Aigeai (AD 216-217) Tetradrachm157 viewsTime of Caracalla, 211-217 AD. Billon Tetradrachm (11.80g). About 216-217. AIΓEAIΩN ANTΩNIINO VΠOΛEΩC Bearded, draped bust of Asclepius r., thin band in the hair, snake-entwined staff at his l. shoulder / MAKEΔONIKHC ΠICTHC ΘEOΦIΛO, Octastyle temple of Asclepius on steps, statue of Asclepius within, wearing himation, holding snake-entwined staff; in the pediment, eagle flying l.; in the field, date Γ-Σ/C (= year 263 of the local era); below, goat r. between two pellets. For a similar tetradrachm honoring likewise Asclepius, see Prieur 86, 723 and H. Bloesch, Caracalla in Aigeai, Atti (Proceedings) Congresso Internazionale di Numismatica, Roma 1961 (1965), 307 seq. Unique, unpublished and very interesting type. Very fine.
The sanctuary of Asclepius in Aegeae was certainly not as famous as the ones in Epidaurus, Kos or Pergamum, but still well known. The rather unusual use of base silver for these rare autonomous issues (dated 262 and 263 of the local era = AD 215/216 ans 216-217) as well as their types refer to an illness of Caracalla and of his attempt of being healed by visiting sanctuaries of Asclepius such as Pergamum and probably Aegeae.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-500) BI - African390 viewsca 550-500 BC. BI Diobol (?) - Methymna (?) (0.84g, 9mm). Head of an African right / Incuse square. Very rare. Extremely fine.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-500) BI Stater167 viewsca 550-500 BC. BI Stater (10.95g). Heads of two confronted bulls, olive tree between / Small incuse square punch. VF.
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Aigeai (AD 117-138) Tetradrachm - Hadrian279 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. BI Tetradrachm (13.76g), dated 132/133 AD. Bust right / Eagle, goat below. VF. Very rare.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 500-475) BI - Apollo135 viewsca 500 BC. Mytilene? AR/BI Diobol (1.31g). Head of Apollo left / Quadripartite incuse square. Minor corrosion, VF.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 480-450) BI - boars/leaf36 viewsca 480-450 BC. BI (7mm, 0.47g). Confronted boars heads, "KB" monogram above / Fig leaf within incuse square. Unpublished?
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-450) BI - boars, X rev52 viewsca 520-500 BC. BI Hemidrachm (?) (14mm, 2.25g). Heads of two confronted boars / Quadripartite incuse square, divided diagonally. Toned EF, well centered. Rare. G. K. Coll. (Auctiones SA, Bâle 18 (1989), 736.)
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-450) BI - boars, M144 viewsca 550-450 BC. BI Diobol? (1.34g, 12mm). Two boars' heads confronted, M above / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 500-450) BI 1/3 Stater?103 viewsMytilene (?), ca 450 BC. BI 1/3 Stater? (4.10g). Head of Orpheus(?) left / Head of lion left in incuse square. VF.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-450) BI - boars, LE46 viewsca 500-450 BC. BI Diobol? (9mm, 1.02g). Confronted calves' heads, ΛΕ above / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, minor porosity.
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Aigeai (AD 117-138) BI 23 - Hadrian65 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. BI23 (10.39g). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Athena standing left, holding phiale and shield; goat before, spear behind. VF, brown patina.
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Pompeiopolis (AD 251-253) AE 27 - Volusian52 viewsVolusian, 251-253 AD. AE27 (9.24g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Athena standing left, holding spear and shield. VF, brown patina. Ex Schulten (3/1986), lot 601.
