Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


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Korykos (AD 14-37) AE 27 - Tiberius508 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE27 (12.94g, 12h). Laureate head right / Head of Aphrodite right, wearing stephane; aphlaston to right. Good VF, blue-black patina. Very rare. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Korykos (AD 38-72) AE 15 - Antiochos IV406 viewsAntiochos IV of Comagene, 38-72 AD. AE15 (3.13g, 3h), dated RY 4 (41/2 AD). King on galloping horse left, his arm extended; below, Δ (date) / Apollo standing half left, holding branch. Good VF, green and brown patina.
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Korykos (AD 81-96) AE 27 – Domitian & Domitia309 viewsDomitian with Domitia, 81-96 AD. AE27 (10.66g, 12h). ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ[?N...] above, [...]ΚΡΑ[...?] below; laureate head of Domitian right, face to face with head of Domitia / [Ο]ΡΟN[ΤΟ...?] / [...] on right of reverse, KΩΡΥΚ[Ι] / ΩΤΩΝ on left; Athena advancing right with head left, extending right arm and holding shield in left.

The partial restoration of the enigmatic legend on the right side of the reverse is based on the reading of another specimen, sold by the same seller (2/7/2014) to a determined collector. Compare the almost certainly incorrect interpretation given in CNG Elec. Auc. 321 (2/2014), lot 374.
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Korykos (AD 177-192) AE 27 - Commodus302 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE27 (10.10g, 12h). Laureate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust left / Hermes standing half-left, holding purse and caduceus. VF, heavy light green patina.
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Korykos (AD 198-211) AE 22 - Caracalla325 viewsCaracalla, as Caesar, 198-217 AD. AE22 (6.75g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / KOPYKI AYTON, Hermes nude, but chlamys over shoulder, standing left, holding purse and caduceus. Good very fine.
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Korykos (AD 217-218) AE 25 – Macrinus267 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE25 (12.27g, 1h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus. Good Fine, green patina, minor roughness. Ex Alighieri Coll.
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Korykos (AD 238-244) AE 25 - Gordian III106 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE25 (9.69g). Nauarchidos, magistrate. A K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / KΩPVKIΩΤΩΝ NAVAPXIΔOC, Poseidon standing right, with foot set upon prow to right, holding trident and dolphin. Vogl Coll.; ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser (11/1988). Rare. VF.
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Korykos (AD 238-244) AE 28 - Gordian III303 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE28 (12.89g, 11h). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / Hermes standing half-left, holding purse and caduceus; at his feet to left, ram. Good Fine, green-brown patina.
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Korykos (AD 238-244) AE 30 - Gordian III330 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE30 (21.38g, 5h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Aphrodite Euploia standing left, holding aphlaston and sceptre; at feet, prow of galley left. Near VF, olive patina with dusty blue-green overtones.
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Korykos (AD 244-249) AE 29 - Philip I300 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE29 (12.44g). ΑΥΤ Κ Μ [ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΣ Σ]ΕΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΚΟΡΥΚΙΩΤΩΝ Α[ΥΤΟΝ]/ΟΜ/ΟΥ, Aphrodite Euploia standing left, holding scepter and aphlaston. Olive green patina, very fine.
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Korykos (AD 244-249) AE 29 - Philip I269 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE29 (12.44g). ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟC ΦΙ[ΛΙΠΠΟC C]ЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΚΟΡΥΚΙΩΤΩΝ [ΑΥΤΟΝ]ΟΜ, Aphrodite Euploia standing left, holding scepter and aphlaston; ship’s prow at her feet. About very fine.
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Korykos (AD 244-249) AE 30 - Philip I287 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE30 (11.39g, 12h). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Thalassa, wearing crab claws as headress, holding rudder and aphlaston. VF, dark green-black patina.
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Korykos (AD 244-249) AE 30 - Philip I257 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE30 (14.44g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Thalassa, wearing a headdress of crab claws, standing facing, her head slightly left, extending arm and holding rudder and aphlaston. Good VF, dark green patina, very minor doubling on obverse, minor porosity. Scarcer variety with Thalassa facing. From Group CEM.
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Korykos (AD 253-260) AE 32 - Valerian I363 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE32 (22.19g). AV K Π - ΛIK OVAΛEPIAN / OC, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / KΩPV (in ex.) KIΩ TΩ - N AV NAVAP, in right field XI / C, decorated price-urn inscribed ΘEMIA, with palm branch between kerykeion left and aphlaston right, standing on table with lion-shaped feet, vase in front; Dionysos, wearing nebris and boots, standing left, holding vine-grapes in right hand and resting on thyrsos with left hand; left at his feet, panther standing left, head turned right, raising right foot. About VF/VF. Hoeft coll.
