Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


Most viewed - Kings of Lydia
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(BC 600-550) Uncertain King - EL 1/12 Stater7548 viewsearly 6th cent BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.16g). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse square punch. VF, choice centering and strike.
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR 1/2 Stater5881 viewsKroisos, King of Lydia, ca 561-546 BC. AR Siglos (5.36g, 26mm). Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion right and bull left; pellet over head of lion / Double incuse punch. Choice VF, good metal.
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(BC 545-520) Cyrus/Darios - AV Stater4213 viewsTime of Cyrus to Darios I, Kings of Lydia, ca 545-520 BC. AV Stater (15mm, 8.06g). Light standard, Sardeis mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Double incuse punch. EF.
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(BC 619-561) Alyattes - EL 1/3 Stater3785 viewsAlyattes, King Of Lydia, ca 619-561 BC. EL 1/3 Stater - Trite (4.74g, 12mm, 4mm thick). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse square punch.
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(BC 545-520) Cyrus/Darios - AV Stater3475 viewsTime of Kroisos to Cambyses, King Of Lydia, ca 560-525 BC. AV Stater (8.03g), light series, Sardeis mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two square incuse punches of unequal size. EF.
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(BC 650-600) Valvel or Walwet - EL Hekte 2915 viewsca 7th century BC. EL Hekte (2.35g). Head of roaring lion right; Lydian inscription to left / Double incuse punch. Rare. Very fine.
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(BC 610-546) EL 1/3 Stater2822 viewsTime of Alyattes to Kroisos, ca 610-546 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13mm, 4.69g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, sun with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse square punches. Good VF, toned, a few light marks.
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(BC 560-525) Kroisos - AV Stater2506 viewsTime of Kroisos to Cambyses, King Of Lydia, ca 560-525 BC. AV Stater (8.07g), light series, Sardeis mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two square incuse punches of unequal size. Good VF.
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AV Stater2474 viewsKroisos, King Of Lydia, ca 561-546 BC. AV Stater (16mm, 8.03g). Sardeis mint, struck ca 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse square punches of unequal size. EF, lustrous, some minor marks.
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(BC 610-560) Alyattes - EL 1/12 Stater2356 viewsAlyattes, ca 610-560 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (7mm, 1.12g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, with knob on forehead / Incuse square punch. Countermarks VF, host coin Fine. At least 15 or 16 bankers' marks. Rare as such.
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AV 1/6 Stater2353 viewsca 560-546 BC. AV Hekte – 1/6 Stater (8mm, 1.32g). Light standard. Sardeis mint. Struck circa 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse square punches of unequal size. VF. Very rare.
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(BC 545-520) Cyrus/Darios - AR Siglos2332 viewsTime of Cyrus to Darios I, ca 545-520 BC. AR Siglos (15mm, 5.23g). Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Two incuse square punches. Near EF, toned. The first coinage of the Persian Empire.
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(BC 562) Uncertain King - EL 1/3 Stater2291 viewsUncertain King, before 561 BC. EL 1/3 Stater - Trite (4.71g). Head of boar with prominent tusk right / Double incuse punch with rough stellate pattern. Good VF.

The Spier coin proves the obverse die shows two boar heads confronted; the small flan causes the right handed boar to be lacking. Conceivably, there existed a full stater with the complete type present.
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR Stater2177 viewsca 560-546 BC. AR Stater – Double Siglos (20mm, 10.39g). Sardeis mint, struck ca 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Two square punches of unequal size. VF,
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR 1/3 Stater2149 viewsca 560-546 BC. AR 1/3 Stater (13mm, 3.31g). Sardeis mint, struck ca 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Two incuse square punches of unequal size. VF, toned, typical light porosity.
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR Stater2136 viewsca 560-546 BC. AR Stater – Double Siglos (20mm, 10.40 g). Sardeis mint, struck ca 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Two square punches of unequal size. Good VF, find patina.
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(BC 560-525) Kroisos - AV 1/24 Stater1898 viewsTime of Kroisos to Cambyses, Kings Of Lydia, ca 560-525 BC. AV 1/24 Stater (0.44g). Kroisid type, heavy series. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Double incuse square punch. Fine. Extremely rare.
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(BC 600-550) Uncertain King - AR Fourre' Hekte1897 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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(BC 619-561) Alyattes II - EL 1/3 Stater1880 viewslate 7th century BC. EL Trite (4.36g, 10,5mm). Head of roaring lion right; retrograde legend (WALWET) downward on right / Double incuse square punch. Light deposits, obverse scratch, VF.
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(BC 610-546) EL 1/3 Stater1832 viewstemp. Alyattes to Kroisos, ca 610-546 BC. EL Trite - 1/3 Stater (14mm, 4.64g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, knob on forehead / Two incuse square punches. Near VF, multiple bankers/countermarks on obverse and on edge.
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AV 1/12 Stater1750 viewsKroisos, King Of Lydia, ca 561-546 BC. AV 1/12 Stater (0.6g, 6mm), light series, struck at Sardeis ca 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Incuse square punch. EF. Ex Gorny & Mosch Sale 199, 504.
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(BC 562) Uncertain King - EL 1/24 Stater1632 viewsUncertain King, before 561 BC. EL 1/24 stater (0.55g). Milesian standard. Boar's head right / Four-part incuse square with roughly stellar pattern. Good VF.
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(BC 600-550) Alyattes II - EL 1/96 Stater1491 viewsAlyattes II, King Of Lydia, ca 600-550 BC. EL 1/96th Stater (4mm, 0.15g). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse square punch. VF, very pale.
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AV 1/24 Stater1458 viewsca 560-546 BC. AV 1/24 Stater (5mm, 0.44g). Heavy standard. Sardeis mint. Struck circa 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Incuse square punch. VF. Very rare.
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(BC 562) Uncertain King - EL 1/48 Stater1218 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/48 (?) Stater (5mm, 0.19g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Animal’s head (bull?) left / Incuse punch. EF.
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AV 1/24 Stater1202 viewsKroisos, ca 560-546 BC. AV Twenty-Fourth Stater (5mm, 0.32g). Light standard. Sardes mint. Struck ca 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Incuse square punch. VF. Extremely rare denomination for light series.
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR 1/3 Stater608 viewsKroisos, ca 560-546 BC. AR 1/3 Stater (14mm, 3.49g). Confronted foreparts of lion right, with extended right foreleg, and bull left / Bipartite incuse squares of unequal size.
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AV 1/24 Stater489 viewsca 560-546 BC. AV 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.48g). Heavy standard. Sardeis mint. Struck ca 560-550 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Incuse square punch.
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR 1/12 Stater468 viewsKroisos, ca 560-546 BC. AR 1/12 Stater (7mm, 0.87g). Confronted foreparts of lion right, with extended right foreleg, and bull left / Rough incuse square.
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR 1/24 Stater465 viewsKroisos, ca 560-546 BC. AR 1/24 Stater (5mm, 0.30g). Sardeis mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Incuse square.
   
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