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Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


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Tion (AD 98-117) AE 25 - Trajan1796 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE25 (6.60g). Laureate bust right / Serapis standing facing left holding snake entwined staff. Ex Nemesis Ancients.
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Tion (AD 130-138) AE - Antinous1738 viewsAntinous, favorite of Hadrian, died 130 AD. AE44 - Medallion (41.12g), struck 130-138 AD. ΑΝΤΙΝΟΩΙ ΗΡΩΙ, Bare-headed and draped bust left / Antinous, as Dionysos, riding on panther right, TIANOI below. Dark green patina, VF. Very rare.
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Tion (AD 130-138) AE 44 - Antinous772 viewsAntinous, favorite of Hadrian, died 130 AD. AE44 - Medallion (38.64g), struck 130-138 AD. ΑΝΤΙΝΟΩΙ ΗΡΩΙ, Bare-headed and draped bust left / Antinous, as Dionysos, riding on panther right, TIANOI below. VF, dark brown patina with some red on the reverse, light smoothing. Rare.
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Tion (AD 98-117) AE 32 - Trajan732 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE32 (23.56g). AVT NEP TPAIANOC KAICAP CEB GM D, laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / ZEVC CVPGACTEIOC TIANWN, Zeus Syrgastes standing left, holding patera and sceptre, eagle at feet. VF, orichalcum patina, some porosity. Zeus Syrgastes represents the assimilation of Zeus with a local high god.
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Tion (AD 220-240) AE 30635 viewsCivic Issue, ca 220-240 AD. AE30 (11.92g). Diademed and draped bust of Tius right; countermark: H surmounted by star within circular incuse / Tyche standing right, holding scepter, facing Zeus standing left, also holding scepter and sacrificing over altar between them. Good Fine, brown patina.
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Tion (AD 81-96) AE 33 - Domitian626 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE33 (26.00g). Laureate head right / ZΕΥΣ ΣΥΡΓΑΣΤΗΣ ΤΕΙΑΝΩΝ, Zeus Syrgastes standing left, holding patera and sceptre; eagle(?) left at feet. Near VF, tan-brown patina. Extremely rare - according to RPC one of only three known, the other two in museums (British Museum and Staatliche Museen, Berlin). Drewry Coll.; Ex Lindgren Coll.
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Tion (AD 81-96) AE 22 - Domitian609 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE22 (7.45g). AVT ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAP CEBA ΓEPM, laureate head right / ZEVΣ ΣVPΓAΣTHΣ - TEIANΩN, Zeus Syrgastes in himation, standing left, holding phiale in extended right hand and knotted scepter in raised left hand; eagle (?) to left before him. Extremely rare, VF, red-brown patina. Hoeft coll.
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Tion (AD 98-117) AE 27 - Trajan456 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE27 (11.47g). AVT NEP TRAIANOC - KAICAP CEB ΓEP, laureate bust right / ΔIONVCOC K - T - ICT TIANΩN, Dionysos, wearing himation, standing frontal, head left, holding in left hand filleted thyrsos decorated with pine-cones on both ends and in lowered right hand kantharos; on his left side panther standing left, looking up to him. About VF, nice green patina. Hoeft coll.
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Tion (AD 139-161) AE 16 - Marcus Aurelius424 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE16 (2.12g, 12h). Bare head left / Grape vine. Good VF, dark brown and green patina. From Group CEM. Ex Sternberg XXXII (28 Oct 1996), lot 642.
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Tion (AD 193-211) AE 25 - Septimius Severus420 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE25 (9.19g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Emperor on horseback right, raising arm in salute and holding scepter. VF, green patina. Unpublished in the standard references. Ex J. P. Righetti 6221.
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Tion (AD 222-235) AE 29 - Severus Alexander416 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE29 (14.46g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, raising hand and holding spear over shield / Zeus standing facing, head left, holding patera and scepter; to left at feet, eagle standing facing, head right, with wings displayed; all within decorated distyle temple. Good VF, green patina. Extremely rare. From Group CEM.
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Tion (AD 211-217) AE 32 - Caracalla415 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AE32 (17.46g). ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, countermark: H / ΤΙΑΝΩΝ, emperor standing left with spear and shield, sacrificing over altar. Very rare. Toned, very fine.
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Tion (AD 253-268) AE 21 - Gallienus404 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE21 (5.63g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus standing facing, head left, holding patera and scepter; to left at feet, eagle standing facing, head right, with wings displayed. Good VF, brown patina. Very rare. From Group CEM.
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Tion (AD 98-117) AE 33 - Trajan376 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE33 (20.82g, 7h). Laureate head right / Hera standing right, holding scepter, facing Zeus standing left, holding phiale and scepter; at feet of Zeus to right, eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread. VF, earthen green patina. Rare.