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Tarsos (AD 217-218) BI 24 - Macrinus81 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. BI (24mm, 6.48g, 6h). Laureate head right / Athena seated left, her left elbow on shield set on ground, dropping pebble into vase. Fair, rough, flan cracks.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-500) BI Stater128 viewsca 500-450 BC. BI Stater (19mm, 10.83g). Confronted cow heads; olive tree between / Small incuse square punch. VF, toned, light scrape across cow’s jowls under toning.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-450) BI - boars, LE43 viewsca 500-450 BC. BI Diobol? (10mm, 1.17g). Confronted calves' heads, ΛΕ above / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, minor porosity.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-450) BI - boar45 viewsca 500-450 BC. BI 1/12 Stater (8mm, 0.91g). Boar’s head right / Square incuse punch. VF, toned, porous.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 500-475) BI - Apollo35 views5th century BC. BI 1/12 Stater (6mm, 0.51g). Male head left (Apollo?), hair bound with taenia / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, light porosity. Rare.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 500-450) BI - boars/amphora40 viewsca 500-450 BC. BI 1/12 Stater (9mm, 1.03g, 1h). Confronted boars’ heads, M above / Amphora within linear square; all within incuse square. VF, some porosity. Alighieri Coll.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 460-440) Hemiobol?41 viewsca 500-450 BC. BI 1/36 Stater (7mm, 0.27g, 12h). Confronted boars’ heads, M (?) above / Boar’s head right within incuse square. VF, minor porosity. Alighieri Coll.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 500-475) BI - helmet24 viewsca 600-550 BC. BI Obol (8mm, 0.66g). Helmet left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, find patina.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 500-450) BI - calf/lion29 viewsca 500-450 BC. BI 1/24 Stater (0.59g, 6h). Head of calf left/ Head of roaring lion left within incuse square. Rare.
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Tarsos (AD 217-218) Drachm – Diadumenian96 viewsDiadumenian, 317-318 AD. Billon Drachm (5.18g). MO Π ANTΩNINOC KAICAP, draped bust, bare head right / TAPC-EΩNMHTPOΠO, athlete standing to right, holding palm-branch in his left hand. Typical rough surface, very fine.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-450) BI - boars, A0 viewsca 500-480 BC. BI Diobol? (1.17g). Two boars' heads confronted, A above / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 500-450) BI - African1 viewsca 450 BC. BI 1/12 Stater (0.75g). Head of Nubian right / Two eyes within incuse square. VF, toned.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 500-450) BI - boars/amphora1 viewsca 500-480 BC. BI Diobol (1.15g). Two boars' heads confronted / Amphora within incuse square. VF.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 500-475) BI - helmet0 viewsca 500-480 BC. BI Diobol (1.34g). Head of warrior left or ornamented helmet / Small quadripartite incuse square. Rare issue. EF.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-500) BI - African126 viewsca 550-500 BC. BI 1/12 Stater (?) (0.80g). Head of African right / Quadripartite incuse punch. Toned VF. Ex CNG Auc. 37 (3/1996), lot 474 @ $825.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-500) BI - African137 viewsca 550-500 BC. BI 1/12 Stater (?) (0.97g). Head of African left / Quadripartite incuse punch. Toned VF.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-450) BI - boars, pellet124 viewsca 550-450 BC. BI (1.22g). Confronted boars' heads, pellet above / Quadripartite incuse square.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-510) BI Stater461 viewsca 550-500 BC. BI Stater (14.16g). Gorgoneion / Incuse punch. Toned VF. Very rare.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 500-475) BI - helmet117 viewsca 500 BC. BI (?) Hemiobol (0.36g). Corinthian helmet facing / Quadripartite incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Very rare. Good very fine.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 500-475) BI - helmet130 viewsca 500 BC. BI (?) Obol (0.69g). Corinthian helmet left / Quadripartite incuse square. Rare. Good very fine.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-450) BI - boars, X rev172 viewsca 550-450 BC. BI Hemidrachm (?) (2.60g). Heads of two confronted boars / Quadripartite incuse square, divided diagonally. Toned EF, well centered. Rare. Ex CNG 49 (3/1999), lot 547.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-450) BI - boars120 viewsca 550-450 BC. Billon 1/6 Stater (?) (1.91g). Heads of two confronted boars, KIOI (?) above / Quadripartite incuse square; pellet in one quarter. Toned VF.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-450) BI - boars, MV122 viewsca 550-450 BC. Billon 1/6 Stater (?) (1.69g). Heads of two confronted boars, MV above / Diagonally divided quadripartite incuse square; facing panther's heads in quarters(?). Toned, nice VF.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-500) BI Stater161 viewsca 550-500 BC. BI Stater (10.99g). Heads of two confronted bulls, olive tree between / Small incuse square punch. VF, darkly toned.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-500) BI - African115 viewsca 550-480 BC. BI Sixth Stater (1.11g). Head of African right / Rough incuse square punch. VF, dark patina. High silver content for issue. Rare.
