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Bare head to right; Iberian BENKOTA behind / Warrior on horseback to right, holding sword; Iberian BASKUNES below. ACIP 1630; SNG BM Spain 904-7; CNH 10. 3.79gr, 18mm, 1h.

Good Very Fine. Toned.

Private collection, France. Private European collection.

CARTEIA, turreted head of Fortuna to right / Neptune standing to left, holding dolphin and trident; D D before. RPC I 122; ACIP 2615. 6.35gr, 22mm, 5h.

Near Very Fine.

From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.

Head of Demeter to right, wearing grain wreath, pendant earring and pearl necklace; ΕΥ beneath chin / ΜΕΤΑ, ear of barley with leaf to right; above leaf, sixteen-rayed star; in the lower field to left, ΛΥ. ANS 499 (same dies); Johnston C.8.12 (same dies). 7.77gr, 21mm, 1h.

Near Extremely Fine. Attractive toning with iridescence in fields. Well-centred.

Property of a late collector. Ex Vinchon, 11 April 1988, 185. Ex Münzen und Medaillen FPL 342, February 1973, 6.

Wreathed head of Demeter to right / Two grain ears with leaves to right; META upwards, between, [bird above right grain ear's leaf?]. Cf. Johnston Bronze 78; HN Italy 1714 corr. (position of ethnic"). 4.50gr, 17mm, 4h.

Near Very Fine.

London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.

Athena Promachos advancing to right, brandishing spear and shield / Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; [MET]A to left. Johnston, Bronze 68a; SNG Copenhagen 1254; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 3.54gr, 15mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.

Nike flying to left; below, swan standing to left; all within wreath / KAMAPI-NAION, Athena standing to left, holding spear; shield to lower left. Westermark & Jenkins, Period 2, Series 2c, 50; HGC 2, 536. 0.64gr, 13mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

Ex Catawiki. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.

Laureate head of Apollo to left / ΣYPAKOΣ[IΩN], charioteer driving fast biga to right; triskeles running to right below. Bérend, Agathocle pl. 9, 1 var. (triskeles running to left); SNG ANS 549; HGC 2 1276. 4.26gr, 14mm, 6h.

Extremely Fine. An attractive, bright example.

Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 118, 15 October 2002, lot 1130. Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 136, 10 March 2008, lot 480. Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 402, 14 March 2024, lot 588. Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

Wreathed head of Kore to right; rose(?) behind / Demeter seated slightly to right, holding grain ear and sceptre; BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, ΠΥΡΡΟΥ to left. CNS 185; SNG ANS 836-41 var. (symbols); HGC 3.1, 269. 8.17gr, 23mm, 11h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Wreathed head of Demeter to left, wearing decorated polos / [AIΓOΣΠO], goat standing to left. HGC 3.2, 1260. 3.55gr, 15mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Head of female to right / Α-Λ-Ω, kantharos. HGC 3, 1303. 2.23gr, 13mm, 10h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Facing head of Medusa with tongue protruding and snakes as hair / Upright anchor; crayfish to left, A to right. Topalov, Apollonia p. 337, 7; HGC 3.2, 1323. 3.27gr, 14mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Upright anchor, A under left fluke and crayfish under right / Facing gorgoneion. Topalov, Apollonia 45; CN Online 21301; cf. HGC 3, 1323. 2.85gr, 13mm, 10h.

Near Very Fine.

From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.