Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Last additions - Michael Assos (BC 450-400) Drachm414 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Drachm (3.36g, 15mm, 7h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Head of lion left; A-Σ-ΣO-O-N around; all within incuse square. VF, toned, granular surfaces. Very rare.Mar 19, 2016 Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm715 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.90g, 13mm). Horse prancing right / KE-B-P-H within quarters of quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Near EF, double struck on obverse. Extremely rare.Mar 19, 2016 Uncertain (BC 480-420) Tetartemorion265 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.1g, 4mm). Lyre / Pattern of parallel grooves.Mar 13, 2016 Methymna (BC 450-400) Silenos - Obol224 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.4g, 7mm). Head of bearded Silenos facing / Head of lion left within incuse square.Mar 13, 2016 Knidos (BC 404-394) Tridrachm574 viewsca 404-394 BC. AR Tridrachm (11.06g). The infant Herakles, naked, kneeling to right on ground line, strangling a serpent in each hand, Σ-Y-N. / Head of Aphrodite facing to right, her hair rolled, a prow before, KNI-Δ-IΩ-N, all within an incuse square. Some light pitting, good very fine. Purchased privately in 1987 US$ 8,250.Jan 25, 2016 Ephesos (BC 404-394) Tridrachm769 viewsca 404-394 BC. AR Tridrachm (11.20g). The infant Herakles, naked, kneeling to right on ground line, strangling a serpent in each hand, Σ-Y-N / Bee with curved wings, E-Φ / Π-E. Very fine and very rare. From the Hecatomnus Hoard; ex Frank Sternberg, Auction XIII, Zurich (11/1983), lot 175; purchased from B.A. Seaby Ltd., London (4/1984) US$ 8,000.Jan 25, 2016 Kyzikos (BC 404-394) Tridrachm1021 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) Stater561 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 Stater293 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 Larisa (BC 400-300) Obol359 viewsca early 4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.5g, 8mm). Head of nymph right / ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙ, amphora, within incuse square.Jan 21, 2016 Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL Stater389 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) Obol239 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 Gergis (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion355 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.2g, 7mm). Wreathed head of Sibyl Herophile facing slightly right / Grain of corn, ΓΕΡ below, within shallow incuse.Jan 20, 2016 Kyzikos (BC 430-400) Hemiobol572 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.51g, 9mm). Forepart of boar left, tunny behind / Head of roaring lion left, lying E in upper left field. Very fine. Apparently unpublished with E.Jan 07, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL Stater682 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Stater (16.15g). Head of tunny right; above and below, small tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely rare and a very important and intriguing issue. Very Fine. Apparently unpublished as a stater.Jan 07, 2015 Kebren (BC 450) Obol605 viewsca 450 BC. AR Obol (0.61g, 7mm, 11h). Archaic head of Apollo left / Ram's head left within incuse square. Good VF, granular surfaces. Unpublished as obol.Dec 27, 2014 Kyzikos (BC 390-340) Diobol418 viewsca 390-340 BC. AR Obol (1.07g, 11mm, 6h). Wreathed head of Kore Soteira left, hair in sakkos / Head of lion left, mouth open with tongue protruding; tunny fish below, KYZI around. Good Very Fine. Very rare denomination.Dec 27, 2014 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1016 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.64g). Ram's head facing left; tunny below / Quadripartite incuse punch. Rare type. Unpublished?Jan 19, 2014 Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm418 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.49g, 11mm, 11h). Head of Attis left, wearing Phrygian cap; tunny below / Head of lion left; K (retrograde) above; all within incuse square. VF, toned, a few marks. Very rare. Ex. Roger Liles Collection.Jan 19, 2014 Kebren (BC 480-440) Obol491 viewsca late 6th-early 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.58g, 9mm). Ram’s head left; below, tunny fish right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned, some granularity. The obverse type of a ram’s head left is very similar, stylistically, to the