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Tarsos (BC 379-374) Stater - Pharnabazos868 viewsPharnabazos, Satrap, 379-374 BC. AR Stater (10.63g). Three-quarter facing female head, head turned slightly left, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace / 'FRNBZW' in Aramaic left, bearded and helmeted male head (Ares?) right; monogram before. Nice EF, lightly toned with golden iridescence around the devices.
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Prokonnesos (BC 411-387) Hemidrachm868 viewsca 411-387 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.52g, 7h), Female head left, wearing sphendone ornamented with dots, pendant, earring and pearl necklace / ΠΡΟ-ΚΟΝ, oinochoe. Rare. Attractively toned, aEF. From the collections of H.S. von Aulock and R. Jameson, ex SWH (4/1907 "Collection of a Bachelor"), lot 89 and Hirsch XI (5/1904), lot 323.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B63 - EL 1/6 Stater868 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Head of young male left, wearing tainia; [small seal behind] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, spot of encrustation in field on obverse. Very rare, only seven specimens recorded by Bodenstedt, all from one obverse die.
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Bithynion-Klaudiopolis (69-79 AD) AE 33 - Vespasian868 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE33 - Medallion (22.75g, 5h). M. Plancius Varus, proconsul. Laureate head right / MAPKOΣ/ ΠΛANKIOΣ/ OVAPOΣ ANΘVΠATOΣ in four lines across field; all within oak wreath. VF, brown surfaces. Rare. Ex Drewry Coll.
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Tisna (BC 350-300) AE 16868 views4th century BC. AE16 (3.45g, 5h). Head of river god Tisnaios left / One-handled cup. Good VF, black patina with light earthen dusting, a few rough spots. Very rare, and exceptional for type.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B50 - EL 1/6 Stater868 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.61g). Helmeted male head to left, with frontal eye and tendril ornament on bowl of helmet; below, seal swimming left / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Very rare. aEF.

The helmeted head must be that of a hero-warrior. The whole idea of using just a helmeted head with no individuality as a type is quite interesting; that there is a head inside the helmet is clear from the eye that peeks out above the side piece.
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(BC 390-370) Mithrapata - Stater867 viewsMithrapata, Dynast, ca 380-375 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 9.64g, 4h). Facing lion's scalp / Triskeles; ΜΕΧΡΡ-ΠΡΤΡ; in left field, head of Herakles 3/4 to left, wearing lion's skin headdress, club to right; all within incuse square. Superb EF, struck with worn obverse die. Rare.1 comments
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Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm867 viewsca 375-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.70g, 10h). Heridanos, magistrate. Sphinx seated left, amphora surmounted by grape-bunch before / Quadripartite incuse square, ΗΡΙΔΑΝΟΣ across horizontal band; vertical striations within each quarter. Good VF, toned. Very rare. Ex Hess-Leu 45 (5/1970), lot 277; Hess-Leu 31 (1966), lot 499; Henri de Nanteuil Coll., 628; Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich Coll. (Naville IV, 6/1922), lot 872; Sir Hermann Weber Coll., 6257; W. Talbot Ready Coll.
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Kition (BC 479-449) 1/3 Stater - Baalmelek I867 viewsBaalmelek I, King of Kition, ca 479-449 BC. AR 1/3 Stater (3.16g, 3h). Herakles advancing right, wearing lion skin, holding club and bow / Lion standing right, thunderbolt above; all in dotted square within incuse square. Good VF, toned, minor porosity. Apparently unpublished, possibly unique.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B16867 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 11h). Head of ram right; below, cock standing left / Incuse head of lion right; rectangular punch behind. VF.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B20867 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.
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Aspendos (BC 300-200) Stater866 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AR Stater (10.45g, 26mm). Two wrestlers grappling, ΠΟ between / Slinger right; ΕCΤFΕΔΙΙYC to left, forepart of horse and kerykeion to right. Lightly toned, EF.
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Kolophon (AD 138-161) AE 17 – Antoninus Pius866 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE17 (4.36g). ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ, head right / ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ, scheap. Dark green patina, gVF.
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Kos (BC 480-470) Triple Siglos866 viewsca 480-475 BC. Triple Siglos (16.58g). KΩΣ, naked Diskobolos about to hurl a discus, standing facing with his weight on right leg, left leg crossing behind, while he turns his upper body to his right, preparing to launch the discus which he holds above his head; tripod behind / Irregular incuse square with diagonal lines, traces of crab below. Prospero Coll.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/12 Stater 866 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (6mm, 1.18g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Incuse square. Good VF, thin test cut on edge.
