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Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor

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Iasos (BC 350-250) AE 11170 views4th-3rd century BC. AE11 (1.47g). Laureate head of Apollo left / IAΣE[...]?, forepart of lion right; below, shrimp right. aVF. Very rare. Apparently unpublished.Oct 13, 2018
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Uncertain (BC 530-480) Diobol?161 views5th century BC. AR Diobol(?) (10mm, 1.41g). Winged figure advancing right, head facing, raising both arms; volutes above and below / Rough incuse punch. Unpublished. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare, possibly unique.Oct 13, 2018
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Kelenderis (BC 440-400) Obol155 views5th century BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.66g, 12h). Gorgoneion / Gorgoneion within concave circle. VF, toned. Ex Münzen und Medaillen FPL 365 (3/1975), lot 18 (Selge?).Oct 13, 2018
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/48254 views6th-5th century BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.33g, 6mm). Head of lion right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare.Oct 13, 2018
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Antiocheia (AD 253-268) AE 31 - Gallienus190 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE31 (9.1g). AV Κ ΠΟ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΑΝΤΙΟXЄΩΝ, prize crown, containing two palm fronds and inscribed ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝ, and set upon table inscribed ΚΑΠЄΤΩΛΙΑ. Rare. Green patina, gVF.Oct 13, 2018
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 2 - Hemiobol99 views5th-4th century BC. AR Fraction (7mm, 0.44g). Head of lion right / Grain ear; pseudo-legend(?) around; all within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, minor porosity.Oct 11, 2018
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Uncertain (BC 430-350) Hemiobol128 views 5th-4th century BC. AR Fraction (7.5mm, 0.41g, 3h). Facing head of panther(?), with paws below; ΔH and M[?] flanking / Head of female right, hair in band, within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, slight granularity, a little off center.Oct 11, 2018
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 2 - Tetartemorion92 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion(?) (5.5mm, 0.20g). Head of ram right / Large wreath-like symbol, pseudo-legend around, within incuse circle. VF, granular surfaces.Oct 11, 2018
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Mylasa (BC 420-390) Tetartemorion160 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion(?) (6.5mm, 0.25g, 10h). Head of lion left / Bird standing left; crescent to left, monogram to right; all within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard refences. VF, light porosity.Oct 11, 2018
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Uncertain (BC 500-450) Obol?191 views5th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.84 g). Bearded male head left, wearing torc / Quadripartite incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Good VF, toned, some porosity. Rare.Oct 11, 2018
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Uncertain (BC 430-350) Hemiobol112 views5th-4th centuries BC. AR Fraction (5.5mm, 0.18g). Fish left / Uncertain letters (KP in Lydian?) within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, some porosity.Oct 11, 2018
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Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion103 views5th-4th century BC. AR Fraction (6.5mm, 0.18g, 1h). Forepart of bull right / Forepart of bull right; kerykeion to right; all within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, some porosity.Oct 11, 2018
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Uncertain Satrap (BC 400-334) Hemiobol148 views4th century BC. AR Fraction (7.5mm, 0.20g, 6h). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow / Forepart of lion left, attacking forepart of bull left. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, minor porosity.Oct 11, 2018
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Kelenderis (BC 440-400) Obol124 views5th century BC. AR Fraction (8.5mm, 0.69g, 5h). Gorgoneion / Forepart of horse right within incuse square. VF, porous.Oct 11, 2018
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Uncertain (BC 300-200) Hemiobol125 views4th century BC. AR Fraction (6.5mm, 0.29g, 2h). Head of female right / Stag standing right; K to right. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, light porosity.Oct 11, 2018
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Uncertain (BC 530-480) Diobol?183 viewsLate 6th-early 5th centuries BC. AR Diobol(?) (9mm, 1.10g). Rosette / Incuse square with windmill pattern. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, lightly toned, slightly granular, off center on obverse.Oct 11, 2018
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Uncertain (BC 430-350) Hemiobol109 views4th century BC. AR Fraction (7.5mm, 0.37g, 7h). Figure kneeling(?) right, holding uncertain object / Herakles, wearing lion skin, crouching right, drawing bow; uncertain object to right. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned.Oct 11, 2018
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Uncertain (BC 480-420) Hemidrachm107 views5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (9.5mm, 2.12g, 7h). Chimaira lying right, with its forepart of stag left / Facing gorgoneion within incuse square. VF, a little porous. Very rare.

