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Home > Ionia Last additions - Ionia Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian758 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.00g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right, seen from behind / Temple of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia: ornate tetrastyle temple set on three-tiered base, pediment decorated with figures; cult statue of Diana within. VF. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Mark Antony and Octavia.Sep 24, 2005 Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian725 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.85g, 6h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Temple of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia: ornate tetrastyle temple set on three-tiered base, pediment decorated with crescent above altar; cult statue of Diana within. VF. Overstruck on an uncertain cistophorus of Mark Antony and Octavia.Sep 24, 2005 Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian893 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.93g, 6h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / DIANA EPHESIA, cult statue of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia; stags at sides. VF.Sep 24, 2005 Ephesos (AD 81-96) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Domitia1026 viewsDomitia, wife of Domitian, Augusta, 81-96 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.06g, 6h). Ephesus (or Rome) mint. Struck 82 AD. Draped bust right / Venus standing right, leaning on cippus, holding helmet and sceptre. Near VF, toned. Rare. Ex CNG 60 (5/2002), lot 1630. While no decisive evidence exists for the location of the mint of the cistophori during the reigns of Vespasian through Trajan, the style, legends, and, in particular, the consistent die axis point to Rome, suggesting that these coins were minted in the capital and then sent to Asia for local use.Sep 24, 2005 Ephesos (AD 79-91) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Julia Titi971 viewsJulia Titi, daughter of Titus. Augusta, 79-91 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.04g, 6h). Struck under Domitian, ca 81-82 AD. Draped bust right / Vesta seated left, holding palladium and sceptre. VF, toned, atttractive. Very rare. Ex CNG 58 (9/2001), lot 1151. While no decisive evidence exists for the location of the mint of the cistophori during the reigns of Vespasian through Trajan, the style, legends, and, in particular, the consistent die axis point to Rome, suggesting that these coins were minted in the capital and then sent to Asia for local use.Sep 24, 2005 Ephesos (AD 41-54) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Claudius and Agrippina Junior919 viewsClaudius and Agrippina II, 49-54 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.84g, 6h). Struck circa 50-51 AD. Laureate head of Claudius right / Draped bust of Agrippina right. Fine, light graffiti (VR and Z) in fields.Sep 24, 2005 Ephesos (AD 41-54) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Claudius1024 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.90g, 7h), struck ca 41-42 AD. Bare head left; c/m: IMP (ligate) VES AV(AV ligate) at base of neck / Temple of Diana Ephesia: cult statue of Diana of Ephesus within tetrastyle temple, pediment decorated with figures flanking a central table with disk above, two tables and recumbent figures in angles. Good Fine.Sep 24, 2005 Ephesos (AD 41-54) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Claudius1560 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.30g, 6h), struck ca 41-42 AD. Bare head left / Temple of Diana Ephesia: cult statue of Diana of Ephesus within tetrastyle temple, pediment decorated with figures flanking a central table with disk above, two tables and recumbent figures in angles. Good VF, toned.Sep 24, 2005 Smyrna (BC 260-240) AE442 viewsca 250 BC. AE Chalkus (1.96g). Pollis, magistrate. Head of Tyche right / ZΜΥΡ/ΠΟΛΛΙΣ, thymiaterion, shrimp to left. Very rare. Dark green patina. Good very fine.Sep 21, 2005 Magnesia (BC 350-320) Trihemiobol606 viewsca 350-320 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.76g, 12h). Lykomed[es], magistrate. Warrior holding lance on horseback right / Bull butting left on maeander pattern; ΛΥΚΟΜΗΔ in exergue. VF. Extremely rare denomination. Of the fourteen magistrates of the early Magnesian series, only Lykomedes is known to have struck trihemiobols, of which only the Weber coin is published (see Kinns, Magnesia, p. 137-8, n. 4).Sep 20, 2005 Magnesia (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm521 viewsca 160-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.89g). Erasippos (son of) Aristeos, "magistrate." Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, resting on tripod; ΕΡΑΣΙΠΠΟΣ ΑΡΙΣΤΕΟΥ to left, ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ to right, maeander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. EF, toned.Sep 20, 2005 Magnesia (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm554 viewsca 160-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.72g, 12h). Herognetos (son of) Zopyrionos, "magistrate." Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, resting on tripod; ΗΡΟΓΝΗΤΟΣ ZΩΠΥΡΙΩΝΟΣ to left, ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ to right, maeander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. Superb EF, tiny die break from chin.Sep 20, 2005 Magnesia (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm538 viewsca 160-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.76g, 1h). Euphemos (son of) Pausanios, "magistrate." Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, resting on tripod; ΕΥΦΗΜΟΣ ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΟΥ to left, ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ to right, maeander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. EF, toned, minor flan flaw on obverse. Well centered and struck.Sep 20, 2005 Magnesia (AD 200-300) AE 21344 views3rd cent AD. AE21 (7.33g, 12h). Bust of Serapis right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Isis standing left, holding sistrum and situla. VF, black-green patina with lighter olive overtones. One of two known, the other is in the BN. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.Sep 20, 2005 Teos (BC 470-449) Stater417 viewsca 470-449 BC. AR Stater (11.60g). Griffin with curled wings seated right, left forepaw raised; club to right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare.Sep 18, 2005 Teos (BC 470-449) Stater536 viewsca 478-465 BC. AR Stater (12.02g). Griffin with curled wings seated right, forepaw raised; forepart of a lion in front / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF. Unpublished obverse symbol. The reverse die is shared with Balcer 84, a stater with a grain ear symbol on the obverse.Sep 18, 2005 Teos (BC 450-400) Stater556 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Stater (11.75g). Griffin with curled wings seated right, left forepaw raised; forepart of Pegasos to right, within dotted circle / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned, VF. Rare symbol.Sep 18, 2005 Teos (BC 300) Hemidrachm771 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.42g). Griffin with pointed wings springing right / Kantharos; THI above, ΙΦΙΚΡ-ΑΤΗΣ (magistrate). Good VF.Sep 18, 2005 Teos (BC 465-440) Stater447 viewsca 478-465 BC. AR Stater (11.69g). Griffin with curled wings seated right, left forepaw raised; olive leaf to right, T-H-I-Ω-N around, within linear circle / Quadripartite incuse square. Nice VF.Sep 18, 2005 Teos (BC 478-465) Stater521 viewsca 478-465 BC. AR Stater (11.91g, 23mm). Griffin with curled wings seated right, left forepaw raised; facing panther's head to right, T-H-I-Ω-N around, within linear circle / Quadripartite incuse square. aEF. Ex Leu Sale 45 (1988), lot 221.Sep 18, 2005 Teos (BC 478-449) Stater394 viewsca 478-449 BC. AR Stater (11.80g). Griffin with curved wings sitting right, crab to right, within dotted circle / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.Sep 18, 2005 Teos (BC 470-449) Stater468 viewsca 470-449 BC. AR Stater (11.75g). Griffin with curled, segmented wings seated right, forepaw raised; club to right, within dotted circle / Quadripartite incuse square divided by central cross, quarters containing pellets. Near EF, good metal for issue. Rare.Sep 18, 2005 Phokaia (BC 525-500) Tetartemorion791 