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Tion (AD 139-161) AE 18 - Marcus Aurelius376 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AR. AE18 / Hemiassarion (3.39g, 6h). KAICAP AYPHΛI, bare head of Marcus Aurelius to left / TIA / NΩN in two lines in wreath. gVF. M Coll.; ex Münzen und Medaillen FPL 453 (3/1983), lot 40.
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Tion (BC 350-300) AE 11370 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE11 (1.20g). Laureate head of Zeus left / TIANOΣ, eagle standing left. gVF. Rare.
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Tion (BC 350-300) AE 11368 views400-200 BC. AE11 (1.5g). Laureate and bearded head of Zeus left / TIANOΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt. VF.
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Tion (AD 211-217) AE 34 – Caracalla365 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE34 - Medallion (33.56g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Good VF, brown and green patina, some encrustation on edge. Extremely rare. From Group CEM. Ex Leu 53 (10/1991), lot 297; Sternberg XXII (11/1989). lot 323 (obverse illustrated on cover).
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Tion (AD 138-161) AE 15 - Antoninus Pius340 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE15 (1.95g, 6h). Laureate head right / Winged caduceus. Good VF, brown patina. From Group CEM. Ex Lanz 22 (5/1982), lot 704.
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Tion (AD 161-180) AE 33 - Marcus Aurelius338 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE33 - Medallion (25.02g, 7h). AYT • KAIC • M • [A]YPH ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate bust right, slight drapery on shoulder / TEIOC up left, ΔIONVCOC down right, Tyche of Tium, holding parazonium, standing right, vis-à-vis Dionysus, holding thyrsus, standing left, clasping right hands. Good VF, brown surfaces, minor smoothing in fields. From Group CEM.
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Tion (BC 350-300) AE 10337 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE10 (0.96g). Laureate head of Zeus left / TIANOΣ, eagle standing left. VF. Rare.
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Tion (AD 211-217) AE 33 – Caracalla319 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE33 (16.92g, 12h). ΛNTΩNЄINOC AVΓOVCTOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TIA NΩN, Zeus standing facing, head left, holding patera and scepter; to left at feet, eagle standing facing, head right, with wings displayed. Good VF, dark brown and green patina with earthen overtones in devices. From Group CEM.
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Tion (AD 166-177) AE 25 - Commodus318 viewsCommodus, as Caesar, 166-177 AD. AE25 (10.84g, 7h). Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Cybele seated left, holding phiale, resting elbow on tympanum. Near VF, green patina. Ex Righetti Coll., 5756.
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Tion (AD 218-225) AE 31 - Julia Maesa311 viewsJulia Maesa, Augusta, 218-224/5 AD. AE31 (14.62g, 1h). Diademed and draped bust right, holding poppy with both hands / Boule (council of citizens) and Demos (the people) of Tium standing facing one another, each holding scepter and extending right hand over garlanded altar between them. Good VF, green patina. Very rare with interesting portrait of Maesa. Group CEM.
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Tion (AD 98-117) AE 26 - Trajan289 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE26 (12.08g). Laureate bust right / Zeus standing holding eagle and scepter. Smoothed, VF.
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Tion (AD 211-217) AE 27 – Caracalla261 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE27 (10.78g, 12h). Laureate head right / Homonoia standing left, sacrificing from patera over altar and holding cornucopia. Good VF, attractive green patina.
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Tion (AD 81-96) AE 21 - Domitian239 viewsDomitian as Caesar, 69-79 AD. AE21 (5.25g 6h). ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOY YIOΣ, laureate head of Domitian right / EΠI M ΣAΛOYIΔHNOY ΠPOKΛOY ANΘIΠATOY / TIOΣ (Across field), head of Zeus Tios (?) right. Extremely rare. VF, green patina. Tricarico coll.
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Tion (AD 220-240) AE 23115 viewsImperial Times, ca 220-240 AD. AE23 - Diassarion (5.72g, 1h). TЄIOC, youthful head of the eponymous hero Teios to right, wearing tainia; on neck, countermark of Δ within round incuse (revalued as tetrassarion) / TIANΩN, Dionysos standing front, head to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and thyrsos with his left. Extremely rare. Very fine. Ktistes Coll, ex CNG E-Auction 77 (11/ 2003), lot 69.
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Tion (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimius Severus114 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE30 - Tetrassarion (18.36g, 1h). AYT•K•CЄΠT•CЄOYHPOC•AYT, laureate head right; on neck, countermark of H within oval incuse (revalued as an octassarion) / TIANΩN, Zeus seated left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and scepter with his left; to left at feet, eagle standing left, looking up. Very rare. Flan cracks and with some light green deposits, otherwise, very fine.
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Tion (AD 138-192) AE 22112 viewsTime of the Antonines, 138-192 AD. AE22 (7.87g, 7h). TЄIOC, youthful head of the eponymous hero Teios to right, wearing tainia / TIANΩN, Poseidon, nude, standing right, left foot set on prow, holding dolphin in his right hand and trident with his left. Extremely rare, apparently the second known example. Slightly rough, VF.
   
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