Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Klazomenai (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus650 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (4.39g). KΛAZOM - KTISTHS, laureate head of Augustus right / ΘEA - ΛIBIA, head of Livia right. Rare, about VF. Hoeft coll. Pergamon (BC 200-30) AE 14650 views2nd-1st century BC. AE14 (2.02g). Head of Athena in Attic helmet right / Owl standing facing on ground line, wings closed; all within olive wreath. Very fine. Ephesos (AD 0-100) AE 20650 views2nd century AD. AE20 - Tessera (5.25g). E - Φ / CKWΠΙ, stag crouching left, head right / ΠPOC ΠAΛYPIN KHPIΛIC WΔE, bee. gVF. Aspendos (BC 370-330) Stater649 viewsca 370-333 BC. AR Stater (10.90g). Two nude wrestlers grappling, arms locked, LΦ between / Slinger advancing right, about to discharge sling; triskeles to right, ΕΣΤFΕΔΙΙYΣ to left, within dotted square. Good very fine. Adana (AD 251-253) AE - Trebonianus Gallus649 viewsTrebonianus Gallus, 251-253 AD. AE (17.90g). AUT K G OUIB TRIBWN GALLOS SEB, cuirassed, radiate and draped bust right / ADRIANWN ADANEWN, Dionysos seated holding scepter rewarding resting athlete with wreath. Brown patina very fine. Kolophon (BC 300-200) AE 13649 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AE13 (1.33g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of springing horse right; KO above, ΛΩΣΙΘΕΟΣ (magistrate) around. Dark green patina, EF. Gutknecht coll. Aizanis (AD 37-41) AE 15 – Caligula & Agrippina Sn649 viewsCaligula, with Agrippina Senior, 37-41 AD. AE15 (3.49g, 12h). Lollios Klassikos, magistrate. Laureate head of Gaius (Caligula) right; star behind / Draped bust of Agrippina Senior right. VF, green patina. Ex Alighieri Coll. Alexandreia (BC 300) AE 21649 viewsca 300 BC. AE21 (8.91g) Laureate head of Apollo right / horse grazing right, ΑΛΕΞΑΝ-ΔΡΕΩΝ above and below, ΙΣ monogram and corn grain below. Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/3 Stater649 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Trite - 1/3 Stater (4.63g). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame / Two square punches containing geometric and stellate designs. Good VF, a little die rust. Very rare. Abydos (BC 480-450) Drachm 649 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Drachm (5.16g, 9h). ΑΒΥΔ-ΗΝΟΝ (Ns retrograde), eagle standing left / Facing gorgoneion; A-B above; all within incuse square. Good VF, dark iridescent toning. Very rare type, second known of variety with A-B on reverse. Herman Coll.; ex Lanz 36 (4/1986), lot 333, and Gorny Auc. 122 (3/2003), lot 1382. (BC 169-150) Mithradates IV - Tetradrachm649 viewsMithradates IV, ca 170/169-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.99g), struck ca 169-150 BC. Diademed and draped busts of Mithradates IV and Laodice right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] / ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ - ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ / ΛΑΟΔΙΚΗΣ / ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΩΝ, Zeus, with thunder­bolt, and Hera standing facing side by side, both holding scepter. Extremely rare. An issue of great fascination with two pleasant Hellenistic portraits, surface somewhat porous, otherwise gVF. Ex NAC sale 2 (1990), lot 173. From the Jameson and Salvesen collections. Mithradates IV Philopator succeeded his brother, Pharnakes I, as king of Pontus and took great pains to undo the damage to the Pontic kingdom caused by Pharnakes’s conflicts with the neighboring Bithynian and Attalid kingdoms. He supported Attalos II against Prousias II of Bithynia in 154 BC, which also made him a friend of Rome. The friendly relationship that he established with the Romans remained firm until it was shattered irreparably by Mithradates VI Eupator and the Asiatic Vespers of 89/8 BC. Although little else is known about the reign of Mithradates IV, his coins reveal much about the king’s desire to present himself as a Hellenistic monarch equal to the Antigonid, Seleucid, and Ptolemaic kings who could trace their bloodlines back to the generals of Alexander the Great. Despite his Iranian ancestry and possession of a backwater kingdom on the Black Sea, this tetradrachm firmly places him in the tradition of Hellenistic royal superpowers. He wears the diadem, the universal symbol of Hellenistic kingship, and is jugate with the head of his wife, Laodice, who also happened to be his sister. The royal jugate portrait