This coin appears is part of a series featuring the chimaira on the obverse and a gorgoneion in incuse on the reverse, for which drachms (M. Six, “Monnaies grecques, inédites et incertaines” in NC 1890, p. 235, 15), hemidrachms (C. Greenwell, “On some rare Greek coins” in NC 1897, p. 281, 2 = Boston MFA 2325; M. Six, op. cit., p. 235, 16-16bis), and obols (CNG 91, lot 345 and CNG 85, lot 477) are known.
Oct 11, 2018
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Uncertain (BC 500-450) bull - Obol174 views5th century BC. AR Obol(?) (8mm, 0.63g). Bull(?) standing right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned, some porosity. Well centered. Very rare.

The animal on the obverse here appears to be the same creature featured on the obverse of other obscure early issues; see CNG 105, lot 393 (same denomination); CNG E-369, lot 140 and CNG E-321, lot 167 (obols); and CNG E-361, lot 748 (hemiobol). All of these coins have a similar style, and perhaps are from a single mint.
Oct 11, 2018
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Uncertain (BC 500-450) cow - Hemistater?375 views5th century BC. AR (6.05g). Cow standing left, head reverted, calf suckling right / Incuse head of African man left. Gemini sale 4, 2008, 195 (these dies). Of the highest rarity, apparently only the second known. Lightly toned, EF.

A mint in Caria or Lycia in the 5th century BC has been suggested, and its weight of 6.05 grams suggests it was intended as a half-stater of the Aeginetan or Samian standard. The most likely influence might have been the electrum sixths of Phocaea attributed by Bodenstedt (Ph24 and Ph54) to before 522 BC and to the period 477-388 BC. This might be especially relevant since the Phocaean sister-coinage of Mytilene of ca 521-455 BC uses for its reverses the heads of animals and the head of Heracles, all of which are rendered incuse.
Oct 09, 2018
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Uncertain (BC 500-450) cow - Hemistater?115 views5th century BC. AR Hemistater (16mm, 5.60g, 1h). Cow standing left, head right; below, calf kneeling right, suckling / Incuse of male head with African features left. VF, toned, porous. Extremely rare, the third known.Oct 09, 2018
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Memnon (BC 340-334) Tetradrachm244 viewsArtaxerxes III to Darios III, ca 350-333 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 15.00g). Chian standard. Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor (Ionia or Sardes?). Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse rectangle, containing pattern possibly depicting relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos. Near EF, dark iridescent tone. Good metal.Oct 09, 2018
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Dardanos (BC 490-440) Drachm?327 viewsLate 6th-early 5th century BC. AR Drachm (3.66g, 14mm, 7h). Head of bull right / Incuse gorgoneion. CNG 100, 1441 (same obv. die?); otherwise unpublished in the standard references. Near Extremely Fine. Apparently the second (and finest) known example.Oct 09, 2018
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Dardanos (BC 490-440) Tetrobol?222 viewsLate 6th-early 5th century BC. AR Tetrobol (14mm, 2.83g, 5h). Head of bull right / Incuse gorgoneion. Unpublished in the standard references, but for similar issues, cf. SNG München 173 (Dardanos); Klein 304 (Dardanos); CNG 90, lot 575 (Dardanos); CNG 85, lot 409 (Mytilene); Gorny & Mosch 186, lot 1336 (Klazomenai). VF, lightly toned, granular surfaces. Extremely rare.Oct 09, 2018
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Dardanos (BC 490-440) Tetrobol?224 views5th century BC. AR Tetrobol (12.5mm, 2.11g, 11h). Head of bull right / Incuse gorgoneion. Good VF, slightly off center, some porosity.

