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

BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΡOIMHTAΛKOΥ, diademed head of Rhoemetalkes to right / KAIΣAPOΣ ΣEBAΣTOY, bare head of Augustus to right. RPC I, 1718. 4.86gr, 19mm, 7h.

Very Fine.

Property of a North London gentleman.

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ (Apollonios, son of Apollonios), magistrate. AΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ, head of Dionysus(?) to right / ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΩΝ, Zeus seated to right, holding Nike and long sceptre. RPC I, 2857; SNG Copenhagen 391. 3.40gr, 15mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine.

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

ΔHMOC, draped bust of Demos to right / ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ, Marsyas advancing to right, playing double flute. SNG Copenhagen 200. 3.35gr, 18mm, 7h.

Near Extremely Fine. Rare.

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

Head of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath / ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣVΛΟV, thyrsos; ΓΠΣ (date) to inner left, Α-Ν across fields below. RPC I, 4347. 10.23gr, 22mm, 1h.

Good Very Fine. Rare date.

Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.

AVGVSTVS DIVI•F, laureate head to right / C•VAR•RVF•SEX IVL•POL•II•VIR•Q•, emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis and apex. RPC I 167; ACIP 3137. 11.56gr, 31mm, 7h.

Very Fine.

Ex UK private collection.

Λ[...] ΓЄΤΑC Κ, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΟΥΛΠΙΑΣ ΠΑΥΤΑΛΙ[...], Zeus seated to left, holding sceptre and patera. 4.47gr, 17mm, 7h.

Near Very Fine.

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

IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M S COL VIM, female figure (Provincia Moesia) standing to left, extending hands to bull at left and lion at right; AN II in exergue. Varbanov 115. 16.19gr, 30mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 55, 18 April 2019, lot 573. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M S COL VIM, Moesia standing to left between bull standing to right and lion standing to left; AN III I(date) n exergue. RPC VII.2 20; SNG Copenhagen 142; BMC 9. 17.92gr, 31mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 828. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

ΚΥΝΤΙΛΙΑΝΟΣ (Quintilianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore. ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC ΑΥΓOΥCΤΟC ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ, confronted busts of Caracalla, laureate and draped, to right and Julia Domna, draped, to left / ΥΠ ΚΥΝΤΙΛIΑΝΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Tyche standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; Є in left field. AMNG I 1 678; Varbanov 1054. 12.01gr, 28mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 115, 21 December 2023, lot 667. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

ΚΥΝΤΙΛΙΑΝΟΣ (Quintilianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore. ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟ•C • ΠΙ-ΟC • ΑVΓΟVCTOC, laureate head to right / VΠ ΚVΝΤΙΛΙΑΝ-ΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛIΤ-Ω-Ν, Tyche standing facing, head to left, sacrificing from patera over lighted altar with right hand and holding cornucopia in left. Hristova/Jekov 6.18.36.10a; Varbanov 981. 9.08gr, 26mm, 2h.

Very Fine.

Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.

[ΠΛΑΥΤΙΛΛΑ CЄΒΑCΤΗ], draped bust to right / [ΚΟΡΚΥΡΑΙധΝ], Pegasus flying to right. SNG Copenhagen 270; BMC 691. 6.62gr, 25mm, 10h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing Attic helmet / Athena advancing to right, holding spear pointed upwards; before, coiled serpent to right; Α-ΘΕ in two lines behind; all within wreath. RPC I, 1309B; Chaidari and Ag. Varvara hoards 47; Kroll, Agora 151; Svoronos pl. 80, 34. 8.45gr, 19mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only two examples in RPC Online.

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