bull butting to left, head lowered and turned to face the viewer / Φ surrounded by four pellets. Agora 721a-e; BCD Peloponnesos 108; BMC 16-17. 1.51gr, 14mm, 2h.

Very Fine.

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

Chalkoi of this issue circulated widely, and their find spots have included the Peloponnesos, Corinth, Athens, Boeotia, Thessaly, and Macedon.

Female head to right, wearing stephanos / Large ΠA monogram. Svoronos, Numismatique 32; SNG Copenhagen 333; Traeger 9. 2.07gr, 14mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Ivy wreathed and bearded head of Satyr to left / ΠANTI below bow and arrow. MacDonald 59; Anokhin 1022; HGC 7, 106. 10.35gr, 24mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine. Repatinated.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 94, 24 February 2022, lot 308. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Dolphin right / APIXO on flat surface. Anokhin 179; CN Online Type 21659; HGC 3, 1879. 4.27gr, 40mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

The method of casting this unique type of coin was adopted by the Gallic Celts, who originally came from this region. Dolphins were generally struck in the form of a tree attached to the tail, although some examples appear to have been cast individually.

Laureate head of Apollo to right / Dolphin to right; corn grain above. SNG SHM Moskau 754 corr. (Demeter); SNG Stancomb 358; SNG BM Black Sea 418; cf. HGC 3.2, 1924. 0.73gr, 10mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Draped male bust to right, with bare head and wings at temples / Cornucopia between pilei of the Dioscuri, each with eight-rayed star above; ΑΜΑΣ-ΣΕΙΑΣ across lower fields. SNG Stancomb 655; SNG BM Black Sea 1046-7; HGC 7, 225. 3.89gr, 18mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

Property of a UK gallery.

Wreathed head of Mithradates VI as young Dionysos to right / ΑΜΙΣΟΥ, panther skin and thyrsos on cista mystica, to left and right, monogram. HGC 7, 243. 8.64gr, 23mm, 2h.

Extremely Fine.

From a German private collection, formed since the 1980s.

Wreathed head of Mithradates VI as young Dionysos right / Panther skin and thyrsos on cista mystica, to left, monogram. HGC 7, 243. 8.04gr, 22mm, 1h.

Extremely Fine.

From a German private collection, formed since the 1980s.

Head of a sea-eagle to left; below, dolphin to left / Quadripartite incuse square with two opposing quarters filled, the others plain and with pellet. SNG Ashmolean 260; SNG BM Black Sea 1364 var. (sunken quarters stippled); SNG von Aulock -; HGC 7, 384 var. (sunken quarters stippled). 6.08gr, 16mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.