For similar issues likely related to the present type, cf. SNG München 173 (Dardanos); Klein 304 (Dardanos); CNG 90, lot 575 (Dardanos); CNG 85, lot 409 (Mytilene); Gorny & Mosch 186, lot 1336 (Klazomenai).
Oct 09, 2018
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Troas Uncertain (BC 480-420) Tetrobol?606 views5th century BC. AR Tetrobol (12mm, 2.40g, 12h). Janiform heads of bearded Silenos left and nymph(?) right / Head of female left within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, toned, a little porous. Extremely rare.Oct 09, 2018
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Uncertain (BC 500) Drachm151 views5th century BC. AR Drachm or Hemistater (?) (19mm, 6.36g). Uncertain standard. Chimaera standing right, raising forepaw, on dotted ground line / Rough incuse square. Unpublished. Near EF, toned, granular surfaces, scrape on obverse. Apparently unique.Oct 09, 2018
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Uncertain (BC 500-450) bull - Drachm217 views5th century BC. AR Third Stater or Drachm (13mm, 3.23g, 9h). Bull standing left / Stag standing left, head right; palm frond to left; all within incuse square. Good VF, toned, surfaces a little granular. Extremely rare, apparently the second known.Oct 09, 2018
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(BC 145-140) Tetradrachm335 viewsca 145-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 16.37g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Head of Demeter right, wearing wreath of grain ears and triple-pendant earring / Two Kabeiroi, nude but for cloak tied at their necks, standing facing, each wearing laurel wreath and holding staff in outer hand; ΘEΩN KABEIPΩN at sides, ΣYPIΩN below, monogram to lower right; all within wreath. Good VF, toned, light porosity. Very rare.

This issue was attributed to the island of Syros based on the reverse legend. Recent scholarship, however, has convincingly shown that this is erroneous, as the reverse legend does not contain an ethnic, but names the type: the Divine Syrian Kaberioi. As the issue has long been linked to a rare portrait emission of Eumenes I with the same reverse type, it is clear that it must belong to a mint in the sphere of the kings of Pergamon. Although it is tempting to attribute it to the royal mint at Pergamon, this Attic-standard issue could have been struck at one of several mints under Attalid control. See A. Meadows, “The Closed Currency System of the Attalid Kingdom” in P. Thonemann, Attalid Asia Minor (Oxford, 2013), pp. 184–91 for the most current analysis.
Oct 09, 2018
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Uncertain (BC 480-440) Stater136 views5th century BC. AR Stater (19mm, 10.77g, 6h). Crenelated city wall with three towers / Forepart of bull advancing right; symbol (monogram or Greek koppa) to lower right; all within incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Good VF, toned. Well centered.Oct 09, 2018
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Thyateira (AD 98-117) AE 19 - Plotina151 viewsPlotina, wife of Trajan, 98-117 AD. AE19 (3.57g, 12h). ΠΛΩΤΕΙΝΑ СΕΒΑСΤΗ, draped bust right / ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ, Tyche standing facing, head left, with rudder and Cornucopia. Dark green patina, VF. Very rare. Tricarico coll.Oct 09, 2018
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Eusebeia (BC 95-63) AE 24329 viewsTime of Ariobarzanes I, ca 95-63 BC. AE24 (6.99g, 1h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / EYΣE-BEIAΣ, Mount Argaios; monogram below. Very rare. A bold and expressive example of excellent style. Traces of overstriking and with some areas of weakness, otherwise gVF.Oct 09, 2018
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Olba (BC 50-0) AE 18163 viewsAutonomous issue, 1st century BC. AE18 (5.18g, 1h). Helmeted head of Mars (?) right / ΟΛBЄΩN, spear between caps of the Dioscuri surmounted by stars. Very rare. Slightly rough, otherwise gVF.

SNG Levante dates this issue to the Roman Imperial times but the style, fabric and transversal ethnic look earlier. It may have been struck sometime in the 1st century BC, before the Teukrid priest-kings appear on Olba's coinage, with the obverse type reflecting the increasing Roman influence in the era.
