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Home > Mysia Last additions - Mysia Parion (AD 217-218) AE 20 - Macrinus257 viewsMacrinus. 217-218 AD. AE20 (5.19g, 2h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Capricorn right, with globe between hooves and cornucopia over shoulder. Near VF, green-brown surfaces. Rare.Jan 25, 2017 Parion (AD 222-235) AE 21 - Severus Alexander260 viewsSeverus Alexander. 222-235 AD. AE21 (4.69g, 6h). IMP [...] SEB ALEXANDER (Ss retrograde throughout), laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / DEO AE SVB / C G H I [P], Aesculapius seated right on throne, holding raised foreleg of bull standing left. VF, red-green patina, a few cleaning marks. Extremely rare.Jan 25, 2017 Parion (AD 222-235) AE 20 - Severus Alexander192 viewsSeverus Alexander. 222-235 AD. AE20 (5.69g, 7h). IMP CAES L SEV SEV ALEXANDER (Ss retrograde), Laureate and cuirassed bust right / C G I H [P], capricorn right, with globe between hooves and cornucopia over shoulder. Near VF, red-green surfaces, some smoothing and cleaning marks. Extremely rare, and apparently unpublished.Jan 25, 2017 Parion (AD 222-235) AE 21 - Severus Alexander204 viewsSeverus Alexander. 222-235 AD. AE21 (6.04g, 1h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Eros standing left, head right; herm to lower left. VF, green patina, some roughness. Extremely rare.Jan 25, 2017 Parion (AD 222-235) AE 22 - Severus Alexander207 viewsSeverus Alexander. 222-235 AD. AE22 (5.71g, 1h). IMP CAES L SEV SEV ALEXANDER (Ss retrograde), laureate and cuirassed bust right / C G I H P, Genius standing left, holding cornucopia and sacrificing with patera over lighted and garlanded altar to left. VF, red-green patina, some cleaning marks. Extremely rare.Jan 25, 2017 Parion (AD 222-235) AE 21 - Severus Alexander202 viewsSeverus Alexander. 222-235 AD. AE21 (6.00g, 1h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / She-wolf standing right, head left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. VF, red-green patina, a few cleaning marks. Rare.Jan 25, 2017 Parion (AD 217-218) AE 23 - Macrinus200 viewsMacrinus. 217-218 AD. AE23 (5.10g, 8h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / She-wolf standing right, head left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. VF, red-green patina. Very rare.Jan 25, 2017 Parion (AD 198-217) AE 22 - Caracalla297 viewsCaracalla. 198-217 AD. AE22 (6.74g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Capricorn right, with globe between hooves and cornucopia over shoulder. VF, red-green patina, a few cleaning marks. Rare.Jan 25, 2017 Parion (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla249 viewsCaracalla. 198-217 AD. AE23 (6.39g, 8h). ANTONIN-VS PIVS AV, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / C G I H PA-R, she-wolf standing right, head left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. VF, green patina. Extremely rare, and apparently unpublished with this obverse legend.Jan 25, 2017 Parion (AD 198-217) AE 22 - Caracalla231 viewsCaracalla. 198-217 AD. AE22 (7.05g, 8h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Genius standing left, holding cornucopia and sacrificing with patera over lighted and garlanded altar to left. VF, green patina, with some red, minor roughness, flan flaw on the reverse.Jan 25, 2017 Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL Stater833 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Stater (16.01g, 21mm). Head of tunny right, holding Garfish (a type of needlefish) in its mouth; to left, tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Well centered. Unpublished denomination for a very rare issue.Jan 14, 2017 Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL Stater596 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Stater (15.96g, 20.5mm). Tunny left above tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, double struck on reverse. Extremely rare.Jan 14, 2017 Kyzikos (BC 520-480) Obol351 viewsca 600-550 BC. AR Obol (1.10g, 11mm). Tunny left, lotus flower below / Quadripartite incuse square. Very rare, very fine.Dec 28, 2016 Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater232 