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Miletos (BC 520-450) 1/48 Stater865 viewsca 5th century BC. AR 1/48 Stater (0.29g). Lion's head left / Star-like floral pattern.
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Kaisareia (AD 193-211) AE 18 - Septimius Severus865 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE18 (3.54g). Dated RY 13 (205 AD). Laureate head right / Mount Argaeus surmounted by star; ET IΓ (date) in exergue. VF, brown patina.
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Aphrodisias-Plarasa (BC 200-0) AE 12865 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE12 (1.63g, 12h). Labrys, ΠΛΑ above, ΑΦ-ΡΟ below / M/A-[Λ], cuirass in incuse square. VF. Rare. Karl coll.
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Alinda (AD 193-211) AE 39 - Septimius Severus and Caracalla865 viewsSeptimius Severus and Caracalla, 193-211 AD. AE39 (17.03g). ΑVΤ Κ Λ CΕΠ CEVΗΡΟC ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC, laureate, cuirassed bust of Severus right vis-à-vis laureate bust of Caracalla / ΕΠΙ ΑΡ ΚΟΡ ΜΕ-ΝΙΠΠΟV ΑΛΙΝΔΕΩΝ/ΑCΥΛΟ/ΜΕΝ/ΟC ΗΡ/ΑΚΛ/ΝΔΟC/Ε-Ι, Herakles, naked, standing facing, head right, holding club and lionskin in right hand, with his left hand clasping the hand of Sept. Severus, standing facing in military dress, head left, holding spear. Lighted altar between them. Wide flan, brown patina. Apparently unpublished.
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Neapolis (AD 100-300) AE 26865 viewsPseudo-autonomous issue, 2nd-3rd cent AD. AE26 (8.45g, 12h). ΝΕΑΠΟ, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right / ΑΥΡ ΝΕΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Dionysus standing left, holding cup over panther and thyrsus. Near VF, green-brown surfaces, porous. An apparently unrecorded type from an extremely rare city. Ex Alighieri Coll.
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Aigai (AD 117-138) AE 19865 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 117-138 AD (time of Hadrian). AE19 (3.02g), struck under Agonothetes Ovl. Pole. IEPA - CVNKΛHTOC, bust of Senate, draped, laureate, right / EΠI.AΓΩ.OVΛ - [...], cult-statue of Apollo Chresterios, standing frontal, both hands outstretched, holding branch(?) in left hand and unknown small object in right hand; in left and right field AI - GA. Very rare, probably unpublished. About VF. Hoeft coll.

There is a type for Sabina with the rev. legend EΠI AΓΩ OVΛ ΠOΛE, SNG von Aulock 7674. Agonothetes is the title of a magistrate whose duty was the superintendence of games.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B91 - EL 1/6 Stater865 viewsca 400 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10mm). Head of Athena left, wearing earring, her crested Attic helmet adorned with a Pegasos on the bowl / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. gVF.
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Amaseia (AD 165-166) AE - Lucius Verus864 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE (21.92g), dated year 165 (165-166 AD). Laureate bust right / Ares standing right, helmeted and armed, spear in right hand, shield in left; naked Aphrodite standing left, right hand covering breasts, left hand on groin, in shame. Green-brown patina, good VF.

The Amaseian era began on October 1, 1.
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Mytilene (BC 440-400) Obol864 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol (0.61g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Calf's head right, M-YTI, within shallow incuse square. Near VF.
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Larisa Phrikonis (BC 400-300) AE 11864 viewsca 4th century BC. AE11 (1.36g, 6h). Horned facing female head, turned slightly right, wearing necklace / ΛΑ, bull's head right. Near EF, black patina. Rare.
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Aigeai (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 19864 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE19 (3.36g). Diademed head of Alexander the Great(?) right / ΑΙΓΕ/ΑΙΩΝ, Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm. VF, brown patina. Rare.
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Pergamon (BC 10-2) AE 18 - Livia & Julia 864 viewsAugustus for Livia and Julia. AE18 (3.41g). Charinos Grammateus, ca 10-2 BC. ΛIBIAN H[PAN XAPI]NOΣ, bust of Livia / [IOY]ΛIAN AΦPOΔITHN, bust of Julia. Rare. Very fine.