Oct 09, 2018
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Pamphylia Uncertain (BC 200-0) Hemiobol226 viewsPerge (?), ca 2nd-1st century BC. AR Hemiobol (9mm, 0.39g, 1h). Draped bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / Double cornucopiae. Very rare. gVF.

The obverse of this little coin is reminiscent of the civic Hellenistic coinage of Perge, hence our tentative attribution.
Oct 09, 2018
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(BC 450-420) Teththiveibi - Tetrobol186 viewsTeththiweibi, ca 450-430/20 BC. AR Tetrobol (13mm, 2.51g). Facing head of Silenos / Lykian letters 'Teththiweibi'; tetraskeles to left; all within incuse square. Very rare. The obverse struck from a worn die, otherwise VF.Oct 09, 2018
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Termessos Minor (BC 100-0) AE 12132 views1st century BC. AE12 - Chalkous (0.85g, 1h). Draped bust of Hermes right, wearing petasos; bee behind / TEPMH-ΣΣHΩN, eagle standing right with closed wings. Rare. VF.Oct 09, 2018
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Synnada (BC 133) AE 22203 viewsca 133-1st century BC. AE22 (3.70g, 1h), Menestratos, magistrate. Turreted and draped bust of city-goddess right / ΣYNNAΔE - MENEΣΤPA/TOY, Zeus standing facing, head left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and long scepter with left. Minor adjustment marks and with obverse struck slightly off center, otherwise VF.Oct 09, 2018
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Gordion (BC 300-189) Obol78 viewsca 3rd century-189 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.65g, 6h). Laureate and draped jugate busts of Apollo and Artemis right, quiver over shoulder of Artemis / [Γ]OPΔI-ANΩN, bow and quiver. Extremely rare. Nicely toned, VF.Oct 09, 2018
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Uncertain Satrap (BC 400-334) Hemiobol180 viewsca 400-340 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.37g, 1h). Head of boar right / Head of Attis right, wearing Phrygian cap. Very rare. gVF.Oct 08, 2018
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Mylasa (BC 420-390) Tetartemorion134 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.19g, 2h). Head of lion right / Bird standing left; dynastic symbol in upper left field; all within incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Die breaks on reverse, otherwise VF.Oct 08, 2018
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Knidos (BC 490-465) Drachm173 viewsca 490-465 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 6.11g, 9h). Forepart of roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite right, hair falling down back of neck and tied at the end; all within incuse square. Beautifully toned and of splendid late Archaic style. The obverse struck from a corroded die, otherwise gVF. Oct 08, 2018
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Idyma (BC 425-375) Drachm161 viewsLate 5th-early 4th century BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.77g, 1h). Head of Pan facing / ΙΔYΜΙΟΝ, fig leaf; all within incuse square. Sharply struck and unusually attractive. Minor deposits on the obverse and light die wear as usual, otherwise gVF.Oct 08, 2018
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Chios (BC 133-84) Drachm151 viewsca 133-88 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 3.81g, 1h), Metrophanes, magistrate. Sphinx with curved wings seated left; bunch of grapes to left; all within dotted circular border / MHTPOΦANΗΣ - XIOΣ, large amphora; aphlaston to left; all within vine wreath. Apparently unpublished with this magistrate. Darkly toned, aVF. Oct 08, 2018