viewsca 530-478 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.25g). Griffin head left / Quadripartite incuse square with central pellet. Good VF.Sep 18, 2005 Teos (BC 530-478) Hemidrachm370 viewsca 530-478 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.94g). Griffin sitting right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.Sep 18, 2005 Teos (BC 470-449) Stater579 viewsca 470/65-449 BC. AR Stater (12.03g). Griffin with curled wings seated right, forepaw raised; owl to right / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, lightly toned, die break in obverse field, small split on edge. Well centered and attractive, finer than the four specimens cited by Balcer.Sep 18, 2005 Teos (BC 425-400) Tetartemorion458 viewsca 5th-4th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.26g). Griffin with pointed wings sitting right / Astragalos within incuse square. Good very fine.Sep 18, 2005 Teos (BC 320-294) Diobol363 viewsca 320-294 BC. AR Diobol (0.95g, 10mm), reduced Rhodian standard. Griffin seated right, left forepaw raised / Chelys, [...]MΕΝΤΩ[...] (magistrate) to left. Toned, EF. Sep 18, 2005 Teos (BC 510-490) Stater457 viewsca 510/05-495/90 BC. AR Stater (11.97g). Griffin seated right, forepaw raised; swan to lower right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF.Sep 18, 2005 Phokaia (BC 600-522) B06? - EL 1/96 Stater828 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/96 Stater (0.17g, 5mm). Helmeted head of warrior left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF.Sep 18, 2005 Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/96 Stater637 viewsca 521-478 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.15g). Archaic female head (Artemis?) left, wearing close-fitting cap or helmet, earring and necklace / Quadripartite incuse square. Fine dar toning, VF. Very rare. Ex Aufhauser Auk. 4 (1987), lot 112.Sep 18, 2005 Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/12 Stater2158 viewsca late 6th cent BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.33g). Female head left, wearing helmet or close fitting cap / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned EF, slightly grainy surfaces. Very nice for this issue.Sep 18, 2005 Phokaia (BC 530-500) Obol899 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Obol (0.71g). Head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.Sep 18, 2005 Phokaia (BC 300) AE455 viewsafter 300 BC. AE (2.10g). Head of Athena right / Head of griffin between two caps of the Dioskuroi, ΔΙΩΝ (magistrate) below. Green patina, VF.Sep 18, 2005 Teos (BC 530-500) Hemidrachm484 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (3.26g). Forepart of griffin right, left forepaw raised / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.Sep 18, 2005 Phokaia (BC 350-250) AE 10658 viewsca 4th-3rd cent BC. AE10 (1.03g). Head of Nymph left / Head of griffin left. VF.Sep 18, 2005 Phokaia (BC 521-478) B44 - EL 1/6 Stater962 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g). Head of Ares left, wearing Attic helmet / Incuse with 6? divisions. VF. Rare. Ex Rosen coll. 593 and Lanz Auk. 52 (1990), lot 213.Sep 18, 2005 Phokaia (BC 530-500) Diobol987 views6th century BC. AR Diobol (1.56g). Head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF.Sep 18, 2005 Phokaia (BC 530-500) Diobol1389 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Diobol (1.58g). Head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.Sep 18, 2005 Phokaia (BC 477-388) B90 - EL 1/6 Stater957 views477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Female head left, hair in sakkos, seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF.Sep 18, 2005 Phokaia (BC 600-522) B16 - EL 1/6 Stater832 viewsca 625-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Head of man-headed bull left, seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. aEF.Sep 18, 2005 Phokaia (BC 477-388) B55 - EL 1/6 Stater 2132 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 10mm). Cicada, seal above / Quatripartite incuse square. EF.Sep 18, 2005 Phokaia (BC 521-478) B31 - EL 1/6 Stater1327 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 12mm). Female head left, wearing helmet or close fitting