Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Last additions - Adrian Syangela (BC 420-380) Drachm518 viewsEarly 4th century BC. AR Drachm (12.5mm, 4.24g, 7h). Head of Dionysos left, wearing ivy wreath / Kantharos; Σ­YA above; to left, inverted grape bunch on vine with leaf; all within incuse square with rounded corners. VF, toned, area of weak strike. Extremely rare, only the third drachm of Syangela published.May 23, 2015 Mylasa (BC 520-490) Stater379 viewsca 520-­490 BC. AR Stater (19mm, 10.88g). Forepart of lion right / Two rectangular incuses. Good VF, toned, granular surfaces, light cut on reverse from antiquity.May 23, 2015 Samos (BC 210-185) Drachm362 viewsca 210­-185 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 2.96g, 12h). Rhodian Plinthophoric standard. Facing lion’s scalp / Forepart of ox right; grain ear to right, krater and monogram below. VF, toned.May 23, 2015 Samos (BC 270-240) Diobol312 viewsca 270­-240 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 1.03g, 12h). Ptolemaic/Persic standard. Facing lion’s scalp / Forepart of ox right; [trident to left], olive spray to right. VF, toned. Very rare.May 23, 2015 Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) thunderbolt - EL 1/6 Stater546 viewsca 600­-550 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.36g). Lydo-­Milesian standard. Thunderbolt / Two incuse squares. VF. Extremely rare, apparently the second known.May 23, 2015 Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Man - EL 1/24373 viewsca 600­-550 BC. EL Myshemihekte - Twenty­-fourth Stater (6mm, 0.65g). Phokaic standard. Archaic head right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Attractive early style. Extremely rare.May 23, 2015 Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion Paw - EL 1/24432 viewsca 600­-550 BC. EL Myshemihekte - Twenty-­fourth Stater (6mm, 0.53g). Lydo­-Milesian standard. Lion’s paw / Facing lion head within incuse circle. Good VF. Very rare.May 23, 2015 Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Swastika - EL 1/6576 viewsca 625­-600 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.53g). Lydo-­Milesian standard. Raised clockwise swastika pattern / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Well centered.May 23, 2015 Phokaia (BC 477-388) B79 - EL 1/6 Stater419 viewsca 478­-387 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.55g). Head of female left; behind neck, small seal downward / Incuse square punch. Good VF, a couple light marks on obverse, die break on reverse. Very rare, only two cited by Bodenstedt.May 23, 2015 Phokaia (BC 521-478) B47 - EL 1/6 Stater432 viewsca 521­-478 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.54g). Round shield decorated with griffin springing left above seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Well centered. Extremely rare, apparently the third known.May 23, 2015 Phokaia (BC 521-478) B24 - EL 1/6 Stater2342 viewsca 625/0­-522 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.58g). Head of African left; behind, seal downward / Rough incuse square. EF. Extremely rare, apparently the fourth known; only one example cited by Bodenstedt (in Karlsruhe), and two in CoinArchives.May 23, 2015 Magnesia (BC 459) Tetartemorion - Archepolis497 viewsArchepolis, ca 459 BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.20g, 6h). Diademed head right / Eagle flying right; monogram below; all within linear square border. Good VF, toned. Exceptional for issue and likely the finest known specimen of this rare series. Ex: CNG E­334, lot 85; CNG E­315, lot 81; CNG E­307, lot 55; CNG E­291, lot 95; Lanz 144, 240; Gorny & Mosch 160, lot 1519.May 23, 2015 Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B78399 viewsca 412-­378 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.56g, 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, toned, tiny pit on cheek, some light deposits. Very rare.May 23, 2015 Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B63862 viewsca 412­-378 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.50g, 12h). Forepart of winged lion left / Sphinx seated right in linear square within incuse square. Near EF, toned. Well struck.May 23, 2015 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B37741 viewsca 454­-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.50g, 11h). Diademed head of Silenos right / Two ram heads butting each other, palmette between; all in incuse square. Good VF. Well centered.May 23, 2015 Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B27477 viewsca 478­-455 BC. EL Hekte (10.5mm, 2.52g, 5h). Head of ram right; below, cock standing left / Incuse head of bull right. Good VF, lightly toned. Unusual centering, allowing full view of cock.May 23, 2015 Aigai (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm516 viewsca 151-­143 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 17.50g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Wreathed head of Apollo Smintheos right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Zeus standing left, holding eagle and scepter; monogram to left; all within oak wreath. Good VF, attractive cabinet tone, minor die wear. Very rare. Ex New York Sale IX (1/2005), lot 95.May 23, 2015 Skepsis (BC 440-400) Trihemiobol569 viewsLate 5th­ - early 4th century BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.88g, 10h). Pegasos flying right; [ΣK]­H­ΨI around / Palm tree within linear and pellet border in shallow incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned, minor porosity. Extremely rare, the third known, all struck from the same obverse die.May 23, 2015 Ophrynion (BC 350-300) Tetrobol 1557 viewsOphrynion. 