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Magnesia (BC 400-350) Hemidrachm175 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 1.61g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / MAΓ, forepart of bull right. Rare and nicely toned. VF.Oct 08, 2018
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Dia (BC 85-65) AE 23244 viewsTime of Mithradates VI Eupator, ca 85-65 BC. AE23 (12.39g, 11h). Head of Perseus right, wearing Phrygian helmet decorated with stars / DIAΣ, Pegasus grazing right; in fields above and to right, three monograms. Rare. Minor roughness, otherwise VF.Oct 08, 2018
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Sinope (BC 520-480) Drachm258 viewsca 490-425 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 5.82g). Head of sea-eagle left with 'talon' and dolphin below (both off flan here); c/m: male head left within round incuse / Quadripartite incuse square with two opposing quarters filled, the others stippled and with pellet. An interesting issue with a charming countermark. Test cut on the obverse, otherwise VF.Oct 08, 2018
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Zela (BC 85-65) AE 23368 viewsTime of Mithradates VI Eupator, ca 85-65 BC. AE23 (6.75g, 1h). Head of Mên or Mithras right, wearing Phrygian cap / ZHΛITΩN, rooster with crescent on neck standing right; E to upper left; APE monogram to lower right. Extremely rare and of great interest. Beautiful glossy dark patina. Minor areas of weakness, otherwise VF.Oct 08, 2018
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Komana (BC 100-0) AE 20193 views1st century BC. AE20 (4.91g, 1h). Laureate female head right / KO-MA/NΩ-N, tripod; E above. Very rare. VF.Oct 08, 2018
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Komana (BC 100-0) AE 24226 views1st century BC. AE24 (6.57g, 1h). Draped bust of Artemis right, with bow and quiver over her shoulder / KOMA-NωN, club; monogram in lower left field; all within wreath. Extremely rare. Very well centered and with a beautiful light green patina. Very minor corrosion, otherwise VF.Oct 08, 2018
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Aimilion (BC 100-0) AE 23117 viewsca 66-50/45 BC. AE23 (11.64g, 1h). Turreted head of the city-goddess to right / AIMIΛΙO[Y], winged thunderbolt with star-in-crescent atop. Extremely rare. Earthen deposits, VF.

The city of Aimilion is only known from its extremely rare 1st century coinage. It may have been named after M. Aemilius Scaurus, who was campaigning in the region during the war of Pompey the Great against Mithradates VI Eupator.
Oct 08, 2018
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Uncertain (BC 100-0) Obol225 views1st century BC. AR Obol (?) (10mm, 0.68g, 7h). Dated SE 229 (84/3 BC)(?). Horizontal crescent, its horns upwards, over thyrsos / Club; ΘΚΣ (date?) across field. Nomos 12, lot 133 (same rev. die), otherwise unpublished. VF, toned, a few marks.Sep 29, 2018
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Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Tetartemorion212 views5th century BC. AR Fraction (6mm, 0.18g, 12h). Head of Apollo left of archaic style / Helmeted head of Athena left within incuse square. VF, some porosity.

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Uncertain (BC 480-450) Hemiobol 141 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.45g, 3h). Scorpion / Female head right; Σ to upper right, A(?) to lower right; all within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF. Very rare.

The cataloguer notes: “Scorpions are commonly found on the reverses of silver silver fractions from mints in Caria (cf. SNG Kayhan 925–8 and 934–8), but is very unusual as an obverse type. See Rosen 400 = SNG von Aulock 6664 for a similar scorpion on the obverse of a diobol with a dolphin reverse type.”
