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

Laureate head of Apollo to right; Λ-[Y] across fields / Kithara; M-A across fields, tripod in lower right field; all within shallow incuse square. RPC I 3310; Troxell, Lycian League, Period IV, Series 6, 110; Müseler XI, 39-40. 1.71gr, 17mm, 11h.

Good Very Fine.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 100, 28 July 2022, lot 456. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Λ-Υ, laureate and draped bust of Apollo to right, with bow and quiver over left shoulder / Τ-Λ, diademed head of Artemis to right. RPC I 3330; Troxell 220β; BMC 7. 3.31gr, 16mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Rare mint.

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

In mythology, Tlos inhabited by hero Bellerophon and his winged horse Pegasus. Its name appears in the Lycian language as Tlawa or Tlawe, and it was one of the six cities possessing three votes in the Lycian League.

Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Pomegranate. SNG BnF 770. 3.26gr, 15mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

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

Turreted head of Tyche to right; uncertain countermark / KEΡAEITΩN, boar springing to right; c/ms: star. SNG Tübingen 241; SNG Pfalz 241; Imhoof KM 5; Von Aulock Pisidien II 755-759. 3.31gr, 16mm, 8h.

Very Fine.

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

Shield decorated with rosette / KЄ(ligate)-PA, club. SNG Turkey 6.1, 1393-1394. 2.17gr, 14mm, 6h.

Very Fine. Very rare type.

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

Helmeted head of Athena to left / Forepart of Pegasos to left within incuse square. Göktürk -; SNG BnF 103-7. 0.65gr, 9mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

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

Bearded head of Bellerophon to left, wearing cap or helmet; all within dotted border / MA, head of boar to left. Unpublished in the standard references; for another example cf. Nomos AG, Auction 33, 1419. 0.33gr, 6mm, 9h.

Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; apparently the second known example.

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

Female head facing, her hair in two hanging braids / The Persian Great King in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in his right hand and bow in his left. Göktürk -; Troxell & Kagan 2 var. (hair style); Sunrise 97. 0.14gr, 6mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine. Very rare Tetartemorion.

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

The Persian Great King in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in his right hand and bow in his left / Crowned head of the Persian Great King to right. Troxell & Kagan -; Sunrise 93; Winzer 3.6a; CNG E-Auction 286 (2012), 150. 0.20gr, 6mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

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

Female head (Arethusa?) facing, wearing triple-pendant earrings / Male head to left, wearing Corinthian helmet. SNG Levante 248; SNG BnF 477; SNG von Aulock -. 0.50gr, 11mm, 9h.

Good Very Fine.

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

Laureate head of Zeus to right; Σ behind / EΛAIOYΣΣΙΩN, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm frond; ΔIΟ to left. SNG BnF 1131 var. (obv. control); SNG Levante 823 var. (same). 7.44gr, 21mm, 11h.

Good Very Fine. Rare variant.

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

Lion walking to left; head of ram to left above / Horse walking to left; star above, ankh to left. Destrooper pl. 10, 6; Zapiti & Michaelidou 27-8; Tziambazis 128 (Salamis, Evagoras II). 3.34gr, 17mm, 2h.

Very Fine. Very rare.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 511. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.