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SPAIN, Ekualakos. Circa 150-100 BC. Æ Unit - As. Male head right; dolphin to right / Horseman riding right, holding spear. CNH 2; SNG BM Spain 1033.

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Kings of Numidia, Massinissa or Micipsa Æ Unit / Horse Attribution: SNG Copenhagen 505 Date: 148-118 BC Obverse: Laureate bearded head left Reverse: Horse jumping left

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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As king, 306/5-301 BC. Æ Unit Salamis mint. Struck under Demetrios I Poliorketes. Macedonian shield, boss decorated with facing gorgoneion / Macedonian helmet; kerykeion and monogram to lower left and right. Price 3159 (c. 323-315 BC); Zapiti & Michaelidou 7–8.

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Sicily, Syracuse. Hiketas II. 287-278 B.C. Æ 22 mm (9.26 g, 4 h). Ca. 283-279 B.C. [ΔIOΣ EΛΛANIOY], laureate head of Zeus Hellanios left / [ΣYPAK]O[ΣI]ON, eagle, wings displayed, standing left on thunderbolt. CNS II p. 301, 157; SNG ANS 788.

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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. Æ Antioch on the Orontes mint. Radiate and diademed head right / Eagle standing left, scepter over right shoulder; BP(retrograde)P (date) and ivy leaf below. SC 2300.1e; HGC 9, 1212; DCA 279.

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THRACE, Odessos. Late 3rd-2nd centuries BC. Æ Head of female right / Great God reclining left, holding cornucopiae; to left, inverted amphora; monogram in exergue. AMNG I 2178; SNG Copenhagen 669

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KINGS of BOSPOROS. Leukon II. Circa 240-220 BC. Æ Helmeted head of Athena right / Thunderbolt. MacDonald 100.

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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos IX Philopator (Kyzikenos). 114-95 BC. Æ 14mm Uncertain mint in northern Syria(?). Helmeted head of Athena right / Prow right. SNG Spaer 2721-2723; Houghton 588

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A trio of SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. Æ Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint(?). Radiate and diademed head right / Nike in biga left; monogram below. SC 1484.2; HGC 9, 669.

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CAMPANIA, Cales. 265-240 BC. Æ 21mm (7.33 gm, 7h). CALENO, laureate head of Apollo left; behind, cock standing right / Man-headed bull standing right; lyre above, SNG Morcom -; SNG France -; SNG ANS -; HN Italy 436.

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Aiolis, Aigai. 3rd century B.C. AE 18 (18.3 mm, 4.01 g, 10 h). Head of Apollo right / AIΓAEΩN, Goat standing right. SNG Cop 10; SNG von Aulock 1596.

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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I. Circa 170-145 BC. Æ Square 4 Units (21mm, 9.33 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear / The Dioskouroi on rearing horses right, each holding palm branch and spear; monogram behind. Bopearachchi Série 19D; SNG ANS 543-5

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NABATAEA. Aretas IV. 9 BC-AD 40. Æ. Petra mint. Struck circa AD 13-15. Aramaic semkath/het within laurel wreath / Eagle standing left; Aramaic het to right. Meshorer, Nabataea 93.

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NABATAEA. Aretas IV. 9 BC-AD 40. Æ (18mm, 4.58 g, 12h). Petra mint. Uncertain date, struck 6-3 BC. Laureate head right; Aramaic het-samekh flanking / Female figure (Huldu?) standing left, raising hand. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 56, 58, and 66.

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THESSALY, Thessalian League. Late 2nd-mid 1st centuries BC. Æ Dichalkon Mnesimachos, magistrate. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; MNH above / ΘEΣ–[Σ]AΛΩ[N], horse trotting right; grain ear to right. Rogers –; BCD Thessaly II 904.3.

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KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Philip V – Perseus. 187-168 BC. Æ Uncertain mint. Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing right, head left, on thunderbolt; NK monogram to upper left, ΠAP monogram to right. Touratsoglou, Macedonia -; AMNG III/2, p. 5, 36 var. (Paroreia; torch to upper left); BMC p. 15, 60 (Paroreia).

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KINGS of MACEDON. Perseus. 179-168 BC. Æ Uncertain mint in Macedon. Helmeted head of the Hero Perseus right; harpa before / Eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; EP monogram to left, uncertain control(s) in exergue. SNG Alpha Bank 1135-42 var.