Sep 29, 2018
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Persian Kings (BC 420-375) Daric437 viewsXerxes I to Artaxerxes II, ca 420-375 BC. AV Daric (12.5mm, 8.31g). Lydo-Milesian standard, Sardeis mint. Persian king wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling running stance right, holding spear in right hand and bow in left / Incuse punch. Good VF, well centered and unusually well struck. Carr coll.1 commentsSep 28, 2018
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Persian Kings (BC 375-340) 1/4 Siglos217 viewsArtaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III, ca 375-340 BC. AR Quarter Siglos (8mm, 1.23g). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger and bow / Incuse punch. VF, toned. Great metal. Ex Seaver Coll.Sep 25, 2018
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Persian Kings (BC 420-375) Siglos187 viewsXerxes II to Artaxerxes II, ca 420-375 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.43g). Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger and bow / Incuse punch. Good VF, lightly toned.Sep 25, 2018
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Persian Kings (BC 420-375) Siglos215 viewsXerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AR Siglos (13mm, 5.49g). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running right, holding dagger and bow / Incuse punch. Near EF, lightly toned. Exceptional for issue. Pittman Coll.; ex Tkalec (2/2008), lot 431.Sep 25, 2018
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Persian Kings (BC 485-420) Siglos330 viewsDarios I to Xerxes II, ca 485-420 BC. AR Siglos (12mm, 5.52g). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow / Incuse punch. EF, toned.Sep 25, 2018
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Persian Kings (BC 485-420) Siglos291 viewsDarios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.28 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Near EF, toned. Well centered and struck. MoneyMuseum coll., Zurich; Huth Coll. (Sotheby’s, 3/1996, lot 119).Sep 25, 2018
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Persian Kings (BC 375-340) Siglos207 viewsArtaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III, ca 375-340 BC. AR Siglos (15mm, 5.37g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. EF, toned, a hint of porosity, softly struck on obverse. Well centered. Sunrise Coll.; ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 21 (3/2009), lot 217.Sep 25, 2018
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Persian Kings (BC 375-340) Daric245 viewsArtaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III, ca 375-340 BC. AV Daric (15mm, 8.33 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Near EF, a few faint scratches in field on obverse, some earthen encrustation on reverse. Very rare. Sunrise Coll.Sep 25, 2018
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Persian Kings (BC 420-375) 1/4 Siglos196 viewsXerxes II to Artaxerxes II, ca 420-375 BC. AR Quarter Siglos (8mm, 1.33g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Near EF, toned, small area of flat strike on obverse. Very rare. Sunrise Coll.Sep 25, 2018
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Persian Kings (BC 420-375) Siglos194 viewsXerxes II to Artaxerxes II, ca 420-375 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.53g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. VF, toned, area of flat strike at high point of obverse. High relief. Rare. Sunrise Coll.Sep 25, 2018
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Persian Kings (BC 420-375) Daric192 viewsXerxes II to Artaxerxes II, ca 420-375 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.31g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. EF. Well centered and struck. Rare. Sunrise Coll.Sep 25, 2018
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Persian Kings (BC 485-420) Siglos260 viewsDarios I to Xerxes II, ca 485-420 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.32 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Near EF, toned, granular surfaces. Sunrise Coll.; ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 21 (3/2009), lot 216.Sep 25, 2018
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Tarsos (BC 361-334) Stater - Mazaios171 viewsMazaios, Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Stater (24mm, 10.76g, 3h). Crowned figure of Artaxerxes III in the guise of Baaltars seated right on throne with back terminating in swan’s head, holding lotus flower in right hand, lotus-tipped scepter in left; B’LTRZ (in retrograde Aramaic) to left, M (in Aramaic) to lower right / Lion recumbent left; bow above. Near EF, lightly toned, a little die wear. Very rare. Sunrise Coll.; ex Prospero Coll. (New York Sale XXVII, 1/2012, lot 587).Sep 25, 2018
