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Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet; c/m: lyre / ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟY, trophy consisting of helmet and cuirass; inner left, monogram. Cf. SNG BnF 1885-90. 5.05gr, 18mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Helmeted head of Athena to right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, ivy leaf. SNG BnF 1676-7 and 1679-81. 1.37gr, 12mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

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

Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, bee. BMC 65; SNG Copenhagen 353; Imhoof-Blumer F., Die Münzen Der Dynastie Von Pergamon 62, pl. III, 7. 1.12gr, 11mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.

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

The attribution of this small bronze to Eumenes II is based mainly on Imhoof-Blumer's thesis that the majority of the bronzes bearing the name of Philetairos depict the controls of the contemporaneous tetradrachms.

Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, bee; [ΔΙ below]. BMC 65; SNG Copenhagen 353; Imhoof-Blumer F., Die Münzen Der Dynastie Von Pergamon 62, pl. III, 7. 1.11gr, 10mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.

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

The attribution of this small bronze to Eumenes II is based mainly on Imhoof-Blumer's thesis that the majority of the bronzes bearing the name of Philetairos depict the controls of the contemporaneous tetradrachms.

Head of Zeus-Ammon to right / Π-Ι-Τ-Α, pentagram. SNG Arikantürk 1056; SNG BnF 2353-5. 0.92gr, 10mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

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

Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΠΟΙΜΑ-ΝΗΝΩΝ, thunderbolt; BI below. BMC 1-3; SNG von Aulock 1433-4. 7.67gr, 21mm, 3h.

Near Very Fine. Very rare city.

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

ABY, eagle standing to left; star to right / Gorgoneion facing within incuse square. CN Online Type 2506; SNG Arikantürk 7. 0.39gr, 9mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

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

Laureate head of Apollo to right / Horse grazing to left; ΑΛΕΞΑΝ above, monogram below, thunderbolt in exergue. BMC 16 var. (monogram); SNG von Aulock 7546 var. (same). 3.35gr, 19mm, 1h.

Very Fine. Very rare.

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

Laureate head of Apollo to left / Horse grazing to left; kerykeion(?) in exergue. Cf. Ellis-Evans, Alexandreia, Series 3, Type 3.1.4f (below, wreath; in exergue, thunderbolt). 0.90gr, 10mm, 5h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Bearded head of Kabeiros to left, wearing pilos / BIPY, club within wreath. SNG Arikantürk 354-60; SNG Ashmolean 1075. 6.40gr, 21mm, 10h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Cockerel standing to left, on back of hen standing to left, preparing to mate / Incuse head of panther to left. Leu Web Auction 15, 341; CNG 90, 575; otherwise, unpublished. 0.39gr, 7mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished.

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

Head of Artemis to right, wearing stephane / Monogram within wreath. SNG Arikantürk 799-800. 1.29gr, 11mm, 1h.

Very Fine.

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