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Bithynia
17 300
Paphlagonia
11 86
Pontos
18 124
Troas
26 431
Mysia
29 443
Lesbos
8 272
Aiolis
12 183
Ionia
24 807
Lydia
39 478
Phrygia
56 488
Galatia
6 55
Karia
51 609
Lykia
33 300
Pamphylia
7 206
Pisidia
32 306
Lykaonia
11 49
Kappadokia
6 114
Kilikia
49 1254
Cyprus
8 91
Asia Minor General
7 143
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 500-475) BI - Apollo18 views5th century BC. BI 1/12 Stater (6mm, 0.51g). Male head left (Apollo?), hair bound with taenia / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, light porosity. Rare.
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Tralleis (BC 166-85) Cistophoric Drachm73 viewsca 166-85 BC. AR Cistophoric Drachm (3.03g, 12h), struck ca 140-135 BC. Lion's skin draped over club; all within ivy wreath / Grape bunch with leaves; star to upper right; to lower right, bust of Helios right above monogram. Good VF, toned, patches of horn silver. Rare denomination.
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Sala (AD 100-140) AE 225 viewsTime of Trajan and Hadrian, 2nd century AD. AE22 (7.44g, 2h). IЄPA CVN KΛHTOC, draped bust of the youthful Senate right / CAΛHNΩN, Dionysos standing right, holding grape bunch and kantharos, leaning against column. VF, brown surfaces.
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Laertes (AD 253-260) AE 31 - Valerian I76 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE31 - 11 Assaria (17.48g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Ares standing right holding spear and shield. Very fine.
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Aphrodisias (AD 253-268) AE 25 - Gallienus51 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE25 (6.92g, 6h). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΟ ΛI ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC, radiate, cuirassed and draped bust right / A-Φ-POΔ-I-/CIЄΩ-N, emperor with radiate crown on horseback left throwing spear. Good very fine. Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser, Auc 11 (3/1995), Nr. 343. Ex Karl coll.
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - Kabeiros137 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 12h). Head of Kabeiros right, wearing wreathed cap, two stars flanking / Head of Persephone right in linear square. EF, a few tiny die breaks on reverse.
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Mytilene (BC 450-400) Obol24 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.47g). Diademed head of nymph facing / M-Y-T-I, head of goat right. Unpublished, rare. aVF. Mueller Coll.
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Saitta (AD 222-235) AE 31 - Julia Mamaea52 viewsJulia Mamaea, mother of Severus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE31 (13.00g). ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑ - ΜΑΙΑ CΕΒΑ; draped and diademed bust right / ΕΠΙ Μ ΚΛ Φ ΒΗΔ ΡΟΥΦ - ΕΙΝΟΥ ΑΡC Α CΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ; Tyche standing facing holding cornucopiae and rudder, head left. Apparently unpublished. Very rare. Nice very fine.

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Phokaia (BC 625-575) EL Stater6 viewsca 625-575 BC. EL Stater (16.35g). Seal swimming left, octopus clamped in its mouth, three square objects around / Two rough incuse squares set side-by-side, one smaller than the other. Apparently unpublished and unique, but Near VF.

This coin, one of six known staters of Phokaia, represents a new variety of type, in addition to a seal and two griffin head types recorded by Bodenstedt. It is certainly the most playful, with its depiction of a seal munching on a hapless cephalopod.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater - Figural1 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Torso of winged figure facing, head right / Incuse square punch. Near VF. Possibly unique.

This coin may not belong to the same series as the Weidauer coins, which are not only larger denominations but also exhibit a different style of wings (curved rather than pointed) and incuse punches.
Mar 08, 2010
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Soloi (BC 350-300) Obol0 viewsca 350-330 BC. AR Obol (0.62g, 6h). Ekatai..., magistrate. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, single-pendant earring, and necklace / Grape bunch on vine; EKA-TAI[...] across field, ΣΟΛ[ΕΩΝ] below. Near EF, toned. Rare, unpublished with this magistrate.Mar 08, 2010
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Kaunos (BC 400) Hemiobol4 viewsKaunos, ca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.32g, 6mm). Grain of corn within dotted border / Δ within dotted border. VF, toned, light porosity.Mar 08, 2010
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Methymna (BC 450-400) Silenos - Hemiobol2 viewsca 425-385 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.23g, 10h). Facing head of bearded Silenos / ΜΑ-Θ, hen standing right within dotted incuse square. VF, very rare.Mar 08, 2010
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Iasos (BC 300-200) AE 124 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE12 (1.33g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΙΑΣ-ΕΩΝ within ivy wreath. VF, green patina. An apparently unique and unpublished type.Mar 07, 2010
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Idyma (BC 420-390) Hemiobol3 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.32g, 10h). Dolphin left / Fig leaf in incuse square. VF, toned. Extremely rare, the Kayhan piece is the sole published example.Mar 07, 2010
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Idyma (BC 400) Hemiobol2 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.51g, 1h). Tortoise / Leaf in incuse square. VF, porous. Extremely rare, one of approximately five known.Mar 07, 2010