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AVT KAI M A ANTΩNЄINOC CЄ (or similar), laureate head to right / S•C; Δ Є above, eagle below; all within wreath. Cf. RPC VI Online 8045 (temporary). 5.29gr, 20mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine.

Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 100, 28 July 2022, lot 879. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Μ Α ϹЄΟ ΑΛЄΞ[...], laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛ, Tyche of the City seated on rock to left, holding corn ears; at her feet, river god Orontes swimming to left; above, ram leaping to left, looking back; to left, star; Δ Ε and S C across fields. Cf. RPC VI Oline 8068. 15.01gr, 33mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

AVTOK K M IOVΛΙ ΦΙΛIΠΠOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to left / ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩΝ, turreted, draped and veiled bust of Tyche to right, ram leaping to right above, star below; Δ Є and S C across fields. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 7494 (temporary); McAlee 977; BMC 527. 12.87gr, 28mm, 6h.

Very Fine. Porous surfaces.

Purchased privately from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Laureate and draped bust of Apollo to right / Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to left, quiver over shoulder. RPC IV.3, 25378; McAlee 169B. 1.93gr, 11mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine. Extremely rare.

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

Laureate and draped bust of Apollo to right / Lyre. Cf. Butcher p. 404 and pl. 19, 2; cf. McAlee 168. 0.75gr, 9mm, 11h.

Near Very Fine.

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

[...] ΠΟ ΓЄΤΑC [...], bareheaded and draped bust to right / ΠΑΛΤΗΝധΝ [...], Nike standing to left, holding palm frond and wreath. Unpublished type of Paltus for Geta. 7.10gr, 25mm, 11h.

Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; unpublished and apparently unique.

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

ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α • [...], laureate head to right / ΑVΓΟVϹΤΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ, draped bust of Julia Maesa to right. RPC VI Online 8113 (temporary). 5.79gr, 20mm, 8h.

Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only one more example cited by RPC Online.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 118, 8 April 2024, lot 1112. Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

[IMP M AVR SEV ANTON AVG], laureate head to right / [COL BER], Poseidon standing facing, head to left, wearing polos, in quadriga of four hippocamps, holding dolphin in right hand and trident in left RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 74074; Rouvier 563; cf. BMC 156–159; cf. Sawaya 1463-1485. 9.72gr, 22mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine.

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

IM CA D VES F D OM AV GER COS XII, laureate bust of Domitian to right, aegis at point of bust / EΠI BA AΓPI, crossed cornucopias over winged caduceus; ET KS (date) across fields, S C below. RPC II, 2271 (Caesarea Panias); Meshorer 163; Hendin 6355; Sofaer 222; Shoshana I 20184. 4.48gr, 21mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Palm tree; L Μ[Α](?) (date) across fields / [KAICA]-POC, grain ear. Cf. RPC II 4957; cf. TJC 315; cf. Sofaer 7; cf. Hendin 1331. 1.94gr, 16mm, 11h.

Good Fine.

Ex Jerusalem collection and Cambridgeshire collection, 1970s.

ΔOMITI KAICAP, laureate head to left / KANATA, turreted bust of Tyche to left; ZNP (date) to left. RPC II, 2092; Sofaer 2; Spijkerman 4; Rosenberger 3. 2.87gr, 14mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

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

L Є KAICAPOC, palm branch / NЄPധNOC in three lines within wreath. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 1.50gr, 15mm, 5h.

Near Very Fine.

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