was first pioneered by Ptolemy II Philadelphos for gold coins celebrating the deification of his father and mother as well as of himself and his own sister-wife, Arsinoe II. While marriage between brother and sister had a long tradition among the pharaohs and therefore Ptolemy II and Arsinoe II could be seen as continuing the native Egyptian custom, it was not acceptable in mainstream Greek culture. In an attempt to make his brother-sister marriage more palatable to Greeks, the apologists of Ptolemy II appealed to his divinity, pointing out that Zeus and Hera were also brother and sister. The reverse type of this tetradrachm also seems to make the same argument, depicting the full-length figures of Zeus and Hera as a parallel for the portraits of the king and Laodice on the obverse. The type was presumably aimed at a Greek audience (outside of Pontus?) since brother-sister marriages were not unknown among ancient Iranian elites and would not have required any special explanation - and certainly not one appealing to Greek gods - to the native Iranian population of Pontus. In addition to the aspiration to royal greatness in the footsteps of the Ptolemaic kings expressed by this coin, the treatment of the portraits is remarkable. Unlike the frequent tendency towards idealization in Hellenistic royal coin portraits, the portraits of Mithradates VI and Laodice approach a style that seems to underline the non-Greek ethnicity of the Pontic king and queen. The un-Greek character of the royal portraits are at odds with the other features of the coin that virtually scream Greek royal culture following the Ptolemaic model. As such, this coin brilliantly encapsulates the spirit of the Hellenistic Age, in which many non-Greeks sought to elevate themselves through the adoption of Greek cultural elements. (BC 37-25) Amyntas - AE 21648 viewsAmyntas, 36-25 BC. AE21 (11h). Head of bearded Herakles right, club over shoulder / Lion walking right; ΒΑΣΙΛΕ-ΩΣ above, ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ in exergue. Sinope (BC 120-100) AE 16648 viewsca 120-100 BC. AE16 (4.23g). Head of Nike with wings right / ΣΙΝΩ−ΠΗΣ, quiver. EF, grayish green patina. Laranda (BC 324-323) Obol647 viewsca 324-323 BC, time of satrapal campaign of Balacros and Perdiccas against Laranda. AR Obol (0.60g). Jugate diademed and bearded male heads right / Forepart of wolf right; ΛΑΡ[ΑΝ] above, monogram to left, star to right. About very fine, very rare. Alabanda (BC 168) AE 22647 viewsAfter 168 BC. AE22 (4.77g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΑΛΑΒΑΝ-ΔΕΩΝ, lyre; A above. Good VF, olive green patina. Iuliopolis (AD 198-209) AE 26 - Geta647 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE26 (11.54g). Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust R, seen from behind / Tyche, holding rudder and cornucopia, within tetrastyle temple; wreath on pediment. VF, green patina, fields smoothed. Nikaia (AD 180-192) AE 28 - Commodus647 viewsCommodus, 180-192 AD. AE28 (10.71g, 1h). Bust right / Three athletes drawing competition lots from an urn. Rare. Thyateira (AD 177-192) AE 43 - Commodus647 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE43 - Medallion (49.61g, 6h). T. Aurelius Barbarus, strategus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; c/m: laureate and draped bust right within oval incuse / Hephaestus seated left on wreathed cippus, putting finishing touches with hammer on a Corinthian helmet set on low column, while Athena, standing left, holding spear and shield, touches top of column; ΕΠΙ CΤPΑ ΤΙΤ−ΟV ΑVP−ΗΛΙΟV ΒΑPΒΑPΟ in legend. Fine, black olive and brick-red patina with lighter gray-green overtones. Rare and attractive mythological type. As related by Homer (Iliad 18), Achilles' armor was lost when, still sulking in his tent, he allowed his companion Patroclus to wear it while he spurred the Greeks into a battle on the plains below Troy. Overconfident, Patroclus met Hector in single combat. Mistaking Patroclus for Achilles, the Trojan hero Hector brutally killed him and dragged off Patroclus' still-armored corpse as a war prize. Achilles' mother, the sea nymph Thetis, persuaded the god Hephaestus to construct a new set of armor, among which a highly decorated shield was included. Elaia (BC 340-300) AE 16647 viewsca 340-300 BC. AE16 (3.81g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / E-Λ, corn grain in olive wreath, AP monogram below. Dark