4th century BC. AR Tetrobol (15mm, 2.64g, 12h). Bearded head of Hektor facing, wearing triple crested Attic helmet / Nude youth, holding palm in right hand, rein in left, on horseback right; OΦPYNEΩN above.Good VF, darkly toned. Extremely rare, perhaps the third and probably the finest known.May 23, 2015 Lamponeia (BC 400) Drachm634 viewsLate 5th - ­early 4th century BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 3.06g, 12h). Bearded head right / Boukranion within incuse square. VF, toned, some porosity, light marks, edge splits. Very rare as drachm.May 23, 2015 Ilion (BC 300-200) Tetrobol413 viewsca 3rd century BC. AR Tetrobol (14mm, 2.63g, 12h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Archaic cult statue of Athena standing left, holding filleted spear and distaff; rose to lower left. VF, darkly toned, light porosity. Extremely rare, four previously known: Jameson, two in CoinArchives, and one in the ANS (no. 1951.191.20).May 23, 2015 Alexandreia (BC 171­-65) Tetradrachm602 viewsca 171­-66/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34mm, 16.85g, 11h). Dated CY 173 (ca 128 BC). Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath / Apollo Smintheos standing right, holding phiale in right hand, bow and arrow in left; monogram to inner left, POΓ (date) to inner right; AΠOΛΛONOΣ ZMIΘEΩΣ at sides, AΛEΞANΔPEΩN/AΠOΛΛΩNIΔOY in two lines in exergue.May 23, 2015 Abydos (BC 175-70) Drachm622 viewsca 80-­70 BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 3.81g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Iphiades, magistrate. Draped bust of Artemis right, wearing stephanos, bow and quiver over shoulder / Eagle, wings spread, standing right; ABY above, B (date?) to right, IΦIAΔOY below; all within wreath.May 23, 2015 Uncertain (BC 350-300) Drachm - Memnon311 viewsLampsakos(?). Memnon of Rhodes, mid 4th century BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.18g, 11h). Pseudo­Rhodian type. Youthful head of Helios left on radiate solar disk / Rose with buds to either side; E Y flanking. Good VF, toned, a little die wear on obverse. Very rare.May 23, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater801 viewsca 500-­450 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.57g). Winged male mythological creature running/­kneeling left, head right, holding tunny by its tail / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF, slightly off center on obverse.May 23, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/12 Stater664 viewsca 500­-450 BC. EL Hemihekte - Twelfth Stater (7.5mm, 1.34g). Nude male kneeling left, holding tunny by its tail / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Well centered.May 23, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/12 Stater451 viewsca 500­-450 BC. EL Hemihekte - Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.31g). Head of female left, hair in sphendone, on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square.EF. Well centered and struck. Very rare as a hemihekte.May 23, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/12 Stater468 viewsca 500­-450 BC. EL Hemihekte - Twelfth Stater (8.5mm, 1.33g). Winged dog standing left, head right, on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.May 23, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/12 Stater595 viewsca 500­-450 BC. EL Hemihekte - Twelfth Stater (7mm, 1.35g). Forepart of Pegasos left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.May 23, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/12 Stater432 viewsca 500­-450 BC. EL Hemihekte - Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.32g). Wolf at bay left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.May 23, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater325 viewsca 500­-450 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.75g). Wolf at bay left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF.May 23, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/12 Stater482 viewsca 500­-450 BC. EL Hemihekte - Twelfth Stater (9mm, 1.37g). Lioness or panther at bay left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Very rare as a hemihekte.May 23, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater474 viewsca 500­-450 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (12mm, 2.64g). Lioness or panther at bay left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square.Good VF, light cleaning marks, edge split, minor flan flaw on reverse.May 23, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater401 viewsca 500­-450 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.68g). Lion seated left, raising forepaw, on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square.VF, lightly toned.May 23, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 550­-500) EL 1/6 Stater262 viewsca 550­-500 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (9mm, 2.71g). Primate crouching right, holding tunny in right hand / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare - apparently the third known.May 23, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 550­-500) EL 1/6 Stater469 viewsca 550­-500 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (9mm, 2.68g). Facing head of Silenos; at sides, two tunnies upward / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned.May 23, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 550­-500) EL