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Head of Apollo to left / ΣΗΣ-[ΤΙ], tripod; Γ to left; star in exergue. CN Online 57873; Fritze, Sestos, Die Menas-Inschrift und das Münzwesen der Stadt 1, p.7, 21 / pl.1, 36. 4.19gr, 15mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

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

Head of bald and bearded satyr to right / Θ-Α-Σ-I, two dolphins, one above the other, swimming left and right; all within shallow incuse. Le Rider, Thasiennes, 12; SNG Copenhagen 1033. 0.37gr, 8mm, 4h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Head of nymph to left / ΘΑ-[...], dolphin leaping to left within incuse square. Daehn Type 9A; CN Online Type 20783; HGC 6, 341. 0.26gr, 8mm, 11h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Head of nymph to left / ΑΘ, dolphin leaping to right within incuse square. SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Delepierre -; CN Online Type 54476; HGC 6, -. 0.24gr, 7mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine. Very rare variety with dolphin to right and retrograde ethnic.

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

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; [AΛ]EΞANΔΡO[Y] to right, lion leaping to left in left field, A within wreath below throne. Price 1985; Müller 788; Thompson -. 4.29gr, 18mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 235. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ below, ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ to right, forepart of lion to left above crescent in left field, pentagram below throne. Price L28; Thompson 127. 4.26gr, 18mm, 1h.

About Good Very Fine.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 94, 24 February 2022, lot 276. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; [A]ΛEΞANΔΡOY to right, forepart of lion to left above crescent in left field, pentagram below throne. Price 1842; Thompson 120; SNG Copenhagen 909. 4.10gr, 18mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine. Subtle, old cabinet tone, a highly attractive example of a desirable type and among the very finest to come to auction in the past two decades.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 234. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; ΛΥΣIMAXOΥ below, BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, head of lion to left in left field, monogram below throne, Σ in outer right field. Price L32; Müller L30; Thompson 98. 4.02gr, 18mm, 11h.

Good Very Fine. Extremely rare.

London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Facing male heads, the left inverted / ΙΣΤΗI, sea-eagle to left, grasping dolphin in its talons; AΠ monogram below. Cf. SNG GB 250. 0.86gr, 11mm, 10h.

Very Fine.

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

Attic standard. Lion attacking to right, biting into the hindquarter of bull kneeling to left and biting the leg of the lion; Θ above, three ground lines below, the middle composed of pellets; stylised acanthus flower ιn exergue / Quadripartite incuse square. Desneux 59 (D57)(?); AMNG III/2, 5; HGC 3, 383. 17.19gr, 27mm.

Near Extremely Fine. Nicely toned with golden iridescence around the devices on obverse.

From collection of Dr G.W., Germany. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auction 37, 13 May 1987.

Diademed male head (of Apollo?) to right / A-M Φ-I, lighted torch. SNG ANS 89-93; HGC 3.1, 438. 1.64gr, 10mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Ex Gitbud & Naumann. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.

Diademed head of Artemis Tauropolos (or Apollo) to right / AMΦIΠOΛITΩN, two goats standing on their hind legs, fighting; monogram(?) to right. Cf. SNG ANS 115-117; HGC 3.1, 421. 6.54gr, 21mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

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