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Kalchedon (BC 340-320) 1/4 Siglos863 viewsearly 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.11g). Bull standing left on grain ear, KA above / Mill sail incuse. Toned, near EF, minor porosity.
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Klazomenai (BC 500-480) Diobol863 viewsca 499-494 BC. AR Diobol (1.10g). Forepart of winged boar flying right, A above / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/3 Stater863 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL 1/3 Stater - Trite (4.38g). Samian-Euboeic standard, plain type. Flattened plain surface. / Tripartite incuse square punch. Unpublished. Rare early tripartite incuse issue. Good very fine.
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Elaia (BC 340-300) AE 19863 viewsmid 4th-3rd cent BC. AE19 (6.19g, 11h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Grain-seed within olive-wreath. Good VF, dark green, almost black, patina, light cleaning scratches.
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Tyana (AD 193-211) AE 28 - Septimius Severus863 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE28 (13.68g). Dated year 3 (=195/6 AD). AV KA CЄΠ CЄOVHPOC, laureate bust right / TYANЄωN TΠT IЄ K ACV K A, Brahma bull standing right; ЄT Γ in exergue. Unpublished date (?). Good very fine.1 comments
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater863 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.68g). Harpy in flight to left, four curled wings arrayed around her, holding a tunny fish in her outstretched right hand; another tunny below her / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, a few light marks. Ex Triton VI (1/2003), lot 296.
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Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 18863 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE18 (6.96g). Persian leather cap (bashlyk) with horned Pan-head, bow to left. / 8-rayed star; bow to right. gVF. Rare. Ex Pfeiler Coll.
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Larisa Phrikonis (BC 400-300) AE 11862 viewsca 4th century BC. AE11 (1.20g). Horned (?), three-quarter facing female head, turned slightly right, wearing necklace / Λ-Α, head of laureate male (Apollo?) right. EF, green patina. Rare.
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Sinope (BC 480-450) Drachm862 viewsca 425-410 BC. AR Drachm (6.02g). Head of eagle left; dolphin below / Quadripartite incuse with pellets in two quarters. EF. Ex Hess-Leu 28 (5/1965), lot 217.
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(BC 470-440) Uncertain Dynast - 1/8 Stater?862 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR 1/8 Stater? (1.17g). Boar's head left / Protome of a man-headed bull facing left within incuse square. EF.

The reverse image is reminiscent of the coins of the Lycian dynast Uvug. The weight standard is hard to define, since the weights are somewhat erratic (along with the von Aulock coin, cf. Peus 372, 2002, lot 361). It might be a 1/6th stater on the light stater (c. 8.0-8.6 g), but actually this standard is known from 460 BC onwards only; cf. O. Morkholm and G. Neumann, Die lykischen Munzlegenden (Gottingen 1978), p. 5 f.
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Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Janiform - Diobol862 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Diobol (1.41g, 10mm, 12h). Janiform heads, the left bearded / Triple-faced bearded male head. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare as a diobol. Ex Prof. James C. Brindley Coll., Baldwin’s 34 (10/2003), lot 464.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B43 - EL 1/6 Stater861 viewsca 492 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Facing head of Silenos / Quadripartite incuse square. EF.
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Kyme (BC 520-470) Tetartemorion861 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.18g). Horse’s head left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, porosity.


While such coins are generally assigned to an uncertain Thraco-Macedonian mint, the style of the current coin is more refined than any of the horse types in Tzamalis. “Horse/incuse” types were almost certainly minted at multiple locations, and a mint in (western?) Asia Minor would seem logical based on provenances.
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Erythrai (BC 600-550) EL 1/48 Stater861 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Forty-Eighth Stater (4mm, 0.28g). Rosette / Incuse square punch. Good VF. Koppersmith Coll.
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Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater861 viewsLydia (?), uncertain mint, mid 6th century BC. AV (or EL) Hekte (2.34g). Forepart of lion left / Bipartite rectangular punch with floral pattern. Apparently unique. An issue of great importance and fascination, about extremely fine. Ex Leu 50 (1990), 165 and CNG 26 (1993), 98.
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Gryneion (BC 350-250) AE 12860 viewsBefore 306 BC. AE12 (1.51g). Laureate head of Apollo 3/4 facing left / mussel-shell. VF, porous, brown patina. Rare.