early coinage of Kebren. Although the type is not published with a tunny fish beneath the ram’s head, which is usually indicative of Kyzikos, there are other symbols, such as a bird, that do appear on the Kebren coinage beneath the ram. Jan 19, 2014 Kebren (BC 450) Obol506 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.62g, 8mm, 1h). Ram's head left / Facing gorgoneion within incuse square. VF, toned, light porosity. Well struck and very rare. Apparently an unpublished denomination.Jan 19, 2014 Antissa (BC 300-200) AE 7520 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AE7 (1.1g). Head of Herakles in lion's skin to left / A-N, upright club. Very fine.Jan 03, 2014 Phokaia (BC 250-200) AE 10?352 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE10? (1.54g). Head Hermes wearing petasos left / E-Ρ kerykeion. Dark green patina. Good very fine.Jan 03, 2014 Uncertain (BC 480-420) Tetartemorion189 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.2g, 6mm). Facing gorgoneion within incuse square / Head of rooster right within incuse square. Extremely fine.Jan 02, 2014 Kyzikos (BC 550-500) Obol211 viewsca 550-480 BC. AR Obol (Trihemiobol?) (1.2g, 10mm). Head of tunny fish left / Irregular incuse punch. Near extremely fine.Jan 02, 2014 Kyzikos (BC 398-395) Drachm - Pharnabazos358 viewsca 398-396/5 BC. AR Drachm (3.3g, 16mm). Head of Pharnabazos right, wearing Phrygian cap; ΦAPNABA around head / Prow of galley left; two dolphins swimming around; below, tunny left. Very fine.Jan 02, 2014 Lykia Uncertain (BC 440-390) Obol337 views5th-4th century BC. AR Obol (0.7g, 9mm). Helmeted head of Athena right / Dolphin leaping right, around uncertain symbol; all in incuse square. Very fine.Jan 02, 2014 Gargara (BC 350-300) Obol340 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.4g, 8mm). Laureate head of Apollo left / ΓΑΡ, head of ram right. gVF.Dec 27, 2013 Abydos (BC 500-480) Trihemiobol482 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Trihemiobol? (1.2g, 10mm). Eagle standing left / Quadripartite incuse square.Dec 27, 2013 Kindya (BC 510-480) Obol322 viewsca 510-480 BC. AR Obol (0.4g, 7mm). Head of ketos left; horizontal AΛ below “beard” / Eight-rayed star within incuse square.Dec 27, 2013 Mylasa (BC 520-490) 1/24 Stater249 viewsca 520-490 BC. AR 1/24 Stater (7mm, 0.3g). Head of lion right / Rough incuse punch.Dec 27, 2013 Kyzikos (BC 550-500) Obol235 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Obol (1.02g, 9mm). Head of tunny right; two pellets to left, tunny above / Irregular incuse punch. Good VF, toned, slight roughness. Very rare.Nov 13, 2013 Gergis (BC 450-400) Tetrobol481 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetrobol (1.90g, 12mm, 5h). Sphinx seated right with raised left paw / Athena wearing Corinthian helmet left; within incuse square. Granulate surfaces, Very Fine, Very Rare. cf. Helios 8, lot 281 and Gorny & Mosch 212, lot 1640; unpublished in standard references. Nov 13, 2013 Gargara (BC 440-400) Hemiobol327 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.3g, 7mm). Male head facing right (Apollo?) / Jug or Hydria Γ to left, within incuse. Unpublished?Nov 13, 2013 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) Hemiobol255 viewsca 525-475 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.5g, 9mm). Head of stag facing; tunny fish to left and right / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely Fine.Nov 13, 2013 Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater365 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.7g, 10mm). Head of cock facing right, holding head of tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. Very fine, very rare.Nov 13, 2013 Myrina (BC 425-375) Hemiobol712 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.4g, 8mm). Wreathed and bearded head of Dionysos facing left / MYPI around kantharos, all within incuse square. Extremely fine. Unpublished?Nov 13, 2013 Myrina (BC 425-375) Hemiobol424 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.39g). Head of Dionysos with ivy wreath facing left / MYPI around kantharos, all within incuse square. Toned, very nice. Unpublished? Oct 26, 2013 Dardanos (BC 470-440) Diobol642 views6th-5th century BC. AR Diobol (1.39g). Head of rooster facing right / Facing panther head in incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Very rare, lightly toned.Oct 26, 2013 Gergis (BC 480-450) Obol1296 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol(?) (0.57g, 8mm, 5h). Forepart of sphinx right / Facing