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Persian Kings (BC 520-505) Siglos293 viewsDarios I. Circa 520-505 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.26 g). Half-length bust of Persian king or hero right, wearing kidaris and kandys, holding bow in left hand, arrows in right / Incuse punch. Good VF, toned, granular surfaces. Very rare.Sep 25, 2018
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Persian Kings (BC 520-505) Siglos243 viewsDarios I, ca 520-505 BC. AR Siglos (13.5mm, 5.24g). Sardes mint. Half-length bust of Persian king or hero right, wearing kidaris and kandys, holding bow in left hand, arrows in right / Incuse punch. Good VF, toned, usual granular surfaces. Rare.Sep 25, 2018
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Persian Kings (BC 350-333) Tetradrachm336 viewsArtaxerxes III to Darios III, ca 350-333 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 15.13g, 8h). Chian standard. Halikarnassos mint(?). Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Prow of galley right, with hornlike akrostolion, fighting platform decorated with labrys, proembolon (upper battering ram) decorated with dolphin and an embolom (principal three pronged battering ram); wave pattern below; to right, small dolphin diagonally downward right. Unpublished and unique.Sep 25, 2018
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Persian Kings (BC 375-340) 1/4 Siglos166 viewsTime of Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III, 375-340 BC. AR 1/4 Siglos (9mm, 1.12g). Sardeis mint. Persian king kneeling-running right, holding dagger and bow, quiver over shoulder / Incuse punch.Sep 25, 2018
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Selge (BC 200-0) AE 10120 viewsca 200-100 BC. AE10 (1.69g). Round shield with monogram ΠΘ / Triskeles.Sep 25, 2018
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Selge (BC 200-0) Drachm113 views2nd century BC. Ar Drachm (4.73g, 17mm). Wreathed head of Herakles right / ΣEΛΓEΩN, Artemis advancing right, holding long torch; Δ to right.Sep 25, 2018
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Selge (BC 200-0) Drachm124 views2nd-1st century BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.53g, 1h). Head of Herakles right, wearing wreath of styrax / Artemis, holding torch, advancing right; ΔI to right. VF, toned, irregular flan, light scratches, reverse off center. Very rare. Ex von Post Coll. (Sotheby’s, 10/1995, lot 183).Sep 25, 2018
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Selge (BC 200-0) Hemidrachm?94 viewsca 200-100 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 1.91g). Diademed head of Herakles right, with club over shoulder / ΣΕΛΓΕΩΝ, Artemis advancing right, holding torch with both hands; ΙΔ to right.Sep 25, 2018
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Side (BC 445-425) Stater142 viewsca 460-430 BC. AR Stater (18mm, 10.66g). Pomegranate / Helmeted head of Athena right within incuse square.Sep 25, 2018
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Aspendos (BC 465-430) Stater232 viewsca 465-430 BC. AR Stater (19mm, 10.98 g, 8h). Warrior advancing right, holding shield and spear / Triskeles; EΣTFΔII above; below, lion standing left above ΠΦ; all within incuse square. Good VF, underlying luster, a few die breaks on obvese. Very rare.Sep 25, 2018
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Aspendos (BC 465-430) Stater186 viewsca 465-430 BC. AR Stater (19.5mm, 10.89 g, 8h). Warrior advancing right, holding shield and spear / Triskeles; EΣ and Π above; below, lion standing right; all within incuse square. Good VF, countermark on obverse, countermark and test cut on reverse. Very rare.Sep 25, 2018
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Aspendos (BC 465-430) Stater210 viewsca 465-430 BC. AR Stater (19.5mm, 10.89 g, 2h). Warrior, nude but for crested helmet, advancing right, holding shield and spear; tortoise between legs / Lion left within the legs of central triskeles; tortoise to upper right; all within incuse square. Good VF, toned. Exceptional for issue. Very rare.Sep 25, 2018
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Aspendos (BC 465-430) Stater136 viewsca 465-430 BC. AR Stater (17mm, 10.90g). Warrior advancing right, holding spear and shield, turtle between legs / E-Σ, triskeles over lion crouching left, turtle to upper right, all within incuse square.Sep 25, 2018
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Aspendos (BC 465-430) Obol164 viewsca 460-420 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 1.06g). Amphora / Triskeles within incuse square.Sep 25, 2018
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AV 1/24 Stater474 viewsca 560-546 BC. AV 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.48g). Heavy standard. Sardeis mint. Struck ca 560-550 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Incuse square punch.Sep 25, 2018