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Priene (BC 290-250) Drachm860 viewsca 290-270 BC. AR Drachm (3.42g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested helmet / Trident, ΠΡΙΗ to left, ΛΥΣΑΓΟ (magistrate) to right, all within circular maeander pattern. Good VF, light porosity. Rare denomination.
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Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Sosigenes860 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 2.48g, 3h). Laureate head of Apollo right, KIA below / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΣΩΣΙ-ΓΕΝΗΣ. EF.
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Philadelphia (BC 100-0) AE 20860 views1st cent BC, under Hermippos, Archiereus. AE20 (6.61g). Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver behind shoulder; H(?) under / ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ - ΕΡΜΙΠΠΟΣ / ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ, Apollo in long chiton standing right, holding kithara in left hand, plektron in right. Good style, black patina, EF. Gutknecht coll.; ex M&M AG, Basel List 526 (1989), lot 189.
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Apameia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 23 – Augustus, Caius & Lucius860 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE23 (6.60g). Bare head of Augustus right / Bare heads of Caius and Lucius right. Good Fine, dark green patina. Rare, only two specimens cited in RPC.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12 Stater860 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hemihekte - 1/12th Stater (1.31g). Ram kneeling left, head reverted; tunny below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Unpublished denomination for this type.
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Isaura (AD 100-200) AE 18859 viewsAutonomous Issues, ca late 2nd cent AD. AE18 (3.10g). Head of Hercules right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Young male with long hair riding lion right and wielding sword. Good VF, brown patina. Scarce city.

Isaura was the chief city of the region of Isauria, which became part of the province of Cilicia in Severan times. Isaura gained the honorific of Metropolis at some point in this period, and all its Severan coinage has this title. This coin must pre-date the union of the provinces and the elevation of Isaura. The Hercules head is a precise rendition of the type used by Alexander the great, while the identity of the lion rider has remained a mystery since the coin was first published in 1896.
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Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-194) AE 29 - Pescennius Niger859 viewsPescennius Niger, 193-194 AD. AE29 (14.17g, 7h). Laureate head right / Apollo standing left, holding phiale and laurel branch. (Artemis[?]). Good VF, brown-black surfaces with orichalcum highlights, two flan cracks. Extremely rare.
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Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-194) AE 28 - Pescennius Niger859 viewsPescennius Niger, 193-194 AD. AE28 (13.27g). [ΑVΤ-] Κ-Γ- ΠΕPT ΝΙ[Γ]ΠΟC- ΙΟV[ΤΟC-CΕΒ], laureate head right / KAICAPEIAC G-EPMANIKHC, Nike walking left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left. Good VF, brown patina with traces of green, small flan crack. Extremely rare. Ex Dr. Busso Peus 360 (4/1999), lot 607.
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Knidos (BC 530-520) Obol859 viewsca 530-520 BC. AR Obol (1.01g). Head of lion right with jaws open, tongue protruding; small linear rectangular at truncation / Head of Aphrodite right, hair in sakkos and falling down neck in dotted plaits, wearing disc-shaped earring; all within incuse square. Very rare. Almost extremely fine. Ex Prof. S. Pozzi and R. C. Lockett collections; and ex Naville & Cie., Geneva 1 (Lucerne 1921), 2393, and Glendining & Co., London - Lockett coll. XII / Greek IV (1961), 2358.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/24 Stater859 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL Hemihekte - 1/12 Stater (1.14g). Forepart of stag left, head reverted; three pellets to left / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. VF. Very rare.
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Cyprus Uncertain (BC 27-AD 14) AE 18 - Augustus859 viewsKoinon of Cyprus, under Roman rule, struck under Augustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE18 (2.48g). Capricorn right, star above / Scorpion, star to right. Dark green, lightly glazed patina, VF. Gutknecht coll.; ex M. Laffaille coll. and Muenzen und Medaillen AG, Basel, Auc. 76 (1991), lot 546.
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Rhodes (BC 188-170) Drachm859 viewsca 188-170 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 2.96g). Anaxidotos, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios right / Rose; serpent coiled about omphalos to left; all within incuse square. Good VF, toned.
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Aigai (BC 400-300) AE 10859 views4th century BC. AE10 (0.94g). Laureate head of Apollo right, hair long / Head of goat right. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Joy coll.