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.67g, 10mm). Two tunny heads back-to-back; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square.Dec 27, 2016 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater369 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.71g, 12mm). Nude male kneeling left, holding tunny by its tail, left hand closed fist; dotted hair turned up at back. / Quadripartite incuse square. Rare, known for stater and hemihecte. Ex CNG 85 (9/2010), lot 839, Koppersmith Coll. Carr coll.Dec 06, 2016 Kyzikos (BC 520-480) Hemiobol268 viewsca 600-550 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.7g). Tunny right, holding lotus flower in mouth curving below / Quadripartite incuse square. Dec 05, 2016 Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL Stater386 viewsCirca 600-550 BC. EL Stater (16.18g, 18.5mm). Two tunny heads back-to-back; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Near VF. Well centered. Extremely rare. LVL Coll.Dec 03, 2016 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater426 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.73g, 11mm). Ketos left; tunny above / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, rare, minting problems.Oct 09, 2016 Kyzikos (BC 550-510) Hemiobol245 viewsca 550 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.46g, 7mm). Head of lion right, holding tunny in mouth / Irregular incuse punch. Most probably Kyzikos - the image reminds of the early obols of Kyzikos which depict a tunny with fish in its mouth. The lion is not unknown on later coins from Kyzikos and is mostly combined with a tunny - but no other piece shows a lion holding a fish in its mouth. The drawing of the lion differs very much from these later illustrations. It may be suggested that this coin can be dated at the beginning of the coinage of Kyzikos.Oct 09, 2016 Lampsakos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater (or Tetrobol?) 468 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (or AR Tetrobol?) (2.31g, 10mm). Forepart of Pegasos right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Carr coll. Very rare and catalogued as pale electrum giving the appearance of being a silver coin. There is some substantial debate surrounding these issues. While a rare coin, there are examples of both the left and right facing Pegasos types in what is both clearly EL and what appears to be solely silver. Would the ancients accept a coin that did not have a strong yellowish tint as true EL? The original description by J.P. Six as EL is followed by CNG (see CNG 94, lot 459) and Roma (this coin). The weight is consistent with a Hekte.Sep 30, 2016 Parion (AD 222-235) AE 22 - Severus Alexander305 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE22 (5.64g). IMP CAEƧ L ƧEP ƧEV ALEXANDER, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / DEO AE ƧVB, C G I H P in exergue, Asclepius seated right on throne, holding raised foreleg of bull standing left. Extremely rare. C.G.I.H.P. = Colonia Gemella Julia Hadriana Pariana, but uniquely apparently for Parium coins, the legend on this coin is CGHIP. DEO AESC(ulapio) SVB(venienti). Reversed S's throughout.Sep 02, 2016 Teuthrania (BC 400) AE 10 - Prokles327 viewsca 400 BC. Prokles (Satrap of Teuthrania and Halisarna. AE10 (1.00g). Head of Apollo left, wearing taenia / TEY, head of satrap right, wearing bashlyk, monogram to right. VF. Rare.Aug 31, 2016 Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Hemiobol316 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.49g, 9mm). Janiform head / Helmeted head of Athena left within incuse square. aEF. Rare.Aug 31, 2016 Kyzikos (BC 530-480) Obol?209 viewsca 500 BC. AR Obol (0.80g, 10mm). Two tunny fish crossed in saltire; pellet in each angle / Incuse square punch. aVF.Aug 31, 2016 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater562 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.66g, 10mm). Winged hound or wolf crouching left, head right; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.Aug 31, 2016 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater647 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.66g, 10mm). Prow of galley left terminating in forepart of winged