cap; [seal to right] / Quadripartite incuse square. EF.Sep 18, 2005 Phokaia (BC 521-478) B27 - EL 1/6 Stater1436 viewsca 600-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.60g, 10mm). Lion left, seal above / Quadripartite incuse square. EF.Sep 18, 2005 Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Cock - EL 1/241500 viewsca 6th century BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.61g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Cock's head right / Incuse square punch. VF, well-centered.Sep 18, 2005 Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater1071 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of Omphale left, wearing lion's skin; club over shoulder, small seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare.Sep 18, 2005 Phokaia (BC 477-388) B91 - EL 1/6 Stater 1069 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Helmeted head of Athena right; small seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Sep 18, 2005 Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30 - EL 1/6 Stater1109 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Helmeted head left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare.Sep 18, 2005 Samos (BC 394-365) Trihemiobol559 viewsca 394-365 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.84g). Diademed head of Hera left, wearing earring / Lion' scalp facing, ΣΑ below. Toned, VF.Sep 11, 2005 Samos (BC 310-300) Didrachm437 viewsca 300 BC. AR Didrachm (6.51g). Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right, olive spray right; ΒΑΤΤΟΣ (magistrate) above. Toned VF, some minor roughness.Sep 11, 2005 Samos (BC 400-365) Drachm520 viewsca 400-365 BC. AR Drachm (3.59g). Facing lion scalp / Forepart of bull right; ΔΗΜΩΝ (magistrate) above. Good VF, uneven strike, light porosity. Rare.Sep 11, 2005 Samos (BC 520-500) Hemidrachm547 viewsafter 512 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.53g). Lion's scalp facing within dotted square / Head of bull left in dotted double-line incuse square. VF. Rare.Sep 11, 2005 Samos (BC 526-522) Drachm697 viewsca 526-522 BC. AR Drachm (3.54g). Winged boar left / Lion's scalp in dotted incuse square. EF.Sep 11, 2005 Samos (BC 510-500) Drachm517 viewsca 510-500 BC. AR Drachm (3.05g). Forepart of winged boar right / Facing lion's scalp within dotted incuse square. VF, light porosity. Sep 11, 2005 Samos (BC 526-522) Drachm572 viewsca 526-522 BC. AR Drachm (3.44g). Winged boar left / Lion's scalp in dotted incuse square. VF.Sep 11, 2005 Samos (BC 526-522) Drachm403 viewsca 526-522 BC. AR Drachm (3.45g). Winged boar left / Lion's scalp in dotted incuse square. VF.Sep 11, 2005 Miletos (BC 530-500) 1/8 Stater638 viewsca 530-500 BC. AR 1/8 Stater (1.58g). Facing lion's head in dotted square / Incuse square with segmented border, floral pattern in center. Toned, gVF. Rare.Sep 03, 2005 Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL Stater2427 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL Stater (17.60g). Samian-Euboeic standard. Blank / Circular incuse with geometric whirl pattern. EF. Unpublished. This piece is distinctive for its elaborate circular shape of its punch without any "obverse" type. At this point in the early development of coinage, it appears that no convention had yet been established that one side or the other was to bear the primary design.Sep 03, 2005 Miletos (BC 360-325) Tetradrachm620 viewsca 340 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.37g, 11h). Theopropos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion walking left, head turned back to right; star of eight rays above, monogram to left, ΘΕΟΠΡΟΠΟ[Σ] below. Beautifully struck in high relief, a superb example. Extremely fine. Ex Bank Leu 48 (5/1989), 232, from the collection of C. Gillet, Bank Leu & Muenzen und Medaillen (Kunstfreund) (5/1974), 220, and probably from the Mugla Hoard of 1950 (IGCH 1215).Sep 03, 2005 Miletos (BC 530-500) 1/8 Stater648 viewsca 530-500 BC. AR 1/8 Stater (1.62g). Facing lion's head / Incuse square with segmented border, floral pattern in center. VF. Rare.Sep 03, 2005 Miletos (BC 240-200) Drachm493 views240-200 BC. AR Drachm (5.12g, 12h). Minnion, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to