lion head within pellet square; all in incuse square. Cf. Klein 813, otherwise unpublished. Good VF, toned, light porosity. Well centered, fine archaic style.1 commentsSep 22, 2013 Kyzikos (BC 430-400) Hemiobol372 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.33g, 7mm). Forepart of boar right; tunny behind / Head of roaring lion right. Examples with lion facing right are exceptionally rare. The one published example is an obol twice the weight of this coin, and has an unusual ethnic around the lion's head.Sep 22, 2013 Miletos (BC 530-500) 1/32 Stater427 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.5g, 7mm). Facing lion's head in dotted square / Incuse with floral pattern in center. Interesting style. Very fine.Sep 22, 2013 Kebren (BC 480-450) Obol309 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Obol (0.55g, 8.5mm). Head of ram left / Stellate pattern in incuse square. Unpublished?Sep 21, 2013 Antandros (BC 400-350) Trihemiobol?381 viewsLate 5th century BC. AR Diobol (?) (0.98g, 9mm, 12h). Head of female (Artemis Astyrene?) right / Head of lion right within incuse square. Good VF, dark find patina.Sep 21, 2013 Kebren (BC 450) Drachm1512 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Drachm (3.47g, 13mm, 12h). Archaic female head left / Head of ram left in incuse square. Good VF, toned. Very rare.Sep 21, 2013 Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol - winged boar386 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.47g, 8mm, 12h). Forepart of winged boar left; to right, tunny upward / Head of roaring lion left; crescent above; all within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned, rough, granular surfaces.1 commentsJun 07, 2013 Autokane (BC 400-300) AE 9449 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE9 (0.5g, 9mm). Laureate head of Zeus right / Head of Athena left, AYTOK to right.Apr 15, 2013 Kyzikos (BC 550-500) Hemiobol298 viewsca 600-550 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.3g, 7mm). Two tunny facing right, one above the other / Quadripartite incuse square.Apr 15, 2013 Kebren (BC 450) Diobol547 viewsca 450 BC. AR Diobol (1.20g, 9mm). Archaic head of Apollo left / Ram's head right within incuse square. Interesting variant with ram's head facing right instead of left. Apparently an unpublished variant.Apr 15, 2013 Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol396 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.38g). Forepart of boar left; to right, tunny upward; all within incuse square / Head of lion left; behind, tunny upward. Apparently unpublished.Apr 04, 2013 Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm589 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.80g). Head of a ram right / Calf head right within shallow incuse square. Unpublished?1 commentsApr 03, 2013 Pitane (AD 98-138) AE 17349 viewsca 1st century AD. AE17 (2.09g, 17mm). ΘΕΑ ΡωΜΗ, turreted head of Rome right / ΠΙΤΑΝΑΙωΝ, shield ornamented with Pentagram. Rare. aVF.Apr 03, 2013 Kilikia Uncertain (BC 400-300) Hemiobol268 views4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.46g, 10mm, 9h). Horseman riding right, wearing petasos and cloak / Athena seated right on rocky outcropping, holding spear and shield. VF, toned.Apr 03, 2013 Uncertain Satrap (BC 4th cent) - Persian King243 viewsEarly-mid 4th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.21g, 7mm, 12h). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger and bow / Crowned head of Persian king right within incuse circle. VF, toned. Apr 03, 2013 Uncertain Satrap (BC 4th cent) Satrap - Obol432 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.57g, 11mm, 3h). Turreted and draped bust of Tyche (or Tyche-Aphrodite) left / Head of satrap left; star before. VF, some porosity. Krizan Coll.; ex Berk 119 (3/2001), lot 279.Mar 31, 2013 Issos (BC 390-385) Stater461 viewsca 390-385 BC. AR Stater (10.54g, 21mm, 6h). Herakles standing right, holding club, bow, arrow and lion’s skin; wreath to left, monogram to right / Apollo standing left, holding phiale and resting against laurel tree. Near VF, lightly toned, struck from worn dies.Mar 31, 2013 Holmoi (BC 4th cent) Obol345 viewsca 380-375 BC. AR Obol (0.49 g, 10mm, 7h). Helmeted head of Athena right / OΛMITAN, wreathed head of Apollo right. VF, toned, minor porosity. Extremely rare variety. Krizan Coll. Typically, the ethnic found on the coins of Holmoi, if not truncated, are in the form OΛMITIKON, OΛMVTIKON, or OΛMITON. The form on this coin, ending -AN, is possibly the result of an engraver accustomed to the Aeolic dialect, rather than the standard Attic. Apart from this specimen and another from the same reverse die that appeared in CNG 70, lot 318, there are apparently no recorded coins with this variation of the ethnic.Mar 31, 2013 Hieropolis-Kastabala (BC 200-30) AE 28401 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE28 (14.74g, 12h). Draped bust of Dionysos right, wreath with ivy, thyrsos over shoudler; grape bunch before / Zeus Nikephoros seated left. Good VF, brown-green patina. Krizan Coll.; ex CNG Elec. Auc. 33, lot 63456.Mar 31, 2013 Hieropolis-Kastabala (BC 200-30) AE 22300 viewsca 2nd-1st centuries BC. AE22 (8.30g, 12h). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right; monogram behind / Eagle standing left. VF, green patina. Krizan Coll.Mar 31, 2013 Hieropolis-Kastabala (BC 200-30) AE 15239 viewsca 2nd-1st centuries BC. AE15 (3.68g, 12h). Turreted head of Tyche right / Palm tree. VF, green patina. Krizan Coll.Mar 31, 2013 Aigeai (BC 160-130) AE 20187 viewsca 160-130/20 BC. AE20 (7.23g, 12h). Turreted head of Tyche right / Horse's head left; monogram right. Good VF, green patina. Krizan Coll.; ex Classical Numismatic Review XIX, 3 (1994), lot 257.Mar 31, 2013 Adana (BC 164-27) AE 21451 viewsca 164-27 BC. AE21 (5.14g, 11h). Gla–, magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus right / Hermes standing facing, head left, holding phiale and kerykeion; ΓΛΑ to left. VF, attractive brown and green patina. Krizan Coll.; ex CNG 42 (5/1997), lot 684.Mar 31, 2013 Lykia Uncertain (BC 440-390) Hemiobol247 viewsca mid 5th-early 4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.23g, 8mm, 3h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Boot left; triskeles above; all within dotted incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned, worn obverse die. Interesting. Krizan Coll.; ex Tom Vossen.Mar 31, 2013 Kos (BC 285-258) Tetradrachm301 viewsca 285-258 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.97g, 25mm, 12h). Alexandros, magistrate. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Crab; bow-in-bowcase below; all within dotted square. VF, rough surfaces. Magistrate unlisted in Requier’s die study. Krizan Coll.; ex Spartan Numismatics 12 (10/1999), lot 71.Mar 31, 2013 Magnesia (BC 350-190) Trihemiobol616 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Obol (0.79g, 9mm, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / M-A flanking trident; all within circular maeander pattern. VF, toned. Krizan Coll.; Ex Peus 328 (5/1990), lot 169.Mar 31, 2013 Kyzikos (BC 520-480) Hemiobol321 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.50g). Tunny fish right / Quadripartite incuse square. Superb centered, well-pronounced copy, good very fine. Ex Peus Auc. 376, lot 332.Mar 27, 2013 Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL Stater938 viewsca 460-400 BC. EL Stater (16.02g). Hermes kneeling right, right hand reaching into one-handled vase standing before him, and holding caduceus upwards in left hand / Quadripartite incuse square. Exceedingly rare, very few specimens known. A very interesting representation of superb style, EF.Mar 27, 2013 Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL Stater1183 viewsca 430 BC. EL Stater (16.02g). Poseidon, naked but for cloak over left shoulder, kneeling right, holding dolphin and trident; tunny fish below / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely rare and a very interesting issue. Unusually well-struck and centered on a full flan, aEF. Ex Sotheby’s sale 6/1990, Hunt part II, 462.Mar 27, 2013 Kyzikos (BC 400-330) EL Stater2255 viewsca 400-330 BC. EL Stater (16.07g). Cow standing left, head turned back, suckling calf; tunny-fish below / Quadripartite incuse square. Very rare. Struck on a broad flan and complete, EF.Mar 27, 2013 Kyzikos (BC 400-330) EL Stater3182 viewsca 380 BC. EL Stater (16.03g). Bearded and horned head of Silenus (or Pan) left, wearing ivy wreath; tunny below / Quadripartite incuse square with granular surfaces. Rare. A stunning portrait of late Classical style and a lovely reddish tone. Insignificant flan crack, otherwise EF. Ex Sotheby’s sale 3/1996, 109; Star Coll. This stater speaks to the relations between Cyzicus and its great trading partner, Panticapaeum, where numerous Cyzicene staters have been found, testifying to their broad circulation in Crimea. This arresting Pan-Silenus head seems to have been borrowed from the obverse of the gold staters of Panticapaeum, which were issued