Stater 277 viewsca 550-­500 BC. EL Stater (19mm, 16.00g). Forepart of Sphinx left; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF, lightly toned, a few edge splits.May 23, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 550­-500) EL 1/12 Stater295 viewsca 550­-500 BC. EL Hemihekte - Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.33g). Helmeted head of Athena left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, lightly toned.May 23, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 550-­500) EL 1/6 Stater348 viewsca 550-­500 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.68g). Helmeted head of Athena left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF.May 23, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater323 viewsca 550­-500 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.63g). Head of panther facing; tunny to left / Quadripartite incuse square.Good VF. Very rare variant. This issue is not only unusual for the placement of the tunny on the left of the facing head, but also for the shape of the ear on the feline. Typically, the ear is depicted, on all denominations of von Fritze 43, with pointed ears, where here they are rounded. Although this is likely the result of the liberty of the engraver, one wonders whether this might be an attempt to depict a totally different animal, such as a bear.May 22, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12496 viewsca 550-­500 BC. EL Hemihekte - Twelfth Stater (9mm, 1.30g). Head of lion left; tunny to right / Quadripartite incuse square.Good VF. Extremely rare as a hemihekte.May 22, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12331 viewsca 600­-550 BC. EL Hemihekte - Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.34g). Eagle standing right on tunny right; to upper left, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.May 22, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12404 viewsca 600­-550 BC. EL Hemihekte - Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.30g). Fish left, tunny below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare, only one example noted by Hurter & Liewald, who also cast doubt on the attribution of the issue to Kyzikos.May 22, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6292 viewsca 600­-550 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (9mm, 2.67g). Tunny left; above, tunny head right; below, tunny tail left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, well centered.May 22, 2015 Herakleia Pontika (BC 337-305) Drachm - Dionysios394 viewsDionysios, Tyrant, 337-­305 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.47g, 12h). Wreathed head of Dionysos left, with thyrsos over shoulder / Herakles standing left, lion’s skin over left arm, adding spear held in right hand to trophy. Good VF, toned, some porosity.May 22, 2015 Amisos (BC 4th cent) Siglos/Drachm1011 viewsca 435-370 BC. AR Siglos - Drachm (20mm, 5.55g, 3h). Persic standard. Aris-, magistrate. Head of Hera left, wearing stephane, earring, and necklace / Owl standing facing on shield, with wings spread; [grain ear to outer left,] sword in sheath to outer right, AP-IΣ and H-Γ across inner field, ΠEIPA in exergue. EF, toned, light die rust on obverse.May 22, 2015 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B52 585 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g, 10mm). Young male head facing right, wearing knotted taenia with lotus-like ornament above the forehead / Wreathed male head (in archaic style) facing right, wearing long beard, within incuse square. gVF, one of the best examples known, with reverse in much better condition than usual for this emission. Carr coll. Bodenstedt notes 29 examples of this emission. A further 30 examples have appeared at auction, this being the 30th.1 commentsMay 21, 2015 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B47 542 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g, 10mm, 9h). Bearded head of Silenos right / Head of lion (or wolf?) facing within incuse square. gVF. This is only the fourth known example of this emission, two of which are noted in Bodenstedt. The reverse is a die match with a reverse die used for an emission of B48 (CNG 85, 411).May 13, 2015 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B49 388 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g, 9mm, 12h). Head of Persephone right / Downward head of lion to right within incuse square. VF. Carr coll.1 commentsApr 30, 2015 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B35 662 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.47g, 9mm, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Confronting calf’s heads and ΛΕ above, all within incuse square. Near VF. Carr coll. Ex Naville 9, lot 72 (9/2014). Bodenstedt notes two varieties of the reverse - one with the letters ΛΕ above the confronting calf’s heads and one without. Of the 24 examples noted by Bodenstedt, only 4 are with ΛΕ. The letters ΛΕ denote the coin is from the island of Lesbos. There are 5 different electrum coin emissions of Mytilene that include the letters ΛΕ - B14, B20, B23, B28 and B35. 