left / Lion standing to left, head reverted; eight-pointed star above, two monograms to left, ΜΙΝΝΙΩΝ in exergue. Nicely toned. Extremely fine. Sep 03, 2005 Miletos (BC 530-500) 1/8 Stater546 viewsca 530-500 BC. AR 1/8 Stater (1.58g). Facing lion's head / Incuse square with segmented border, floral pattern in center. VF, light porosity. Rare.Sep 03, 2005 Miletos (BC 259-246) Drachm594 viewsca 259-246 BC. AR Drachm (5.19g). Leontiskos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion walking left, looking right; star above, monogram and E before, ΛΕΟΝΤΙΣΚΟ[Σ] in exergue. Good VF, minor porosity.Sep 03, 2005 Miletos (BC 360-325) Tetradrachm548 viewsca 352-325 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.34g). Simos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion walking left, looking right; star above, monogram before, ΣΙΜΟΣ below. Good VF, slightly double struck, somewhat flat on the lion. Magistrate not recorded for this denomination.Sep 03, 2005 Miletos (BC 360-325) Drachm557 viewsca 352-325 BC. AR Drachm (3.56g). Demainos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion walking left, looking right; star above, monogram before, ΔΗΜΑΙΝΟΣ below. EF, light obverse porosity.Sep 03, 2005 Miletos (BC 175-85) Tetradrachm731 viewsca 2nd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.70g). Krateros and Ouliades, magistrates. Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion walking right, head reverted; star above, ΚΡΑΤΕΡΟΣ to right, ΟΥΛΙΑΔΗΣ below. Good VF. Rare type and unrecorded with this combination of magistrate names. Drewry Coll.; Ex Pegasi 113 (5/1999), lot 112. Deppert-Lippitz records both of these magistrates for this issue, but not paired together. ΟΥΛΙΑΔΗΣ is recorded on varieties 760 and 761, while ΚΡΑΤΕΡΟΣ is recorded on variety 763.Sep 03, 2005 Miletos (BC 260-220) AE 14701 viewsca 260-220 BC. AE14 (2.27g). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly left / Lion right, looking back at star. Nice VF, green and brown patina.Sep 03, 2005 Miletos (BC 225-190) Didrachm636 viewsca 225-190 BC. AR Didrachm (10.51g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion walking left, head reverted; star above, monograms before, ΕΥΣΘΕΝΗΣ (magistrate) in exergue. Good VF. Very rare. Ex Seventko Coll. Deppert-Lippitz has no didrachms listed for Period V. The Copenhagen specimen is Period IV.Sep 03, 2005 Pedasa (BC 4th cent) AE 121345 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE12 (1.56g, 12h). Head of Athena right wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with palmette / ΠΗΔΑ−ΣΕΩ[Ν], owl standing right, head facing. VF, dark green patina. Extremely rare, apparently the second known coin of this city. The city of Pedasa near Miletos was not known to have issued coins until von Aulock published a single small bronze coin in 1975. This piece, of the same legend and designs, appears now to be the second known coin of this city. Von Aulock proposed a date during the autonomous interval between 196 BC, when Pedasa was declared a free city, and 175 BC, when Pedasa joined in union with Miletos. However, the fabric, style, and letter forms all point to a more likely date in the early 4th century BC.Sep 03, 2005 Miletos (BC 600-550) EL Stater1877 viewsbefore 575 BC. EL Stater (14.05g, 3h). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame divided into smaller rectangular compartments / Central oblong punch containing a fox standing left and three pellets, flanked by two square punches containing, respectively, a stag's head left and stellate pattern. Good VF, exceptional for this issue. Fielder Coll.Sep 03, 2005 Ephesos (AD 41-50) AE 19 - Statilia Messalina799 viewsStatilia Messalina, wife of Claudius I, 54-68 AD. AE19 (5.45g). Draped bust right / Roma standing right, holding scepter and cult statue of Artemis.Aug 22, 2005 Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/3 Stater875 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL 1/3 Stater - Trite (4.38g). Samian-Euboeic standard, plain type. Flattened plain surface. / Tripartite incuse square punch. Unpublished. Rare early tripartite incuse issue. Good very fine.Aug 22, 2005 Priene (AD 69-79) AE 20972 viewsTime of Vespasian, 69-79 AD. Bronzes of Erato. AE20 (4.60g). ΕΠΙ ΕΡΑΤΩ/ΝΟC ΑΡ-CΟΝΤΟ-C, draped bust of wreathed Demeter right / ΠΡΙΗΝΕ−ΩΝ, veiled bust of Kore-Persephone right. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare.Aug 21, 2005 Ephesos (AD 198-217) AE 36 - Caracalla787 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE36. Bust of Caracalla right / Temple of Artemis. Very rare. VF. Ex Duke of Argyll collection.Aug 21, 2005 Smyrna (AD 193-211) AE 15418 viewsTime of Septimus Severus, 193-211 AD. AE15. Bust of Serapis right / Prow of ship right; shrimp below. EF. Ex Burstein collection.Aug 21, 2005 Smyrna (AD 198-217) AE 45 - Caracalla696 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE45 - Medallion (50g). A K M AYP-ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right /CMYPNAIΩN ΠPΩ/ TΩN ACIAC Γ N/ EΩKOPΩN/ TΩN CEB EΠI / AYP XAPI/ ΔH-MOY, three four-column temples with wreaths on facade; in the right temple, a statue of Tiberius standing left, on facade TI; in the middle temple, a statue of Roma seated left on facade PΩ; on the left temple, a statue of Hadrian standing right, on facade AΔ. Extremely rare. A little rough, smoothed, very fine.Aug 21, 2005 Ephesos (AD 193-211) AE 22 - Septimius Severus546 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE22 (5.63g). Laureate bust right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae.Aug 21, 2005 Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/24 - Plated 1835 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL Plated 1/24 Stater (0.46g). Blank / Square incuse punch. Rare with almost complete plating. Good very fine, small cracks in plating exposing base metal.Aug 21, 2005 Ephesos (AD 69-79) Denarius - Vespasian808 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AR Denarius (3.12g, 18.20mm). IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS II TRP PP, laureate head right / CONCORDIA- AVG, Cerus seated left, hoding corn-ears and poppy, and cornucopia; [BY]. Almost extremely fine.Aug 21, 2005 Phokaia (BC 477-388) B62 - EL 1/6 Stater1451 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.54g). Head of nymph left, hair in sphendone; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Superb EF. The second known from these dies, and the finest. Ex Tkalec Auc. 2005 (5/2005), lot 79.Jul 15, 2005 Smyrna (AD 253-268) AE 27 - Gallienus657 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE27 (7.52g, 6h). ΑVΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ_[ΙΝ] ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC, laureate draped cuirassed bust right / CÎœVΡΝΑΙΩΝ Γ Ν_ΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ [..]ΙΠ[ΠΙΚΟV] ΦΙΛΗ_ΤΟV, the Amazon Smyrna, turreted and cuirassed, standing facing, head left, holding bipennis and pelta right.Jun 27, 2005 Ephesos (BC 387-295) Tetradrachm955 viewsca 387-295 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.94g, 12h). Ε-Φ, bee with straight wings / Forepart of a stag right, palm tree left; magistrate MANTIKRATH[S]. Site of the Temple of Artemis, one of the 7 Wonders of the world. Ex CNG 61, Lot 683.Jun 26, 2005 Oinoia (BC 340-300) Drachm812 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.43g, 12h). Head of Artemis facing slightly right / Bull butting right, OINAI in exergue. VF, toned. Very rare. Jun 20, 2005 Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm873 viewsca 375-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.70g, 10h). Heridanos, magistrate. Sphinx seated left, amphora surmounted by grape-bunch before / Quadripartite incuse square, ΗΡΙΔΑΝΟΣ across horizontal band; vertical striations within each quarter. Good VF, toned. Very rare. Ex Hess-Leu 45 (5/1970), lot 277; Hess-Leu 31 (1966), lot 499; Henri de Nanteuil Coll., 628; Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich Coll. (Naville IV, 6/1922), lot 872; Sir Hermann Weber Coll., 6257; W. Talbot Ready Coll.Jun 20, 2005 Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Ram - EL 1/241024 viewsca 6th century BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.58g). Milesian standard, figural type. Ram's head left / Incuse square punch. Near EF.Jun 20, 2005 Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Man - EL 1/61227 