hound or wolf; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Very rare. Carr coll.1 commentsAug 31, 2016 Atarneos (BC 400) Hemiobol404 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.33g, 7mm). Head right, wearing Phrygian or satrapal cap / AT, hare right within incuse circle. VF. Extremely rare.Aug 31, 2016 Atarneos (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm334 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.46g, 11mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / ATAP, coiled serpent right. aVF. Very rare.Aug 30, 2016 Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion - crescents280 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.14g, 7mm). Crescents in triangular arrangement, pellet in one and between two / Head of roaring lion left within incuse square. gVF. Extremely rare. Apparently unpublished. Though uncertain, the lion is of very similar style to the lions featured on the fractional coinage from Kyzikos.Aug 28, 2016 Parion (BC 100-0) AE 20296 views1st century BC. AE20 (5.56g). Altar / ΠΑ / PI within wreath. Overstruck on uncertain issue. VF.Aug 22, 2016 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater529 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.66g, 12mm). Winged male mythological creature (Phobos or Daimon) with human body, lion head, griffin’s ears and wings, running/kneeling left, head turned right, holding tunny by tail in left hand / Quadripartite incuse square. NGC graded Choice XF, strike 5/5, surface 4/5, nicely centered, struck from artistic dies. An excellent example of archaic representation of local deity from Asia Minor. Carr coll. A remarkable mythological type usually known from the stater with the same design. At times identified as Phobos, the personification of terror, the figure may also be the Mithraic divinity Areimanios (Ahriman) as argued by Bivar, "Mithra and Mesopotamia," Mithraic Studies (Manchester, 1975), pp. 275-89. Jul 15, 2016 Hadrianeia (AD 198-209) AE 24 - Geta278 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE24 (6.85g). Π CЄΠTI ΓЄTAC K, bare-headed and draped bust of Geta right / AΔPЄANЄΩN, bull standing right. VF.Jul 04, 2016 Lampsakos (AD 14-37) AE 16 - Tiberius433 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE16 (2.81g). CЄBAC, laureate head right / ΛAMΨAKЄ, forepart of Pegasus right. Rare. Glossy enamel-like patina. VF.Jun 28, 2016 Adramytteion (AD 238-244) AE 26370 viewsTime of Gordian III, 238-244 AD. AE26 (7.52g). AΔPAMYTHNΩN, helmeted head of Athena left, wearing helmet and aegis / ЄΠI CT AΓЄCΠЄPOY AΔPAMYTHNΩN, Homonoia standing left, holding cornucopiae and patera. Very rare. Some breaks in patina on edge. VF.Jun 28, 2016 Parion (AD 254-268) AE 23 - Salonina251 viewsSalonina, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE23 (4.97g). SALONINA, draped bust right / C G I H, Genius standing left, holding cornucopiae and phalera; to left, altar. Very rare. VF. An interesting issue with the obverse giving the empress' cognomen only.Jun 28, 2016 Perperene (AD 117-138) AE 18 - Hadrian267 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE18 (2.98g). ΑΥ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑИΟС, laureate and cuirassed bust right / ΠΕΡΠΕΡΗИΙΩИ, Dionysus standing left, holding filleted thyrsus and pouring cantharus; to left, panther left, head right. Extremely rare. VF.Jun 20, 2016 Parion (AD 253-268) AE 25 - Gallienus232 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE25 (8.44g). IMP C GALLIENVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / G H I P, Gallienus standing right, spearing boar to right; tree to outer right. Extremely rare. Smoothed.Jun 20, 2016 Lampsakos (BC 45) AE 20 - Julius Caesar378 viewsJulius Caesar, ca 45 BC. AE20 (6.49g). Q. Lucretius and L. Pontius, duoviri, and M. Turius, legatus. C G - I L, laureate head right; countermark: cornucopia between C – G / Q LVCRETIO / L PONTIO / IIVIR / M TVRIO LEG, priest plowing right with two oxen. VF.Jun 20, 2016 Kyzikos (AD 128-137) AE 18 - Sabina380 viewsSabina, Augusta, 128-136/7 AD. AE18 (4.42g). CABINA CЄBACTH, draped bust right/ K - Y / Z – I, male figure standing left, holding sceptre. Extremely rare. gVF.1 commentsJun 