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Laureate head of Apollo to right / Dolphin to right; corn grain above. SNG SHM Moskau 754 corr. (Demeter); SNG Stancomb 358; SNG BM Black Sea 418; cf. HGC 3.2, 1924. 0.73gr, 10mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Draped male bust to right, with bare head and wings at temples / Cornucopia between pilei of the Dioscuri, each with eight-rayed star above; ΑΜΑΣ-ΣΕΙΑΣ across lower fields. SNG Stancomb 655; SNG BM Black Sea 1046-7; HGC 7, 225. 3.89gr, 18mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

Property of a UK gallery.

Wreathed head of Mithradates VI as young Dionysos to right / ΑΜΙΣΟΥ, panther skin and thyrsos on cista mystica, to left and right, monogram. HGC 7, 243. 8.64gr, 23mm, 2h.

Extremely Fine.

From a German private collection, formed since the 1980s.

Wreathed head of Mithradates VI as young Dionysos right / Panther skin and thyrsos on cista mystica, to left, monogram. HGC 7, 243. 8.04gr, 22mm, 1h.

Extremely Fine.

From a German private collection, formed since the 1980s.

Head of a sea-eagle to left; below, dolphin to left / Quadripartite incuse square with two opposing quarters filled, the others plain and with pellet. SNG Ashmolean 260; SNG BM Black Sea 1364 var. (sunken quarters stippled); SNG von Aulock -; HGC 7, 384 var. (sunken quarters stippled). 6.08gr, 16mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Wreathed head of Dionysos to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠΡΟYΣIOY, the centaur Cheiron standing to right, playing kithara; monogram below raised foreleg. HGC 7, 629. 5.38gr, 21mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

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

Bust of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / AΔPAMVTH, owl standing to right with closed wings, head facing. Stauber, Adramytteion p. 215, 144 = Von Fritze, Mysiens 97, pl. II, 16; Lindgren I 205. 1.00gr, 12mm, 3h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Wreathed female head (Io?) to right, wearing sphendone / Forepart of Pegasos to left; OPON below. Troxell, Orontes -; cf. SNG BnF 1223-1226 (Lampsakos); cf. SNG Copenhagen 206-207; BMC -; SNG von Aulock -; otherwise unpublished. 0.67gr, 9mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; unpublished.

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

Laureate head of Apollo to right / A-TA-[P], wreath of grain ears tied above. Unpublished type. 0.67gr, 10mm, 4h.

Very Fine. An unpublished type of Atarneos and unique issue.

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

Bearded head to right, wearing bashlyk / [KIΣ], forepart of winged boar to right. Troxell, Orontes, 7. 1.08gr, 12mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Forepart of lion to left, devouring prey; in right field, tunny fish swimming upwards / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 41; BMFA 1416 var. (stater); Greenwell 109; SNG BnF 181 var. (hemihekte). 2.66gr, 11mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine. A superb piece, the finest on the market.

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

Wreathed head of Kore Soteira to right, hair in sphendone / K-Y Z-I, Apollo, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, seated to left on omphalos, holding phiale, left arm resting on kithara seated on ground to right; monogram to left. Unpublished denomination. 6.88gr, 23mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; unpublished and unique.

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