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Lamponeia (BC 450-400) Obol859 viewsca 400 BC. AR Trihemiobol (?) (0.82g). Head of roaring lion right / Λ-Λ, bukranion within incuse square. Darkly toned, EF. Unpublished and unique? Ex Leu 25 (4/1980), lot 139.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/12 Stater859 viewsPhanes, ca 600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater or Hemihekte (1.09g). Forepart of stag running right, head reverted / Incuse square with irregular surface. VF.
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Adana (BC 164-27) AE 23858 views164 BC and later. AE23 (9.22g, 12h). Head of Apollo right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; two monograms to left. Good VF, green patina, light cleaning marks. 1 comments
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(BC 101-87) Ariarathes IX - Drachm858 viewsAriarathes IX Eusebes Philopator, ca 100-85 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.01g), dated RY 5 (96/5 BC). Diademed head right / Athena standing left, holding Nike and resting hand on shield set on ground, spear leaning against arm; monogram in inner left field, E (date) in exergue. Good VF, lightly toned. Excellent style for issue. Strickhausen Coll.
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Ephesos (AD 41-54) AE 19 - Claudius and Agrippina858 viewsClaudius, with Agrippina Junior, 41-54 AD. AE19. Claudius and Agrippina / Cult statue of Artemis.
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Elaia (BC 400-300) Drachm858 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 3.33g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Corn grain within wreath. Good VF, find patina. Extremely rare denomination. Ex CNG 82 (9/2009), lot 600.
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Sinope (BC 520-480) Drachm858 viewsca 490-425 BC. AR Drachm (5.95g). Head of sea eagle left; dolphin below / Double incuse punch with pellets in center. Toned, nice VF, well centered.
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Astyra (BC 400-395) AE - Tissaphernes858 viewsTissaphernes, Satrap of Mysia, ca 400-395 BC. AE (1.03g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / TIΣΣA, satrap galloping on horse right, wearing Persian outfit, spear in right hand. Good VF, black patina. Exceptional for issue.
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Leukai (BC 350-300) AE 10857 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE10 (1.26g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Swan standing left with open wings, head down, ΜΗΤΡΟΔ... (magistrate) above, ΛΕΟ to left. VF, black patina, earthen encrustation. Very rare and apparently an unpublished denomination.
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Xanthos (BC 450-420) Stater857 viewsUncertain Dynast, ca 450-420 BC. AR Stater (8.39g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Laureate head of Apollo right, diskeles to right. Toned VF.
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Alexandreia (BC 164-27) AE 21857 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE21 (7.93g). Head of Alexander the Great (as Herakles) right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Zeus standing left, holding wreath and sceptre; two monograms to left. EF, glossy brown patina with a few small spots of encrustation.
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Tenedos (BC 188-70) Drachm857 views2nd-1st century BC. AR Drachm (4.00g). Janiform male and female heads / Double-axe, TΕΝΕΔΙΩΝ above; monogram and grapes to left, Nike to right; all within laurel wreath. EF. Rare.
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Kaisareia (AD 69-79) Didrachm - Vespasian857 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AR Didrachm (21mm, 7.24g, 12h). Struck 77-78 AD. Laureate head right / Mt. Argaeus surmounted by statue. Near EF, toned. Group CEM. Ex Leu 53 (10/1991), lot 223.
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(BC 241-197) Attalos I - Tetradrachm856 viewsAttalos I, 241-197 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.00g). Laureate head of Philetairos right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, Athena seated left, holding wreath, left arm resting on shield, spear behind, ivy leaf to outer left, A to inner left, bow to outer right. Lightly toned VF.
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Dalisandus (AD 244-249) AE 29 - Philip I856 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE29 (20.46g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust R / Hercules standing facing, head right, holding apples, club, and lion's skin. VF, dark brown patina with some green and brown encrustation, nice flan. Scarce mint.
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Pergamon (AD 177-192) AE 42 - Commodus856 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE42 - Medallion (61.25g, 6h). Homonoia with Ephesus. P. Aelius Pius, strategus. Laureate and draped bust right / Pergamus, holding statue of Asclepius and scepter, standing right, vis-à-vis Androclus, holding statue of Artemis Ephesia and scepter, standing left; lighted and garlanded altar between. Good VF, blue-black and red patina, light smoothing in fields.
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Apameia (AD 218-222) AE - Elagabalus856 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE (4.01g). Laureate head right/ C.I.C.A (=Colonia Iulia Concordia Apamea) /D.D. Brown patina. Very fine.