20, 2016 Perperene (AD 138-161) AE 16 - Antoninus Pius225 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE16 (2.92g). ΑV ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟ, bare head right / ΠΕΡΠΕΡΗΝΙΩΝ, Telesphorus standing facing, holding bunch of grapes. aVF.Jun 18, 2016 Parion (AD 253) AE 21 - Cornelia Supera340 viewsCornelia Supera, Augusta, 253 AD. AE21 (5.00g). G CORN SVPERA AVG, draped bust right, wearing stephane / C G I H PAR, winged female figure (Eros?) standing left, head right, pointing to left; herm to lower left. Extremely rare. VF.Jun 18, 2016 Parion (AD 244-249) AE 22 - Otacilia Severa248 viewsOtacilia Severa, Augusta, 244-249 AD. AE22 (4.79g). OTAC SEVERA AVG, draped bust right / C G I H P, Capricorn right, cornucopia over shoulder. Ex Vogl coll.; ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser (3/1987). VF.Jun 18, 2016 Miletopolis (AD 138-161) AE 16 - Antoninus Pius274 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE16 (2.26g). AV KAI TI AIΛ AΔPI ANTΩNЄINOC, bare head right / MЄIΛITOΠOΛЄITΩN, Cupid right. Extremely rare. gVF.Jun 18, 2016 Pergamon (AD 253-268) AE 21 - Gallienus268 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE21 (4.71g). AV K Π ΛIK ΓAΛΛΙΗΝOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩT Γ ΝΕΩΚ, Homonoia standing facing, head left, holding phiale and cornucopia. Ex Vogl coll.; Ex Münzhandlung Beckenbauer (1983). VF.May 27, 2016 Lampsakos (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla233 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE23 (4.98g). AV K M AVPH ANTWNЄINO, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΛΑMΨΑΚΗΝΩΝ, Homonoia standing facing, head left, holding cornucopia and phiale; at feet to left, lighted altar. Ex Vogl coll. VF.May 27, 2016 Germe (AD 238-244) AE 30 - Gordian III182 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE30 (11.08g). Aelius Aristonikus, magistrate. AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΡΙCΤΟΝЄΙΚΟΥ / ΓЄΡΜΗΝ, Kybele seated left, wearing mural crown and holding phiale and sceptre; elbow resting on drum; at feet to left, lion. Ex Vogl coll.; ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser (7/1994). VF.May 27, 2016 Adramytteion (AD 218-222) AE 37 - Elagabalus398 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE37 (25.90g). AVT K M AVP ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠΙ CTPA ΑΙΛ ΚΟΜΦ ΝЄΙΚΙΟV ΑΔΡΑΜVΤΗΝΩΝ, Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre. VF.May 27, 2016 Kyzikos (AD 69-79) AE 28 - Vespasian263 viewsVespasian. 69-79 AD. AE28 (10.98g). AVTOKPATOPI KAIΣAPI ΣEBAΣTΩ OYEΣΠAΣIANΩ, laureate head right / KV/ZI in two lines in laurel wreath. Glossy dark green and brown patina, some light smoothing in fields, aVF.Mar 31, 2016 Kyzikos (BC 450-430) EL Stater811 viewsca 450-430 BC. EL Stater (16.00g). Orestes kneeling left, holding sword and resting left arm on omphalos; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF. Ex New York Sale IV (1/2002), lot 188.Feb 03, 2016 Pergamon (AD 198-217) AE 42 - Caracalla708 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE42 - Medallion (37.96g, 6h). Julius Anthimus, strategos. Struck circa 214 AD. AVT • KPAT • K • MA-PKOC • AVP • ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery / ЄΠI CTP IOV-Λ ANΘIMOV ΠЄPΓAMHNΩN/ ΠPΩTΩN TRIC/ NЄΩKOPΩ/N, Caracalla, holding spear in left hand, advancing right on horseback; to left, Victory walking right, holding palm frond in left hand and crowning emperor with wreath held in right; to right, trophy and two bound captives, one seated and the other standing. EF, brown patina, minor adjustment marks. Rare and in exceptional condition for issue. Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA V (12/2008), lot 270. This medallion is part of a highly interesting series that has long fascinated numismatists. Taken as a whole, the group chronicles the major events of Caracalla’s visit to Pergamum en route to an eastern military expedition in AD 214. While this was only one stop on a trip that included imperial visits to the major cities and religious sites of Asia Minor, Pergamum’s sanctuary of Asclepius (the Asclepion) was of particular appeal to Caracalla, whose health declined precipitously in the latter years of his reign.Jan 28, 2016 Hadrianeia (AD 238-244 ) AE 43 - Gordian III510 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE43 - Medallion (46.01g, 12h). S. Furius Themisonos, archon. • AVT • K • M • ANT • ΓOPΔIANOC • AVΓ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI C • ΦO-VP • ΘЄMICΩNOC • AP/ AΔPIANЄ•/ΩN, Tyche-Homonoia, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left, seated left, being crowned with wreath by Victory, holding palm frond in left hand; to left, Mercury standing right, seen from behind, holding caduceus in left hand and purse in right. EF, green and reddish-brown patina, minor obverse die shift, gently smoothed. Extremely rare. Spoerri Butcher (RPC VII.1) recorded only two specimens for Furius Themisonos, as well as a unique specimen of the same type and from the same obverse die but signed by the archon K. Phanias Themisonos. This is perhaps the third known for this variant and the only in private hands. The obverse die used for this issue was also used to strike medallions for Germe in Mysia.Jan 28, 2016 Perperene (AD 98-117) AE 25 - Trajan296 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE25 (8.00g, 6h). Epagathus, strategos. [...] NЄPBA TPAIANON KAICAP [...] ΓЄPM, laureate head right / ЄΠI CTPA ЄΠAΓAΘOV ΠЄPΠЄPHNIΩN, Dionysus standing left, holding grape bunch. VF, green patina. Extremely rare.Jan 26, 2016 Kyzikos (BC 404-394) Tridrachm1019 viewsca 404-394 BC. AR Tridrachm (11.41g, 21mm, 6h). Herakliskos Drakonopnigon: the Infant Herakles crouching right, strangling a serpent coiled around each arm; Σ-Y-[N] around / Head of lion left; below, tunny left; KY-ZI around; all within shallow incuse circle. Near EF, old collection tone, slightly off center, some marks on the reverse. Extremely rare, only BM example known for this symmachy issue at Kyzikos. MPM coll., acquired in 1928. The British Museum acquired the only known example of this type from a dealer in Rhodes in 1927 (cf. N. Hardwick in QT XXV [1996]), as part of a group of four coins that had been found together. As the present coin was acquired by the consignor’s grandfather in 1928, it is possible that it was part of the same find that contained the BM coin. A comparison of color photographs of the two coins reveals a similar surface appearance that is consistent with coins from a common hoard.Jan 22, 2016 Kyzikos (BC 600-550) Stater557 viewsca 600-550 BC. AR Stater (14.69g, 19mm). Head of tunny left; tail of tunny fish above / Rough incuse square. ANS collection - bequest of E.T. Newell.Jan 22, 2016 Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater287 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.67g, 10mm). Head of tunny left, holding in its mouth a small tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. Very fine, very rare. Unpublished as a hekte.Jan 21, 2016 Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL Stater386 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Stater (16.08g, 19mm). Tunny fish left above tunny fish right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely Rare.Jan 21, 2016 Prokonnesos (BC 400-350) Obol235 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Obol (0.51g, 8mm). Head of Aphrodite left, hair in sphendone / Π to left of oinochoe, (circled by wreath?).Jan 21, 2016 Pitane (BC 400-350) Obol497 views400-350 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.49g). Female head right / ΠΙΤΑΝA, head of ram right within incuse square. aVF. Very rare.Dec 28, 2015 Miletopolis (BC 300-100) AE 20273 views3rd-2nd century BC. AE20 (6.55g). Facing head of Athena / Owl standing left, head facing, ΜΙΛ-ΗΤΟ. VF.Dec 28, 2015 Miletopolis (BC 400-300) AE 19398 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE19 (5.21g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / Double-bodied owl facing, ΜΙΛΗΤΟ around. VF.Dec 28, 2015 Gambrion (BC 400-350) AE 8375 viewsca 400 BC. AE8 (0.76g). Laureate head of Apollo left / ΓAM, facing gorgoneion. VF.Dec 28, 2015 Kyzikos (AD 177-184) AE 32342 viewsImperial Times, ca 177-184 AD. AE32 (19.26g). KOPH CΩTЄIPA, wreathed and draped bust of Kore Soteira right / KΥZIKHNΩN NЄΩKOΡΩN, Asklepios standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. Pierced, otherwise aVF, dark green patina. Ex Kyz Art coll.1 commentsDec 27, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 300-200) AE 12271 viewsca 300-180 BC. AE12 (2.04g). Head of Athena right in crested attic helmet / KYZI, tripod, thyrsos? to right. Green patina, VF. Very rare. Ex Kyz Art coll.Dec 26, 2015 Miletopolis (AD 117-138) AE 20 - Hadrian250 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE20 (5.81g). ΑΥΤΟ ΤΡΑΙΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟ, laureate, bust right, baldric (sword) strap around neck and across chest, loop on shoulder, seen from front / ΜЄΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Athena, right. Dark brown patina, VF.Sep 11, 2015 Pergamon (BC 335-330) Stater1872 viewsMid-late 330s BC. AV Stater (8.60g, 17mm, 1h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Archaistic Palladion: statue of Pallas Athena standing facing, holding spear aloft in right hand, preparing to strike, on left arm, a shield adorned with a four-point star and fillet hanging below; to lower left, a crested Corinthian helmet right; all within concave circular incuse. Superb EF, fully lustrous.Sep 06, 2015 Parion (AD 69-79) AE 22 - Vespasian430 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE22 (6.21g). VESPASIANVS CAESAR, laureate head right / Capricorn right, head turned back left, cornucopia on its back, AVGVSTVS below. Very rare. Slightly uneven strike, gVF. Augustus' sun sign was Libra. We don't know why he selected the Capricorn as his emblem. Perhaps Capricorn was either his rising sign or his Moon sign. Popular astrology (of the newspaper kind) is sun sign astrology. The ancients tended to attach more importance to the Moon sign and rising signs. Perhaps Augustus selected the Capricorn because it is associated with stern moral authority.Sep 01, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 200-100) AE 28303 views2nd-1st century BC. AE28 (12.60g). Wreathed head of Kore Soteira right, within dotted circle / Tripod, ΚΥZΙ-ΚΗΝΩΝ on either side, monogram to left, long torch below. gVF. Aug 18, 2015 Teuthrania (BC 400) AE 10 - Prokles603 viewsca 400 BC. AE10 (0.92g). Prokles, Satrap of Teuthrania and Halisarna. Head of Apollo left / Head of satrap right, wearing bashlyk, TEY behind, monogram to right. VF.Aug 14, 2015 Pitane (BC 330-280) AE 9265 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AE9 (0.65g). Female head right / ΠΙ within circle. VF.Aug 14, 2015 Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Hemiobol 511 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.44g, 9mm). Janiform female head / Helmeted head of Athena left within incuse square. VF.Aug 14, 2015 Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Obol611 viewsca 400-300 BC. AR Obol (0.60g, 10mm). Janiform female head within dotted circle / Helmeted head of Athena right within incuse circle. VF.Aug 14, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater625 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.64g, 11mm). Female head left on raised disk; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF. Apparently unpublished in the standard references with a female head.Aug 14, 2015 Harpagion (BC 4th cent) AE 11280 viewsca 4th century BC. AE11 (1.37g). Laureate head of nymph right, hair in sphendone / Fish right, grain ear below, APΠΑΓΙΑ above. VF.Aug 14, 2015 Parion (AD 81-96) AE24 - Domitian250 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE24 (7.08g, 12h). IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM, Laureate head right / IMP XXII COS XVI AVGVSTVS, Capricorn right, head left; cornucopia behind. Near VF, emerald green patina. Rare. Tricarico coll.Aug 14, 2015 Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Tetartemorion501 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.21g, 8mm). Head of Apollo left, wearing taenia / Helmeted head of Athena left within incuse square. EF. Apparently unpublished.Aug 13, 2015 Atarneos (BC 400) Hemiobol817 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol(?) (6mm, 0.34g, 6h). Head right, wearing Phrygian or satrapal cap / Hare right; AT below. Cf. CNG E-321, lot 83, otherwise