in great quantity from ca 350-320 BC; if the stater predates that period, the motif may be inspired by other art from Panticapaeum. There is ample evidence of the relation of these two cities as supplier and consumer of gold. It has been suggested that the main supply of gold for Cyzicene staters was the rich mines of the Ural mountains.Mar 27, 2013 Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/24 Stater375 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.47g, 6mm). Forepart of a tunny right; pellets around / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.Mar 26, 2013 Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/24 Stater288 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.79g, 8mm). Head of tunny left above head of tunny right / Incuse square. Good VF, a few deposits. Unique. Ex Rosen Coll. (Münzen und Medaillen 72 (10/1987), lot 170.)Mar 26, 2013 Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater484 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.35g). Head of tunny right, vertical tunny fish behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Very rare.Mar 26, 2013 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) Hemiobol378 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.48g, 8mm). Head of stag facing; tunny fish to left and right / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely Fine. Very Rare. Exceptionally complete for the issue.Mar 25, 2013 Myrina (BC 425-375) Obol500 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.50g, 6h). Facing female head (the amazon Myrina?), hair in band / Head of goat right; M-Y-P-[I] around; all within incuse square.Mar 12, 2013 Kalchedon (BC 450-400) Drachm575 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Drachm (4.52g). Bearded head of the seer Kalchas left / Wheel of four spokes, K-A-Λ-X in the spaces; all within shallow circular incuse. Ex Hirsch 174 (1992), lot 233.Mar 12, 2013 Dardanos (BC 420-380) Diobol664 viewsca late 5th century BC. AR Diobol (1.13g). Horseman riding left / Two roosters facing each other, ΔA to right, P (?) to left; all within incuse square. Unpublished?Mar 12, 2013 Pergamon (BC 310-282) AE 17831 viewsca 300 BC. AE17. Helmeted head of Athena right / Confronted bull’s heads, winged thunderbolt above, ΠΕΡΓA below. Beautiful green patina.Mar 12, 2013 Pergamon (BC 450-400) Obol594 viewsca 420 BC. AR Obol (0.55g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Calf's head right, eye to left, ΠΕΡΓ to right, all within incuse square. Ex Hirsch 234 (2004) lot 287.Mar 12, 2013 Kyzikos (BC 520-480) Hemiobol330 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.52g). Tunny fish left; lotus flower below / Quadripartite incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Mar 12, 2013 Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol693 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.42g). Forepart of boar left with K (retrograde) on shoulder; tunny behind / Head of roaring lion left, facing head of panther (or female lion) above, within incuse square.Mar 07, 2013 Kebren (BC 450) Obol363 viewsca 460 BC. AR Obol (0.72g). Ram's head left / Facing gorgon within incuse square. Very rare. Apparently an unpublished denomination.Mar 07, 2013 Lamponeia (BC 450-400) Hemiobol376 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.40g, 8mm, 9h). Bearded head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Bull’s head right within incuse square. Unrecorded in the standard references with bull’s head right rather than facing. Near VF, find patina.Mar 07, 2013 Neandreia (BC 450-390) Hemiobol330 viewsca 5th-4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.25g). Laureate head of Apollo right / N/E Single-handled jug. Dark toning.Mar 06, 2013 Kyzikos (BC 530-500) Hemiobol254 viewsca 550-530 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.36g). Head of tunny left; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Ex Klein collection, Ex Hauck & Aufhauser 18 (2004), 144.Mar 06, 2013 Gargara (BC 440-400) Hemiobol512 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.45g). Male head right / ΓΑΡΓ within four-spoked wheel. Very rare. Well centered.Mar 06, 2013 Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm1363 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.94g). Head of a ram right / Gorgoneion within shallow incuse square. Attractive toning, wide flan.Mar 06, 2013 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) Hemiobol319 viewsca 500 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.47g). Rooster