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Forepart of lion to right, head turned back to left / Bird standing to left within incuse square. Historia Numorum Online 980 (Mylasa); Klein 430; SNG Kayhan 940-3 (Mylasa); SNG Keckman I 926-7 (Mylasa); SNG Tübingen 3001. 0.15gr, 6mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Forepart of bull to right, head to left; small seal above / Incuse square punch. Bodenstedt 9 (unlisted dies); Boston MFA -; BMC -; SNG von Aulock 7946. 2.58gr, 11mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine. Extremely rare, only seven examples noted by Bodenstedt.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction 6, Session 2, 29 September 2013, lot 623. Private European collection.

Head of Hermes to left, wearing petasos / Monogram of Phokaia (kerykeion); uncertain symbol above. SNG München 830 var. (no symbol). 1.81gr, 11mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Head of Hermes to left, wearing petasos / Monogram of Phokaia in form of kerykeion. Cf. SNG München 830. 1.16gr, 11mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΣ(?) (Menandros), magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΣMYPNAI[ΩΝ], tripod, monogram of MENAN within circle to right. Not in the standard references including Milne. 4.08gr, 18mm, 5h.

Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished variety.

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

Facing lion scalp / Forepart of ox to right; ΣA above, olive branch to left, Γ (date) below; all within incuse square. Barron Class VII, 72a (A33/P72) (this coin); Slg. O'Hagan 591 (this coin); Coll. Berlin (Fox coll.); HGC 6, 1190. 12.96gr, 24mm, 9h.

Near Extremely Fine. Amazing old cabinet tone. Well centred and of fine style. Extremely rare date (no other examples on CoinArchives).

Ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 23 March 1896, lot 592. Ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 4 May 1908, lot 591. From Hyman Montagu (1844-1895) collection. From Henry Osborne O'Hagan, Esq. (1853-1930) collection. Ex Cahn, 1951. Ex Bourgey Emile, Collection de Monnaies Grecques Gauloise-romaines, Hôtel Drouot Sale, Paris, 13 June 1952, lot 127. Ex Münzen & Medaillen, Basel. From Rollin & Feuardent (William Talbot Ready), London. Acquired privately from Jean Vinchon, Paris.

Head of Hera facing / Facing lion's head, invisible inscription below. Cf. BMC p. 366, 172. 0.89gr, 11mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine. Rare.

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

Laureate head of Zeus to right; c/m: kerykeion within triangular incuse / ANTIO[...], forepart of humped bull recumbent to left on Maeander pattern, bunch of grapes in right field. Not in the major references. 1.24gr, 12mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.

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

Iris with curved wings and outstretched hands in a kneeling-running position to left, head reverted / Griffin standing to left, one front paw raised, in incuse square with dotted border. HNO 435; Konuk 60-61; SNG von Aulock 8041. 0.67gr, 8mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Forepart of lion to left, head to right / Bird standing to left; two pellets around; all within incuse square. HN Online 2046; SNG Kayhan 947-8. 0.14gr, 5mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Foreparts of two confronted bulls, with horns intertwined / Forepart of bull to left within incuse square. Cf. HNO Online 73. 0.11gr, 8mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Edge chipped.

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

[Foreparts of two confronted bulls, with horns intertwined] / Forepart of bull to left within incuse square. Cf. HNO Online 73. 0.15gr, 7mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

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