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Korykos (AD 253-260) Valerian - AE 30514 viewsValerian, 253-260 AD. AE30 (15.14g). ΑΥ Κ ΠΟ ΛΙΚ VΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟC, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΚΩΡΥΚΙΩΤΩΝ ΑV ΝΑVΑPXIC, Dionysus standing left, holding kantharus and thyrsus with panther at feet, next to him a prize crown with caduceus, palm, and aplustre set on tripod, ΘEMIA on crown. Fantastic good very fine. Themian games issue.
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Korykos (AD 253-268) AE 27 - Gallienus292 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE27 (11.95g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Aphrodite (Euploia), holding scepter and aphlaston; at her feet ship’s prow. Striped patina, almost very fine.
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Korykos (AD 253-268) AE 27 - Gallienus342 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE27 (12.44g). AY K ΠO ΛIK ΓA[ΛIHN]OC, laureate, cuirassed and draped right / [KOPV]KIΩTΩN AVT[O]/NO-MOY, Aphrodite Euploia with scepter and aphalston. Black patina, gVF.
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Korykos (AD 254-268) AE 20 - Salonina361 viewsSalonina, wife of Gallienus, 253-268 AD. AE20 (6.47g). ΚΟΔΝΗ (sic) CΑΛΩΝΙΝ, draped bust right, wearing stephane / ΚΟΡΥ-ΚΙΩΤ-ΩΝ (in field), Aphrodite holding sceptre and aphlaston. Good VF, brown patina, slight roughness. Rare. Most references only list one type for Salonina, a much larger bronze with a Hermes reverse.
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Korykos (AD 254-268) AE 24 - Salonina280 viewsSalonina, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE24 (9.60g). Diademed and draped bust right / Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus; ram at feet to left. SNG VF, dark green patina with a few rubbed high points. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Korykos (AD 254-268) AE 24 - Salonina210 viewsSalonina, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE24 (8.18g), struck ca 254-260 AD. Diademed and draped bust right / Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus; ram at feet to left. VF.
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Korykos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 24 - Augustus420 viewsAugustus(?), 27 BC-14 AD. AE24 (8.23g, 12h). Laureate head right / KOPYKIΩTΩN, Aphrodite Euploia standing right, left foot on prow of galley, holding aplustre in extended right hand and cradling long scepter in left arm. Good VF, black-green patina with lighter olive overtones and traces of encrustation. Unique. Villemur Coll.; ex Kovacs FPL 29 (1996), lot 37.
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Korykos (BC 50-AD 50) AE 25318 views1st cent BC-Early Imperial Times. AE25 (8.76g, 7h). Diademed head of Aphrodite right; to right, aphlaston / Hermes standing half-right, holding purse and caduceus. VF, green patina.
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Korykos (BC 100-30) AE 13418 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE13 (1.74g). Bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder; AN behind / [KΩ]PVKIΩ[ΤΩΝ], Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch and resting on column; ΔΙ/ΝΙ/ΑΝ. Nice VF, attractive green patina.
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Korykos (BC 100-30) AE 14 455 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE26 (13.90g). Diademed head of Zeus right; monogram and A behind / Thalassa, wearing headdress of crab claws, standing left, holding aphlaston and scepter; EPN/EP to left, ΚΩΡΥΚΙΩΤΩΝ to right. Good VF, black patina under light earthen encrustation.
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Korykos (BC 100-30) AE 15248 views1st century BC. AE15 (3.61g). Dori-, magistrate. KOPYKIΩTΩN, aphlaston / ΔΩ-PI, winged kerykeion. VF. Extremely rare with a magistrate's name.
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Korykos (BC 100-30) AE 19455 views1st cent BC. AE19 (3.80g). Bust of Artemis, quiver and bow over shoulder, AK / KΩPVKIΩΤΩΝ, Apollo, holding laurel-branch and resting on column. About extremely fine.
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Korykos (BC 100-30) AE 19149 views1st century BC. AE19 (3.89g). KOPYKI, aphlaston / AVTONOM, winged kerykeion. Vogl Coll. ex auction Hauck & Aufhäuser 7, lot 251. gVF.
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Korykos (BC 100-30) AE 20579 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE20 (5.97g). Turreted head of Tyche right; A behind / ΚΩΡΥΚΙΩΤΩΝ, Hermes standing left, holding caduceus, ΕΥ/ΕΠΙ/ΕΡ in left field. Good VF, attractive green patina with earthen highlights.
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Korykos (BC 100-30) AE 22495 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE22 (4.85g). Turreted head of Tyche right; AK to left / ΚΩΡΥΚΙΩΤΩΝ, naked Hermes standing left, wearing petasos, holding korykeion (caduceus) and chlamys under left arm, patera in outstretched left hand; ΕP/ΠO/ΕΡ to left. Olive-green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll.
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Korykos (BC 100-30) AE 22515 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE22 (7.33g). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right; A behind / Hermes standing left, holding phiale and caduceus. GVF.
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Korykos (BC 100-30) AE 23581 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE23 (4.73g). Turreted head of Tyche right; AK to left / ΚΩΡΥΚΙΩΤΩΝ, naked Hermes standing left, wearing petasos, holding korykeion (caduceus) and chlamys under left arm, patera in outstretched left hand; ΕP/ΠO/ΕΡ to left. Dark brown-olive patina, VF/gVF. Gutknecht coll.
 
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