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Magnesia ad Sipylos (AD 17-37) AE 16 - Livia856 viewsLivia, after 17 AD. AE16 (3.91g, 12h). ΘЄON CYNKΛHTON, draped bust of Senate right / CЄBACTHN MAΓNHTЄC AΠO C, draped bust of Livia right. A bit rough, very fine.
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Smyrna (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm855 viewsca 160-150 BC. AR Stephanephoric Tetradrachm (16.71g, 36mm). Head of Tyche right, wearing mural crown, hair rolled up in chignon at the back of the head / ZΜΥΡ−ΝΑΙΩΝ, monogram below; all within wreath. Rare. Excellent style. Very large flan. EF.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/24855 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.6g, 8mm). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of lion right / Incuse square punch. Good VF. Very rare.
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Larisa Phrikonis (BC 400-300) AE 11854 viewsca 4th century BC. AE11 (1.14g) Horned facing female head, turned slightly right, wearing necklace / ΛΑ, bull's head right. Near EF, black patina, some light encrustation. Rare.
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Apollonis (BC 200-0) AE 19854 views2nd-1st century BC. AE19 (5.96g). Macedonian shield with central star / ΑΠΟΛΛΩ-ΝΙΔΕΩΝ, club in dotted circle. Fine green patina, EF. Very rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Kyme (AD 54-68) AE 15 - Nero & Diva Agrippina Jr854 viewsDiefied Nero and Agrippina Jr., ca 54-59 AD. AE15 (4.30g). ΘEON NEPΩNA KYMAIΩN, Young laureate head of Nero right / ΘЄAN AΓPIΠΠINAN, veiled head of Agrippina Jr. right. Good Fine, brown patina.
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Kyme (AD 54-68) AE 19 - Nero854 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE19 (4.48g, 1h), struck circa 63-68 AD. Laureate head right / Horse prancing right. VF, brown surfaces with some green encrustation. Ex Alighieri Coll.
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Alexandreia (AD 200-300) AE 21854 viewsQuasi-autonomous, ca 198-268 AD. AE21 (4.80g). CO - L TROA, draped bust of city-goddess (Tyche) right, wearing mural-crown; behind vexillum inscribed with CI/V / COL - AVG, horse grazing right, TRO in exergue. About VF, dark green patina. Hoeft coll.
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Issos (BC 333-323) Stater - Alexander III853 viewsTime of Alexander III, 333-323 BC. AR Stater (10.92g). Draped bust of Athena facing slightly left, wearing triple-crested helmet and necklace; crested Corinthian helmet and grape cluster to left, T to right / Baaltars seated left, holding lotus-tipped scepter in right hand; grain ear and grape-bunch in left field, I under throne, small anullet above rung. Nice EF.
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Erythrai (BC 360-342) Tetradrachm853 viewsca 360-342 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 15.02g). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / EPY, club and bow in quiver; owl on left, monogram on right, ΠΕΛΟΠΙΔΗΣ (magistrate). Good VF, toned. Very Rare.

Ex Walter Niggeler Coll. (Bank Leu/Münzen und Medaillen, 12/1965), lot 380; Münzen und Medaillen Auktion XIX (6/1959), lot 484; Adolph Cahn Auction 80 (2/1933), lot 339; Hamburger Auction VI (6/1930), lot 329.
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Lampsakos (BC 440-390) Trihemiobol853 views4th century BC. AR Diobol (1.32g). Janiform female head, dolphin below / ΛΑΜΨ, helmeted head of Athena right within incuse square. VF.
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Antandros (BC 400-380) Pentobol?852 viewsca 400 BC. AR Pentobol (?) (3.03g, 15mm, 11h). Head of Artemis Astyrene right / Goat walking right, ANTA-N, in incuse square. Rare. Fine style, VF-aEF.
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Sinope (BC 85-65) AE 31852 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE31 (18.41g). Head of Athena right in helmet decorated with pegasos / Perseus standing, facing, holding harpa and head of Medusa, whose decapitated body lies at his feet. Good VF, orange-brown patina.
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Nikomedeia (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian851 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.75g, 6h), struck after 128 AD. Laureate head right / COM BIT, S P Q P (sic) across fields, octastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, ROM AVG across frieze, shield in pediment, dot between fourth and fifth columns. Good VF. Exceptional.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/6 Stater851 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.42g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Double incuse punch. VF. Struck from the same punches as the following two lots.