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Aigeai (AD 117-138) Tetradrachm - Hadrian105 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. BI Tetradrachm (9.63g, 1h). Dated CY 164 (117/8 AD). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Amaltheia standing left, head right, holding cornucopiae and cradling infant Zeus, holding wreath; at feet, goat recumbent right, head left; date in legend. Fine, lightly toned, light scratches on neck, obverse a little soft at edge.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 500-450) BI - African60 viewsca 450 BC. AR 1/12 Stater (0.87g, 9h). Head of a Nubian right / Eye within incuse square. VF, toned, a little porous. Extremely rare.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 500-450) BI - African56 viewsca 450 BC. AR 1/12 Stater (0.91g). Head of a Nubian left / Eye; A above (barely visible), pellet below; all in linear square within incuse square. VF, lightly toned, minor porosity. Well struck for issue. Rare.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-500) BI - African63 viewsca 550-500 BC. Billon Diobol (0.94g, 8mm). Head of African right / Rough quadratum incusum. Rare. VF.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 500-450) BI - African119 viewsca 500-450 BC. Antissa? Billon Obol? (0.87g, 9mm). Head of an African left / Human eye with A and pellet, all in linear incuse square. Near VF. Rare ethnic depiction on an ancient coin.
The billon fractions of Lesbos are usually attributed to Mytilene, the chief city on the island. This variety, the only type with a legend, may support an alternate attribution of the series to Antissa on the western coast of Lesbos.
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(BC 562) Uncertain King - AR Fourre' Hekte279 viewsBefore 561 BC. AR Hekte (1.03g). Head of roaring lion right / Irregular incuse punch. Unpublished in major references. Probably once coated with electrum foil, similar to the coin mentioned in Franke's Antike Metallurgie und Muenzpragung, page 15. This coin also made from silver/ billon (rather than bronze, as typical for later fourre's).
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 500-475) BI - lion134 viewsca 499-494 BC (time of Ionian Revolt)? BI (1.43g). Lion's head right, with dotted truncation / Square incuse. Fine. Unpublished?
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-450) BI - boars, LE86 viewsca 550-450 BC. BI (0.60g). Confronted boars' heads, ΛΕ above / Quadripartite incuse square.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-450) BI - boars, pellet68 viewsca 550-450 BC. BI (1.06g). Confronted boars' heads, pellet above / Quadripartite incuse square.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 480-450) BI - boars/leaf88 viewsca 480-450 BC. BI (0.40g). Confronted boars' heads / Fig leaf inside incuse square. Unpublished?
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-450) BI - boars, M rev88 viewsca 550-450 BC. BI (1.12g). Confronted boars' heads / Quadripartite incuse square, M (for Mytelene?) in one quarter.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-520) BI Stater52 viewsca 550-440 BC. BI Stater (14.50g). Lion's scalp facing, composed of two feline heads confronted nose to nose / Small incuse square. Extremely rare, lacking from most published collections. Fine plus. Acquired from Harlan J. Berk, July 1994.