1 commentsApr 30, 2015 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/12 Stater 812 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.34g, 9mm). Lion right, gnawing on leg of prey; below, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF. This is the second of three known that have been offered at auction. This obverse has very close links to other coinage of similar period. Early drachmae of Velia have a similar type. Colin M. Kraay [Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (1976), p. 263] comments on the connection of the drachmae and this Kyzikos example, noting the rarity of deliberate reproductions of specific coin types across cities. An almost identical type is also found on a hecte emission of Mytilene (Bodenstedt 78 – Coin ID #11257).Apr 16, 2015 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B46 668 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Female head right, wearing sakkos / Two herms (?) facing, one male, one female, within linear border; all within shallow incuse square. The male herm with an exaggerated erect phallus. Good VF. Carr coll. Six examples known to Bodenstedt. This appears to be only the second example offered at electronic auction or sale. The dies for this coin are unrecorded in Bodenstedt, but the same as the other example offered at electronic auction (Roma Numismatics 7 (3/2014), lot 611).1 commentsMar 15, 2015 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B87 (unlisted reverse die)440 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Ivy-wreathed head of youthful Dionysos right / Head of horned Satyr right, within linear frame. About EF. Carr coll. 9 examples noted by Bodenstedt. An additional 21 examples have been offered at electronic auction. Unlisted reverse die in Bodenstedt, but same reverse die as Pecunem 19 (7/2014), lot 196. Ex Roma 14 (12/2014), lot 125.Mar 01, 2015 Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B13448 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.5g). Head of a roaring lion right / Incuse head of a calf right with collar, incuse rectangular punch behind. Obverse has signs of die rust, reverse is from a die unknown to Bodenstedt and no match with examples that have come to auction thus far. aVF/gVF. Carr coll. 141 examples known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the 227th example offered at electronic auction or sale. From the numbers known to Bodenstedt and those that have appeared at auction, the coins of this emission are the most extensive of all those electrum of Lesbos. It has been suggested by a number of authorities that this emission was struck around 500 BC when Lesbos took part in the Ionic revolt.Feb 09, 2015 Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B68301 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.44g). Female head facing right, wearing hair-net / Beardless head with grotesque features facing left, lamp at forehead, the hair covered by net; thin square frame, all in incuse square. aVF. Carr coll. Bodenstedt interpreted the male head on the reverse as a Daktylos or Telchine, both from mythical bands of miners and blacksmiths, sometimes described as having a sinister character (a common feature of mythical blacksmiths - Hephaestus is the exception). It has been suggested that the object at the forehead is a miner's lamp. Six examples noted by Bodenstedt, this appears to be only the seventh additional example offered at electronic auction.Feb 02, 2015 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B45431 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.44g). Head of nymph three-quarter facing and turned slightly right, wearing taenia that is bound up at the back of her head / Two boars' heads confronting each other. It has been suggested that the obverse portrait is that of Europa. VF. Carr coll. Three examples noted by Bodenstedt, this appears to be only the fifth additional example offered at electronic auction.1 commentsFeb 02, 2015 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B80538 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Female head right, hair in sakkos / Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, within linear square. Exceptionally well centred example, one of best known. gVF/EF. Carr coll. Six examples noted by Bodenstedt, this appears to be only the second additional example offered at electronic auction. Dec 16, 2014 Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B14499 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Head of roaring lion right, ΛE to left (facing outward, E retrograde) / Incuse head of calf right with collar, incuse rectangular punch behind. One of the finest known to capture all elements of the type, gVF. Carr coll. Thirteen examples known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the tenth example offered at electronic auction or sale. The obverse is one of the five coin types noted by Bodenstedt (B14, B20, B23, B28 and B35) that bear the initial letters of the name of the island - Lesbos.Sep 10, 2014 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B80395 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 11mm). Female head right, hair in sakkos / Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, within linear square. VF. Six examples noted by Bodenstedt, this appears to be the first additional example offered at electronic auction.Aug 10, 2014 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B55459 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.49g, 11mm). Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet / Two overlapping female heads facing each other, hair in archaic braids all within incuse square. Obverse nicely centered on flan, good VF. Carr coll. Eight examples known to Bodenstedt. This is the fifth further example to appear at auction. The reverse is an amazing picture puzzle. Examining the reverse of B55 emissions, one can note two different types: one type has an overlap of the heads such that an optical illusions is created where they appear to have a common eye; the other type, each head retains a distinct eye in profile. The overlap of the heads is a reverse that also appears on a later emission, B62 - part of a different series for Bodenstedt.Jul 07, 2014 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Stater - B60.21010 viewsca 428-427 BC. EL Stater (15.45g). Laureate head of Apollo right, hair short; MVTI above / Quadripartite incise square. aEF. This is the only example known and is noted in Bodenstedt as being in the British Museum (BMC 28 Pl. 32,1). It has been speculated that this may have been issued at the time of the Lesbian revolt from Athens, 428/7 BC.1 commentsJul 01, 2014 Mytilene (BC 530-522) EL 1/24 Stater - BE- 424 viewsca 530-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.62g). Calf head facing right / Incuse square. EF. No example known to Bodenstedt.Jun 30, 2014 Mytilene (BC 530-522) EL 1/48 Stater - BE2328 viewsca 530-522 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.31g). Calf head facing right / Incuse square. aEF. One example known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the only additional example that has been offered at auction.Jun 30, 2014 Mytilene (BC 530-522) EL 1/12 Stater - BE2534 viewsca 530-522 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.15g). Calf head facing right / Incuse square. Good VF. One example known to Bodenstedt, two examples have since appeared at auction.Jun 30, 2014 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B90745 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 12h, 9mm). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Facing large bald head of satyr with small ‘ears’ and close cropped beard and moustache, all within linear square. Good VF. Carr coll. There are seven general reverse varieties/types for Bodenstedt 90. This is the first known from an auction of what we can call "type 7."1 commentsJun 13, 2014 Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B13502 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 7h, 10mm). Head of roaring lion facing right / Incuse head of calf facing right; rectangular punch behind. VF. May 30, 2014 Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B12 var690 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Head of roaring lion facing left / Incuse head of calf facing left; rectangular punch behind. EF. This is an unrecorded variant of Bodenstedt 12 with the lion facing left instead of right.May 30, 2014 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B37 Fourrée443 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.539g, 6h, 10.2mm). Diademed head of Silenos right / Confronted rams heads, palmette above. F. Carr coll. Fourrées of Mytilene electrum coinage are rare as it appears that the penalty of forgery was death. This is a well preserved fourrée with the bronze core completely exposed. Of note is the weight of the coin does not betray this coin as a forgery (in contrast see B85 fourrée on this website).May 29, 2014 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B85 Fourrée380 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.17g, 12h, 10mm). Young male head right, wearing tainia with frontal horn / Female head right, hair in sphendone, within linear square. Good VF. Carr coll. Fourrées of Mytilene electrum coinage are rare as it appears that the penalty of forgery was death. This is a well preserved fourrée with the plating broken in several places but the overall appearance is still that of an electrum coin. The weight, as well as the broken plating, reveal the coin to be a fourrée.May 29, 2014 Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B72337 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.6g, 10mm). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet, the side-flap turned up / Lion-scalp facing in thin square frame, the whole in incuse square. Good VF. Carr coll. Six known to Bodenstedt. A further seven examples have appeared at auction.May 29, 2014 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B56292 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 10mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of cow right within incuse square. Unusually good VF for type. Carr coll. Twenty four known to Bodenstedt. A further thirty examples have appeared at auction.May 29, 2014 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B40254 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 10mm). Male head right, wearing taenia / Corinthian helmet right; M before, all within linear square. Good VF. Carr coll. Eight known to Bodenstedt. A further ten examples have appeared at auction.May 29, 2014 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B39303 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g, 11mm). Bare male head right / Head of calf right within incuse square. Carr coll. Eleven known to Bodenstedt. A further eighteen examples have appeared at auction.May 29, 2014 Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B16 var556 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g, 11h). Ram’s head, facing left; below, cock running right / Incuse lion’s head facing right. F. This is a variant of Bodenstedt 16 in as much as the ram’s head faces left instead of right. Possibly unique as it is the only one to appear at auction and no other example appears in standard references.May 29, 2014 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B80336 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Female head, facing right / Head of Athena with Corinthian helmet, facing right. aVF. Six known to Bodenstedt, no examples appear to have been sold at auction.May 29, 2014 Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B06642 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.573g). Galloping boar left / Incuse lions head with gaping jaws, left. EF. Three known to Bodenstedt, no examples appear to have been sold at auction.May 29, 2014 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B97388 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 2h, 10mm). Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter right / Kithara with fillet within linear square. EF. One known to Bodenstedt, one further example has been sold at auction – this coin.May 28, 2014 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B89306 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 12h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Wreathed head of Persephone right in linear square . Good VF. Ten known to Bodenstedt, seven further examples have been sold at auction.May 28, 2014 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B84578 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Head of nymph facing right. The hair above the forehead in a sphendone. Front of the ear, a spiral curl / Amphora with volute handles. EF. One known to Bodenstedt, one further example has been sold at auction – this coin.May 28, 2014 Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B71353 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.49g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Head of Pharnabazos right, wearing satrapal headdress, within linear square within incuse square. VF. Thirteen known to Bodenstedt, a further thirteen examples have been sold at auction.May 28, 2014 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B47303 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.49g). Head of a bearded Silenos with animal ears and bald / Lion’s head with Knuur-gesture from the front. About VF. Two known to Bodenstedt, one further example has been sold at auction – this coin.May 28, 2014 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B46412 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g, 6h, 11mm). Female head right, wearing sakkos / Two herms facing, one male, one female, within linear border; all within shallow incuse square. Good F. Six known to Bodenstedt, one further example has been sold at auction – this coin.May 28, 2014 Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B31366 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.60g, 1h, 11mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / Incuse head of Artemis (?) right wearing sphendone. About VF. Carr coll. One known to Bodenstedt, one further example has been sold at auction – this coin.May 28, 2014 Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B27430 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g, 9h, 10mm). Ram's head right with rooster below / Incuse punch of bull's head. Good VF. Ex Ponterio Auc N.Y.I.N.C. (1/2013) lot 200. Carr coll. Eleven known to Bodenstedt, a further seven examples have been sold at auction.May 28, 2014 Mytilene (BC 450) EL Hekte - B-555 viewsca 450 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Helmeted head of Athena / Two rams' heads opposed forehead to forehead, between them a palmette, all within incuse square. About EF. This coin is unknown to Bodenstedt and appears to be unique. The cataloguer of the Gemini sale suggests that the obverse appears to be from a die of trite size but is the same style as the Bodenstedt 55 variant on this website. The reverse appears to be a die match for Bodenstedt 57a. The trite size obverse die may provide evidence to the speculation that there were electrum coins of denominations between Hektes and Staters.1 commentsMay 28, 2014 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B55 var702 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Two confronting female faces overlapping; all within incuse square. Good VF. This is an unrecorded variety of Bodenstedt 55 with the head of Athena similar to an unknown type - Coin ID #11287, which was a coin sold at the Gemini Auc. IX (1/2012), lot 111.1 commentsMay 28, 2014 Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B25385 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g, 10mm). Head of roaring lion right / Calf's head to the left. VF. Bodenstedt records two examples of this type. A further single examples has appeared in an auction.May 27, 2014 Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B21583 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.5g, 4h, 10mm). Head of ram left; below, cock right / Incuse head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin, rectangular punch behind. VF. Bodenstedt records eight examples of this type. A further eleven examples have appeared in auction.May 27, 2014 Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B15514 viewsca 521 - 478 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 10h, 10mm). Forepart of winged boar right / Incuse head of roaring lion right, rectangular punch behind. EF, B dies a/e. Bodenstedt records thirty-six examples of this type. A further thirty-four examples have appeared in auction. May 27, 2014 Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B14488 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.4g, 10mm). Head of roaring lion right, ΛE to left / Incuse head of calf right. Near EF. Bodenstedt records thirteen examples of this type. A further nine examples have appeared in auction.May 26, 2014 Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B64607 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10mm). Laureate head of young Apollo 3⁄4 facing / Head of an Amazon in Thracian leather helmet with cheek guards to right. gVF. Bodenstedt records four examples of this type - one of which is this coin. A further five examples have appeared in auction. Ex Coll. James et Sneja Velkov, Auc. Jean Vinchon, Paris. 