standing right before tunny / Square incuse punch of mill-sail pattern.Mar 05, 2013 Kyzikos (BC 520-480) Obol577 viewsca 500 BC. AR Obol (1.05g). Dolphin left above tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. Apparently unpublished.Mar 05, 2013 Pordosilene (BC 450-400) Hemiobol725 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.31g). Young male head right, wearing tainia / ΠΟΡ, murex shell within incuse square. Unpublished?2 commentsMar 05, 2013 Pitane (BC 400-350) Obol853 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.58g). Female head right with hair piled high / ΠΙΤΑΝA around ram's head right, all within shallow incuse square. Unpublished?Mar 05, 2013 Kyzikos (BC 530-500) Hemiobol230 viewsca 550 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.54g, 8mm). Head of tunny right; lotus flower below / Quadripartite incuse square. Rare, Very Fine. Apparently unpublished.Jan 19, 2013 Kyzikos (BC 420-390) Hemiobol382 viewsca 420-390 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.34g). Head of Hermes right with long hair, wearing winged petasos / KYZI, tunny fish, within square incuse. Very rare type. Struck in high relief. Some porosity, otherwise about EF. Jan 18, 2013 Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL Stater936 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Stater (16.30g). Head of tunny fish left, jaws closed, backbone protruding from truncation at right. Below, tail of tunny fish / Quadripartite incuse square. Apparently unpublished denomination with this type. VF. The tuna was the sole type on the earliest electrum coinage of Cyzicus, but the relationship between type variety and denomination was inconsistent. In some series a whole tuna indicated a stater and just part of the fish indicated a smaller denomination, but our coin is a stater and shows just the head and the tail of a tuna. In any case all staters of this early period are very rare, and this type seems to be unpublished.Jan 18, 2013 Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B20874 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 1h). Forepart of a bridled horse right / Incuse head of roaring lion right; rectangular punch behind. VF, toned. Extremely rare, only three examples recorded by Bodenstedt. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica O (5/2004), lot 1598.Jan 18, 2013 Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B78997 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10mm, 6h). Head of Ariadne left, hair in sakkos decorated with three grape bunches / Lion, spearhead in jaws, right in linear square within incuse square. Near EF, light scratch on reverse, hairline flan crack. Very rare.Jan 18, 2013 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B-1999 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Female head to right, her hair bound up with criss-crossing ribbons / Panathenaic amphora with pointed lid; to left, palm branch; all within linear frame. Apparently unpublished and unique. aEF. This piece is apparently completely unknown and unrecorded by Bodenstedt. The reverse bears a large amphora with a lid: its shape is that of a ‘Panathenaic’, so-called from its use to store the olive oil given to winners at the Panathenaic Games in Athens. So, we must be looking at a prize amphora, a conclusion that is confirmed by the palm of victory that stands nearby. This means that the person depicted on the obverse of this coin must be Nike, goddess of victory. The rather sober hairstyle is also found on figures of Nike from Terina, Olympia, Kyzikos, Lampsakos and elsewhere. The very specific nature of the types on this coin implies that it was struck to commemorate the victory of someone.Dec 20, 2012 Aigai (BC 425-330) Hemiobol481 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.4g, 7mm). Forepart of goat right, head reverted / Head and neck of bull left.Dec 20, 2012 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B1031407 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Laureate head of Zeus Meilichios right / Head of young Herakles right, wearing lion-skin headdress; all within linear frame. EF.Dec 19, 2012 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B43729 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Head of bearded god right (Priapos), hair bound with only partially visible band / Female head right (the nymph Chione or Dione), hair in sphendone; the whole within incuse square. Extremely rare. aEF.Dec 19, 2012 260 coins on 3 page(s) 1 2 3