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Antandros (BC 440-400) Drachm851 views5th century BC (465-450?). AR Drachm (3.86g). Head of Artemis Astyrene right / Goat standing right, ANTA/N, in incuse square. Darkly toned, gVF. Scarce.
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Mallos (BC 425-385) Obol851 viewsca 440-390 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.71 g, 10h). Turtle / Head of female(?) facing; M-AP flanking neck; all within incuse square. EF, toned, light porosity, small die flaw on reverse. Extremely rare.
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Kaisareia (AD 14-37) Drachm - Tiberius & Drusus 851 viewsTiberius, with Drusus Caesar, 14-37 AD. AR Drachm (3.79g, 18mm, 12h). Struck 33-34 AD. TI • CAES • AVG I M (TR) P XXXV, laureate head of Tiberius right / [DRVSVS • C]AES • TI • AVG • F • COS • II • R • P , bare head of Drusus left. Near EF, toned. Rare.
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Kindya (BC 510-490) Tetrobol850 viewsca 510-490 BC. AR Samian Tetrobol (2.06g). Head of Ketos left / Incuse geometric pattern. Superb EF.
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Sardeis (AD 14-37) AE 18 - Tiberius850 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE18 (5.16g, 12h). Julius Kleon and Memnon, magistrates. ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑ−ΡΕΩΝ ΣΑ−ΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, Tiberius standing facing left, raising up a kneeling Tyche of Sardis / [ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ ΙΟΥ]ΛΙΟΣ ΚΛΕΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΜΝΩΝ, Livia as Demeter seated right, holding sceptre and grain ears. Good VF, black patina with earthen encrustation, light scratches.
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Pergamon (AD 193-211) AE 43 - Septimius Severus & Julia Domna850 viewsSeptimius Severus and Julia Domna. AE43 - Medallion (52.68g), Magistrate Klaudianos Terpandros. Busts of Septimius Severus; laureate and draped and Julia Domna, draped, facing each other; in between oblong countermark, laureate bust of Caracalla right / Statue of emperor on base with patera and scepter; below, Victimarius killing sacrificial bull. Very rare. Brown patina, very fine.
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B96850 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Laureate head of Zeus right. Rv: Forepart of attacking serpent to right within linear square. Bold style. Extremely fine.
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(BC 62-40) Deiotaros - AE 19850 viewsDeiotaros, ca 62-40 BC. AE19 (7.18g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; monogram to left. VF, attractive dark green-brown surfaces. Very rare.
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Ilion (BC 188-133) Tetradrachm849 viewsca 188-133 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.98g). Kleonos Ioilos, "magistrate." Head of Athena right, wearing a laureate, crested helmet / ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΙΛΙΑΔΟΣ, Athena Ilias standing right, wearing polos and chiton, holding distaff and filleted spear; owl at her feet right, winged caduceus behind; ΚΛΕ−ΩΝΟΣ across field, ΙΩΙΛΟΥ in exergue. Lightly toned VF, light porosity. Very rare.
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Parion (BC 400-300) Hemidrachm849 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.63g, 12h). Gorgoneion facing, surrounded by aegis / Bull standing left, head turned back; star below. Attractively toned. Extremely fine. Ex Aufhauser 10 (10/1993), 107.
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Barata (AD 161-169) AE 23 - Lucius Verus849 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE23 (7.96g). Laureate head right / BAPATEWN KOI ΛYKAONIAC, Marcus Aurelius, holding sceptre, standing right, clasping hands with Lucius Verus standing left; altar between. Near VF, brown patina with earthen highlights. Drewry Coll.; Ex Lindgren Coll.
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Pergamon (AD 193-211) AE 44 - Septimius Severus & Julia Domna849 viewsSeptimius Severus, with Julia Domna, 193-211 AD. AE44 - Medallion (43.73g, 6h). Claudianus Terpander, strategus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus right, seen form behind, and draped bust of Julia left, vis-à-vis; c/m: laureate head of Caracalla right within in incuse oval / Herakles standing right, wrestling the Cerynean Hind; KΛ-AVΔIANOV TEPΠA/NDPOV in legend. VF, blue-black patina, cut on obverse.

As the cut goes through the portrait of Caracalla, this mark is quite probably an example of damnatio memoriae.
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