24 (11/1994), lot 138. Ex Bank Leu Auc. 7 (5/1973), lot 220. The cataloguer of this coin at auction remarks that the obverse is a stylistic copy of the early tetradrachms of Amphipolis. See Kurt Regling, ZfN 33 (1922), p. 48, Anm. 2 and p. 60. May 26, 2014 Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B05271 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 10mm). Bull running to right. Small head with a vertically positioned ear / Stocky lion roaring head, left, with gaping mouth. EF. One example is recorded in Bodenstedt and a further one has appeared in auction. May 25, 2014 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B57297 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g, 5h, 10mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / Confronted rams’ heads; floral symbol above; all within incuse square. VF/nVF. Carr coll. Fourteen examples are recorded in Bodenstedt and a further twelve examples have appeared in auction. May 25, 2014 Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B74370 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 4h, 9mm). Head of Artemis-Kybele right, wearing stephane decorated with palmettes/ Head of an African right, wearing stephane, within linear square, in incuse square. Good VF/nVF. Carr coll. In describing this type, some have suggested that the reverse is a caricature mask of Daktylen, or Telchin, as miner with leather apron (in front of the forehead or a leather cap). Idaic Dactyles were daemonic beings believed to be the first to discover and use metal. Allegedly they were from the Ida Mountains in Phrygia. It has been suggested that there is a correlation to the mythology of Central and Western Europe where dwarfs were also associated with mining and are to be noted in fairy tales such as that of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Fourteen examples are recorded in Bodenstedt and a further twenty examples have appeared in auction.May 24, 2014 Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B78513 viewsca 412 - 378 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 6h, 10mm). Head of Ariadne left, hair in sakkos decorated with three grape bunches / Lion crouching right, breaking spear in jaws, in linear square within incuse square. Good VF. Ex Ponterio. Carr coll. Ten examples are recorded in Bodenstedt and a further six examples have appeared in auction. 1 commentsMay 24, 2014 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B86618 viewsca 377 - 326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 6h, 11mm). Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly right, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace / Head of Hermes right, chlamys around shoulders and petasos behind neck, within linear frame. Good VF. Carr coll. The petasos, a wide-brimmed hat, is often identified with Hermes. Bodenstedt (p. 267) detects the work of this master engraver also on dies of Rhodes (SNR 51 [1972], pl. 6, 70) and perhaps Klazomenai (SNR 45 [1966], pl. I-II). Forty-one examples are recorded in Bodenstedt and a further forty-one examples have appeared in auction. May 24, 2014 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B94359 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.6g, 12mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / Lyre within linear square. Good VF. Unusually large flan. Carr coll. Sixteen examples are recorded in Bodenstedt and fourteen further examples have appeared in auction. May 24, 2014 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B54379 viewsca 454- 427 BC. EL Hekte (2.6g, 11mm). Head of Aktaeon right, ornate ‘hairstyle’ or adornment with ‘hair’ swept back / Gorgoneion facing within linear square. VF. Carr coll. Thirty-eight examples are recorded in Bodenstedt and forty-five further examples have appeared in auction. There are in fact two types of obverse. This example shows Akateon with an ornate hairstyle or adornment ‘helmet’ – no example so far appears to be better than VF, thus making a definitive description difficult. The most common obverse type has Akateon with close rolls of hair and wearing a stag's horn.May 23, 2014 Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B30342 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.45g, 5h, 11mm). Attic helmeted head of Athena right / Incuse head of facing lion. VF. Ex Velkov coll., Vinchon Auc. (Paris, 11/1994), lot 127. Carr coll. Six examples of this coin type are recorded in Bodenstedt and eight further examples have appeared in auction. May 23, 2014 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B103506 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.6g, 11mm). Laureate head of Zeus right / Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin, within linear frame. nEF. Carr coll. It has been suggested that these are portraits of Philip II as Zeus and Alexander the Great as Herakles. Five examples of this coin type are recorded in Bodenstedt and nine further examples have appeared in auction. May 22, 2014 309 coins on 4 page(s) 1 2 3 4