The obverse type is extremely interesting owing to the duality of the image: What appears to be a facing lion's scalp also can be interpreted as a pair of confronted lions.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-520) BI Stater57 viewsca 550-500 BC. BI Stater (14.17g). Triform type: Lion recumbent facing, composed of the forepart of two lions confronted / Rough incuse square. Near VF, toned, usual porosity, light deposits. Exceptional strike for issue. Very rare with all four legs visible.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-520) BI Stater40 viewsca 550-500 BC. BI Stater (14.36g). Triform type: Lion recumbent facing, composed of the forepart of two lions confronted / Rough incuse square. Good Fine, toned, usual porosity, light deposits, a few light scratches. Very rare with all four legs visible.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 500-450) BI - African48 viewsca 450 BC. BI 1/12 Stater (0.92g). Head of Nubian right / Two eyes in incuse octagon within incuse square. VF, toned, porous. Unpublished with this reverse type.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-500) BI - African35 viewsca 500-480 BC. BI 1/12 Stater (0.90g). Head of African left / Quadripartite incuse punch. Toned, good VF. Very rare. Mueller Coll.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-500) BI - eyes37 viewsca 500-480 BC. BI 1/48 Stater (0.34g). Two eyes / Rough incuse square punch. VF. Rare. Mueller Coll.
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Tarsos (AD 198-217) Didrachm - Caracalla 91 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AR Didrachm (7.03g), struck 215 AD. AV K M AVP CE-OVHP ANTΩNINOC CE, head laureate right / TVXH TAPCOV MHT, city goddess, veiled and wearing crown of towers,seated left on rocks, leaning back on left hand and holding flower (?) downwards in right hand; at her feet, river god Kydnos swimming left, AM-K in field. Rare.
Late in Caracalla's reign, probably on the occasion of the emperor's actual visit to the city in 215 AD, Tarsus exceptionally produced a small issue of silver coins like this one, and also assumed the titles "First, largest, most beautiful", indicated by the letters AMK on the reverse of our didrachm.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-500) BI - eyes45 viewsca 450 BC. BI 1/36 Stater (0.38g). Two eyes / Rough incuse square punch. VF, toned, light porosity. Rare. Alighieri Coll.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 500-475) BI - lion56 viewsca 500-475 BC. BI Diobol (1.50g), struck in Mytilene (?) Lion's head right, with dotted truncation / Square incuse. Fine toning, EF. Very rare. Unpublished?
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-500) BI - African35 viewsca 450 BC. BI 1/12 Stater (0.90g). Head of Nubian right / Shallow incuse square. Good VF, toned, minor porosity. Rare.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-450) BI - boars, pellet33 viewsca 550-450 BC. BI 1/12 Stater (1.31g). Confronted boars' heads, pellet above / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned, EF.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 500-450) BI - boars/amphora35 viewsca 550-450 BC. BI 1/12 Stater (1.26g). Two boars' heads confronted, M above / Amphora within incuse square. Darkly toned, VF.
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Tarsos (AD 193-217) Didrachme - Julia Domna62 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. BI Didrachm (?) (5.21g, 1h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / ΠΑΛΛΑС ΑΘΗ ΝΗ ΤΑΡСЄωΝ, Pallas Athena standing right, holding reverted spear and Nike; at feet to right, altar. VF, porous. An apparently unique and unpublished reverse type for this city and this empress.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-450) BI - boars60 viewsca 550-450 BC. BI 1/12 Stater (1.39g). Two boars' heads confronted / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-500) BI - African92 views6th century BC. BI 1/12 Stater (0.90g). Head of African right / incuse punch. RR! Black-brown patina. Good VF.
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Uncertain (BC 500) Calf issue - Hemiobol32 viewsca 500-475 BC. AR/BI Hemiobol (0.4g, 7mm). Calf´s head right / Square incuse. Very rare.
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-450) BI - boar102 viewsca 550-450 BC. BI 1/24 Stater (0.45g) Boar's head right, eye above / Incuse
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Lesbos Uncertain (BC 550-500) BI - eyes171 viewsca 550-500 BC. BI 1/48 Stater (0.30g). Two eyes / Incuse.
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