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR 1/12 Stater448 viewsKroisos, ca 560-546 BC. AR 1/12 Stater (7mm, 0.87g). Confronted foreparts of lion right, with extended right foreleg, and bull left / Rough incuse square.Sep 25, 2018
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR 1/3 Stater596 viewsKroisos, ca 560-546 BC. AR 1/3 Stater (14mm, 3.49g). Confronted foreparts of lion right, with extended right foreleg, and bull left / Bipartite incuse squares of unequal size.Sep 25, 2018
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR 1/24 Stater450 viewsKroisos, ca 560-546 BC. AR 1/24 Stater (5mm, 0.30g). Sardeis mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Incuse square.Sep 25, 2018
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Karia Uncertain (BC 470-420) Obol138 viewsca 500-400 BC. AR Obol (6mm, 0.57g). Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue, surrounded by four wings in tilted clockwise rotation / Head of boar right.Sep 25, 2018
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Stratonikeia (BC 125-85) AE 18175 viewsca 100 BC. AE18 (3.95g). Laureate head of Hekate with crescent crown right / Nike with palm and wreath advancing right.Sep 24, 2018
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Stratonikeia (BC 30-AD 20) Reduced Drachm201 viewsca 41-68 AD. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 1.48g), Rhodian standard. Hekataios, son of Sosander, magistrate. ЄΚΑΤΑΙΟC • Cω-CΑΝΔΡΟΥ, head of Hekate right, wearing laurel wreath with crescent / CΤΡΑΤΟ-ΝΙΚΕω-Ν, Nike walking right, holding wreath and palm branch, all within shallow incuse square.Sep 24, 2018
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Myndos (BC 200-0) Drachm139 viewsca 200-150 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 2.78g). Demophon, magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus-Sarapis right / Μ-ΥΝΔΙ ΔΗ-ΜΟΦ, headdress of Isis-Hathor on two grain-ears, symbol (omphalos or garlanded pilos?) below.Sep 24, 2018
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Keramos (BC 200-0) AE 11131 viewsca 167-129 BC. AE11 (1.58g). Apol-, magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus right / ΚΕΡAΜ-I ΑΠΟΛ, eagle standing right, within incuse square.Sep 24, 2018
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Keramos (BC 400-300) AE 9167 viewsafter 400 BC. AE9 (1.01g). Bull standing right / Dolphin right, KE below.Sep 24, 2018
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Keramos (BC 400-300) AE 10185 viewsca 400-300 BC. AE10 (1.20g). Bull standing right / Dolphin right, KE below.Sep 24, 2018
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Idyma (BC 425-375) Drachm211 viewsca 420-380 BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 3.77g). Facing head of Pan / I-Δ-Y-M-I-O-N, fig leaf within incuse square.Sep 24, 2018
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Idyma (BC 420-390) Hemiobol130 viewsafter 500 BC. AR Hemiobol (5mm, 0.39g). Dolphin left / Fig leaf within incuse square.Sep 24, 2018
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Blaundos (BC 200-0) AE 18131 viewsca 200-0 BC. AE18 (4.15g). Apolloni-, son of Theogen-, magistrate. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / MΛAYNΔE AΠOΛΛΩNI ΘEOΓEN, filleted thyrsos.Sep 23, 2018
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Blaundos (BC 200-0) AE 14127 viewsca 200 BC. AE14 (4.48g). Theotimis, magistrate. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / MΛAYNΔEΩ ΘEOTIMIΔO, filleted thyrsos.Sep 23, 2018
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Blaundos (BC 200-0) AE 20157 views2nd-1st century BC. AE20 - Tetrachalkon (5.78g, 12h). Theotimidos, magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus to right / BΛAYNΔΕΩ[N] ΘEOTIMIΔO, eagle standing left, head right, with wings spread; to left, kerykeion; to right, grain ear.Sep 23, 2018
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Iasos (BC 200-100) AE 20196 viewsca 200-0 BC. AE20 (5.58g). Bryaxis, magistrate. Jugate heads of laureate Apollo and Artemis right / IAΣΕ-ΩΝ ΒΡΥΑΞΙΣ, Hermias swimming with dolphin right.Sep 23, 2018
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Hydisos (BC 50-AD 50) AE 13120 viewsca 200-0 BC. AE13 (2.47g). Helmeted head of Ares right / YΔICEωN, Pegasos prancing right, (monogram below ?).Sep 23, 2018
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Bargylia (BC 200-0) AE 15163 viewsca 200-100 BC. AE15 (3.56g). Veiled head of Artemis Kindyas right; all within wreath / ΒΑΡΓΥΛΙΗΤΩΝ, Pegasos flying right.Sep 23, 2018
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Amyzon (BC 200-0) AE 8178 viewsca 200-100 BC. AE8 (0.93g). Head of Artemis right / AMYZONEΩΝ, forepart of stag right.Sep 23, 2018
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