unpublished. VF, toned, light porosity, reverse a little off center. Extremely rare, perhaps the second known.Aug 11, 2015 Atarneos (BC 400) Hemiobol618 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol(?) (7mm, 0.33g, 9h). Head right, wearing Phrygian or satrapal cap / Hare right; AT below. Unpublished. VF, toned, minor porosity.Aug 11, 2015 Atarneos (BC 400) Hemiobol262 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol(?) (6.5mm, 0.31g, 3h). Head right, wearing Phrygian or satrapal cap / Hare right; AT below. CNG 97, lot 157; CNG E-321, lot 83; otherwise unpublished in the standard references. Near VF, toned, porous. Extremely rare, perhaps the third known.Aug 11, 2015 Poimanenon (AD 98-117) AE 29 - Trajan322 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE29 (14.65g). AΥTOKΡATOΡI KAIΣAΡI ΣEBAΣTΩ TΡAIANΩ, laureate head right / EΠI EΓ Δ[...] ΠONTΩN [...] / ΠOIMA, Asklepios resting on serpent-staff. Dark green patina, VF.Aug 04, 2015 Kyzikos (AD 166-177) AE 25 - Commodus 416 viewsCommodus, as Caesar, 166-177 AD. AE25 (11.25g). Λ AΥΡ KOMOΔOC KAICA ΓЄΡM, draped and cuirassed bust right / KΥZI/KHNΩ/N / NЄOK, galley. Dark green patina, VF.Aug 04, 2015 Apollonia ad Rhyndakon (AD 244-249) AE 32 – Philip I343 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE32 (23.10g). [...]IOΥΛIOC ΦIΛIΠΠOC AΥΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right with scepter over shoulder / AΠO-ΛΛΩ-NIAI-TΩN / ΠΡOC ΡΥN / ΔAKΩC, hexastyle temple, within Apollo leaning on column. Very rare. Dark green patina, VF.Aug 04, 2015 Kyzikos (AD 177-192) AE 35 - Commodus288 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE35 (25.11g). Homonoia with Smyrna. AΥ KAI M AΥΡH - KOMOΔOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI AΡX NAIB KΥINTOΥ ZMΥΡNA / KΥZIKOC, Hero Kyzikos and Amazone of Smyrna clasping hands. Unpublished. Brown patina, VF.Aug 01, 2015 Kyzikos (AD 253-270) AE 25253 viewsTime of Gallienus and Claudius II, 253-270 AD. AE25 (8.33g). L. Severus, strategos. KYZIKOC, diademed head of the hero Cyzicus right / ΛOK CЄBHPOY KYZIKHNΩN ΔIC NЄOKOPΩN, two temples: to left, circular temple with closed doors, surmounted by three standing figures holding torches; flaming serpent-entwined torch to its left and right; to right, octastyle temple, with annulet in pediment. Extremely rare. VF.Jul 28, 2015 Germe (AD 139-161) AE 23 - Marcus Aurelius220 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE23 (9.76g). G. I. Phainos, archon. M AVP OVHPOC KAICAP, draped bust right / EΠΙ Γ Ι ΦΑΙΝΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ, two female figures standind facing each other, clasping hand above amphora. Very Rare. VF.Jul 28, 2015 Hadrianeia (AD 193-211) AE 19287 viewsTime of the Septimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE19 (3.65g). IЄPOC ΔHMOC, laureate head of Demos right / AΔPIANЄΩN, Artemis advancing right, head left, holding torch in each hand. VF.Jul 27, 2015 Attaia (AD 178-182) AE 15 - Crispina218 viewsCrispina, Augusta, 178-182 AD. AE15 (3.28g). KPIΠINA CEBAC, draped bust right / ΑΤΤΑΙΤΩΝ, Zeus standing slightly left, holding sceptre and thunderbolt over eagle standing left. Rare. VF.Jul 27, 2015 Miletopolis (AD 117-138) AE 16 - Hadrian372 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE15.5 (1.98g). AY K TP AΔPIANOC, laureate head right / ΜЄΙΛΗΤΟ-ΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ, K-O across fields winged Kerykeion (Caduceus). GF.1 commentsJun 09, 2015 Hadrianoi (AD 177-192) AE 29 - Commodus 328 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE28.5 (14.87g). Laureate bust right / Zeus standing left; holding patera over lighted altar and a sceptre. Brown tone. VF.Jun 09, 2015 Kyzikos (AD 222-235) AE 28 - Severus Alexander234 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE28 (12.79g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Demeter standig left; holdig torch and grain ears. Brown tone. About Very Fine.Jun 09, 2015 Pergamon (AD 209-211) AE 39 - Geta417 viewsGeta, 209-211 AD. AE39 - Medallion (50.24g, 6h). Menogenes, strategos. AVTOKPA KAI ΠΟΠΛΙ CЄΠTI • ΓЄTAC •, laureate and cuirassed bust right, with gorgoneion on breastplate / ЄΠI CTP M-HNOΓ-ЄNOV B NЄOV ΠЄP/ΓAMHNΩN/ B NЄOKOPΩ/N, Zeus Nicephorus seated left within tetrastyle temple with shield in pediment. Near VF, dark gray-brown surfaces, smoothing, adjustment marks on reverse, ancient edge holes at 3 and 9 o’clock for insertion into swivel mount.Jun 04, 2015 Prokonnesos (BC 400-350) Obol477 viewsca 450-425 BC. AR Hemiobol (10mm, 0.50g, 12h). Forepart of horse right, A on shoulder; grape bunch to right / Oinochoe; Π to right. VF, toned, some roughness. Very rare.Jun 03, 2015 Kyzikos (AD 238-244) AE 28 - Gordian III263 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE28 (12.41g, 1h). Lepidus, strategos. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CTPA/ ΛЄΠIΔO/V KVZIKH/NΩN NЄ/OKOP in five lines. VF, brown patina with hard green and blue deposits, thin flan crack. Spradling Coll.Jun 03, 2015 Kyzikos (AD 235-238) AE 25 - Maximus245 viewsMaximus, Caesar, 235/6-238 AD. AE25 (9.08g, 7h). Γ IOV OV MAZIMOC KAICA, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / KVSIKHNΩ NEOKO, Diana driving biga right, holding two torches. Near VF, green-brown patina. Extremely rare. Spradling Coll.Jun 03, 2015 Kyzikos (AD 177-192) AE 41 - Commodus303 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE41 - Medallion (35.04g, 12h). Struck circa 191-192 AD. AV KAI [Λ] M AV KOMMOΔ[O]C AN[T CЄB ЄVC ЄVT POMAIOC HP]AKΛHC, laureate bust right, with lion’s skin tied around neck, club over shoulder / NЄ-O[K]O-[PΩN] KVZIKHNΩ[N], two large baskets containing branches and set on tall stands, each being raised by three men holding supports; two additional men standing on supports, two altars or bases before baskets, star-in-crescent above each basket. Fine, rough brown surfaces, pierced. Extremely rare and possibly unique. This type cannot be adequately explained, but must refer to some local myth or cult practice. The Vienna piece shares the same reverse scene but is smaller and must be earlier in date, with a younger portrait shown laureate, draped, and cuirassed.Jun 03, 2015 Kyzikos (AD 177-192) AE 30 - Commodus399 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE30 (11.30g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / KVZI/KHNΩN/ NEOKO/PΩN in four lines within wreath. Good VF, green patina, some bare metal revealed on high points.Jun 03, 2015 Parion (BC 45) AE 18491 viewsTime of Julius Caesar, ca 45 BC. AE17.5 (6.28g, 12h). C. Matuinus and T. Ancius, aediles. Female head right, wearing stephane / Praefericulum. VF, attractive green and red patina. Rare. Philips coll.Jun 03, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 400-330) EL 1/6 Stater1789 viewsca 380 BC. EL Hekte (2.65g). Diademed head of Poseidon left, with trident over left shoulder; below, tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. Of the highest rarity, apparently only the second specimen known. Extremely fine.May 23, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater1116 viewsca 380 BC. EL Hekte (2.63g). Naked Kabir wearing pileus and chlamys kneeling left over ram, which he is about to stab with knife held in right hand, while holding up the head of the ram with his left; below, tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. Of the highest rarity. A very interesting and finely executed representation, light reddish tone and extremely fine. Ex Spink 114 (1996), 57.May 23, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL Stater1201 views5th-­4th century BC. EL Stater (15.87g). Lapith kneeling on back of fallen centaur right; strangling him with left arm and holding sword in right hand, while the centaur seizes the Lapith’s head with his left hand and punches him at side with his right; below, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Exceedingly rare, only few specimens known. Struck on a full flan and about extremely fine.May 23, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater703 viewsca 500­-450 BC. EL Stater (15.98g). Triton swimming left, holding wreath in left hand; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely rare and undoubtedly the finest specimen known. Fine style, perfectly struck and centered on a full flan. Good extremely fine.May 23, 2015 1258 coins on 13 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13