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.35g). Milesian standard, figural type. Male bust left on a striated field / Two rough incuse square punches. Good VF. The third known example. This coin was struck from the same obv die as the hemistater, and the same obv die and one rev punch as third stater, in Triton VIII (lots 444 and 445, respectively).Jun 20, 2005 Phokaia (BC 387-326) Hemidrachm1059 viewsca 387-326 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.12g, 2h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Head of griffin left; ΑΓ monogram below. Good VF, minor porosity. Rare.1 commentsJun 20, 2005 Phokaia (BC 521-478) B38 - EL 1/6 Stater796 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Roaring lion left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, struck with worn obverse die. Extremely rare, only four specimens listed by Bodenstedt, all in museum collections. Jun 20, 2005 Phokaia (BC 521-478) B41 - EL 1/6 Stater810 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Helmeted head of Athena left; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare, only seven specimens listed by Bodenstedt. Jun 20, 2005 Miletos (BC 480-450) Hemidrachm890 views5th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.07g). Lion crouching right / Stellate pattern within incuse square. Good VF for type, toned, minor porosity. Very rare. Jun 20, 2005 Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater837 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.11g). Lion's head left / Punch with four pellets connected to central pellet. VF.Jun 20, 2005 Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater911 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.15g). Lion's head right / Punch with four pellets connected to central pellet. VF.Jun 20, 2005 Ephesos (BC 550-500) 1/6465 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Obol (0.55g). Bee / Irregular incuse punch. VF. Rare.Jun 19, 2005 Ephesos (BC 290-281) Octobol581 viewsca 288-280 BC. AR Octobol (5.50g). Veiled head of Arsinoe right / Bow and quiver; monogram left, bee right. VF. Very rare.Jun 19, 2005 Ephesos (BC 290-281) Octobol712 viewsca 288-280 BC. AR Octobol (5.54g). Goneus, magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram and [Γ]ΟΝΕΥΣ to left, bee to upper right. VF. Rare. Lysimachos made himself master of Ephesos in 295 and shortly thereafter changed the city's name to Arsinoeia in honor of his wife, the daughter of Ptolemy I. After the death of Lysimachos in 280, Arsinoe married her half brother Ptolemy Ceraunus and finally her full brother Ptolemy II. She became the first Ptolemaic ruler to enter the Egyptian temples as "temple-sharing goddess" and was revered by the later Ptolemies.Jun 19, 2005 Ephesos (BC 550-500) 1/3581 viewsca 550 BC. AR Diobol (1.02g). Bee with straight wings / Incuse punch. Good VF, nicely centered.Jun 19, 2005 Ephesos (BC 550-500) Drachm686 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Drachm (3.34g). Bee / Irregular incuse punch. VF. Rare.Jun 19, 2005 Ephesos (BC 550-500) 1/6654 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Obol (0.54g). Bee / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned, EF. Rare.Jun 19, 2005 Ephesos (BC 258-202) Didrachm2000 viewsca 258-202 BC. AR Didrachm (6.52g). Zoes, magistrate. Head of Artemis right; bow and quiver behind / Forepart of kneeling stag right, head turned back; Ε - Φ, ZΩΗΣ (magistrate) to left, bee in field to right. VF.Jun 19, 2005 Ephesos (BC 280-258) Octobol844 viewsca 280-258 BC. AR Octobol (5.06g). ...lios, magistrate. Head of Artemis right; bow and quiver behind shoulder / Forepart of kneeling stag right, head turned back; Ε - Φ, palm to left, bee in field to right, ΛΙΟΣ (magistrate) to right. Good style, EF. Ex Auktion Hess 257 (Luzern, 1986), lot 122.Jun 19, 2005 Ephesos (BC 280-258) Octobol1042 viewsca 280-258 BC. AR Octobol (5.05g). Aristagoras, magistrate. Head of Artemis right; bow and quiver behind / Forepart of kneeling stag right, head turned back; Ε-Φ, palm to left, bee in field to right, ΑΡΙΣΤΑΓΟ[ΡΑΣ] (magistrate) to right. Good style, EF. Unpublished variant (?) of a rare type.Jun 19, 2005 1850 coins on 19 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19