olive-green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Eirenopolis (AD 69-81) AE 17 - Domitian647 viewsDomitian, as Caesar, 69-81 AD. AE17 (3.86g, 12h), dated CY 42 (93/4 AD). Laureate head of Domitian right / Laureate head of Asclepius right. VF, green patina, earthen deposits, cleaning scratches. Unique, the only example cited in RPC. Ex. Wagner Coll. Sinope (AD 69-81) AE - Domitian647 viewsDomitian, as Caesar, 69-81 AD. AE Assarion (5.80g), dated CY 118 (72/3 AD). Laureate head right / Female figure standing facing, head right, leaning on cippus and holding cornucopia; date in legend. VF, brown surfaces, minor roughness on obverse. Ex. Wagner Coll. Sinope (BC 330-250) Drachm647 viewsca 330-300 BC. Female head left, wearing ampyx and sphendone, triple pendant earring, and pearl necklace / ΣΙΝΩ, sea eagle with spread wings alighting left on dolphin left, ΑΓΡΕΩ (magistrate) under wing. Beautiful mint state. Displayed at Cincinnati Art Museum, 1994-2008, no. 84; acquired from Baldwin's, 8/1970. Laranda (BC 324-323) Obol647 viewsca 324/3 BC. AR Obol (0.67g, 11mm, 1h). Jugate diademed male heads right / Forepart of wolf right; monogram to left, star to right. Good VF, lightly toned. Very rare. Eikonion (BC 100-0) AE 15646 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE15 (3.86g, 6h). Head Zeus laureate right / EIKO, Perseus standing facing, holding lyre and head Medusa. About very fine. Nikomedeia (AD 222-235) AE 22 - Severus Alexander646 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE22 (5.31g, 7h). M AVP CE AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟC AVΓ, laureate head R / NI-KO, MH (ligate)- ΔE/Ω-N across fields, TPIC NEΩN, in exergue, octastyle temple set on two-tiered base. Good VF, dark brown patina. Rare. Nikaia (AD 69-79) AE 21 - Vespasian646 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE21 (6.85g). Laureate bust right / Panther seated left, paw on cantharus. Rare. VF. Kyme (BC 320-250) AE 14646 viewsca 350-250 BC. AE14 (2.33g). Eagle standing right, ΠΕΔΙΥΣ (magistrate) to left / K-Y, vase; ΣΣ in exergue. Very fine. Lebedos (BC 300-100) AE 12646 viewsca 3rd-2nd cent BC. AE12 (1.97g). Head of Athena facing, wearing three-crested Attic helmet / Prow of galley left, ΛΕ above. Dark green patina, VF. Very rare. Joy coll. (BC 62-40) Deiotaros - AE 16646 viewsDeiotaros, ca 62-40 BC. AE16 (5.08g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Large monogram and shield. VF, dark green patina under some earthen encrustation. Akrasos (AD 238-244) AE 39 - Gordian III646 viewsGordian III. AD 238-244. AE39 - Medallion (29.63g, 6h). Aurelios Anenkletos Zosimos, strategos. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Lighted altar before pentastyle temple of Artemis viewed in perspective; cypress tree in background. Fine, green and brown patina. Ex Lanz 92 (6/1998), lot 1003. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater646 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.66g, 10mm). Prow of galley left terminating in forepart of winged hound or wolf; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Very rare. Carr coll.1 comments Plakia (BC 350) AE 11645 viewsca 350 BC. AE11 (1.24g) Head of Kybele right, wearing turreted headdress / Lion right, devouring prey, ΠΛΑΚΙA above, ear of corn below. Skepsis (BC 350-300) AE 9645 viewsca 4th century BC. AE9 (0.74g, 7h). Forepart of Pegasos right / Fir-tree with six branches; all within linear square. Green-brown patina, EF. Apameia (AD 117-138) AE 20 - Hadrian645 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE20 (5.44g). Laureate bust right, aegis tied at shoulder / The river god Marsyas reclining left, holding aloft rhyton and double flute, resting on rocky outcrop with amphora from which water flows; five chests placed on the height above. Good VF, brown patina. Miletos (BC 530-500) 1/8 Stater645 viewsca 530-500 BC. AR 1/8 Stater (1.62g). Facing lion's head / Incuse square with segmented border, floral pattern in center. VF. Rare. Sardeis (BC 133) AE 23645 viewsafter 133 BC. AE23 (6.90g). Turreted, veiled bust of City-goddess right / bearded Zeus Lydios standing frontal in himation, head left; holding scepter in left hand, eagle in outstretched right; monogram to left, ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ to right. Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Tralleis (BC 200-0) AE 18645 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE18 (5.46g). Head of laureate Apollo right / ΤPΑΛΛΙ-ΑΝΩΝ, tripod, all within laurel wreath. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Akrasos (AD 222-235) AE 31 - Julia Mamaea645 viewsJulia Mamaea, Augusta, 222-235 AD. AE31 (14.20g, 12h). Aurelius Philodemus, strategus for the second time. IOVΛIA MΛ MЄA CЄBA, draped bust right, wearing stephane / Artemis in biga right, drawn by stags, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow; ЄΠΙ CT AVP ΦIΛΟΔHÎœO V • B in legend. VF, green patina with dusty green overtones. Unknown type for Mamaea from this rare city. Alighieri coll. Phygela (BC 350-300) AE 11644 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE11 (1.80g). Head of Artemis Munychia right / Bull butting right, ΦΥ above. VF, a bit rough, nice dark brown patina. Kaunos (BC 470) Triobol644 viewsca 470 BC. AR Triobol (2.89g, 6h). Nude winged male running left, knees bent, thunderbolt (?) in R hand, monogram to left / Lion walking left on dotted ground line, head turned back, paw raised; between lip and tail point monogram (Carian letter?); all in dotted circle within incuse circle. Very rare. Light toning, aEF. Karia Uncertain (BC 400-340) Hemiobol644 viewsca 400-340 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.39g). Lion's head turned left, in linear circle / Head and neck of bull left, Carian letters. Very rare. Tarsos (BC 425-400) Stater - Syennesis III644 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.64g). Persian Satrap on horseback galloping right / Naked hoplite kneeling right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, holding spear in right hand, large round shield in left; corn ear to left, fly to right, stragalos below, within dotted incuse square. Toned, good VF. Ex KPM 26 (1984), lot 94. Nesos (BC 350-300) AE 9644 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE9 (0.72g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΝΑΣ[Ι], panther crouching left, head reverted, astragalos below. VF, green patina. (BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 18644 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AE18 (5.95g). Laureate head Apollo right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, kithara. Dark green patina, EF. Kolophon (BC 320-294) AE 18644 viewsca 320-294 BC. AE18 (5.08g, 11h). Aelianas, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Horseman riding right, holding lance; lyre behind; AHΛΙΑΝΑ[Σ]. aVF, dark green patina, deposits, minor roughness. Wagner Coll. Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 22644 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE22 (7.68g). Bust of Amazon right, wearing wolf's scalp / Nike walking right, holding wreath in right hand, palm over left shoulder, in left field star over crescent. VF. Aigai (AD 41-54) AE 19 - Claudius644 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE19 (5.73g), ca 43-48 AD. TI KΛAYΔIOC KAICAP CEBACTOC, laureate head right / ЄΠI AΠOΛΛOΔOPOY ΠO YIOY XAΛЄOY TO B; AIΓAЄΩN in field; Apollo standing right, holding taenia and laurel branch. VF. Rare. The full name would seem to be "Apollodoros, son of Poplios (or of the city), son of Chaleos." Methymna (BC 520-460) Hemiobol644 viewsMethymna(?). ca 550/30-450/40 BC. AR Tritartemorion (6mm, 0.24g). Facing head of Silenos / Incuse square. VF, toned. Rare. Kaisareia (AD 81-96) Didrachm - Domitian644 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AR Didrachm (21mm, 7.25g, 6h). Dated RY 13 (93/4 AD). Laureate head right / Mt. Argaeus surmounted by statue; ЄTO IΓ (date) across field. Near EF, toned, minor lamination flaw on obverse at back of head. Group CEM. Ex Sternberg X (11/1980), lot 329; Sydenham Coll. (Hess Luzern, 4/1936), lot 61. Memnon (BC 350-340) AE 13643 viewsMemnon, Satrap in Ionia, ca 350-340 BC. Ephesos? AE13 (2.15g). Persian king kneeling right, holding bow and spear, BA behind; countermark: star / Incuse relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos(?). Nice VF, glossy brown patina, possibly overstruck. Very rare. Ilion (BC 281-228) AE 10643 viewsca 301-281 BC. AE10 (0.95g, 12h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Athena Ilias advancing left, holding distaff and spear; anchor to left, ΙΛΙ to right. Good VF, dark jade green patina, small mark on cheek. (BC 37-25) Amyntas - AE 18643 viewsAmyntas, 36-25 BC. AE18 (4.09g). Head of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / ΒΑΣΙΛΕ-ΩΣ above, [ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ] in exergue, stag standing right. Near EF, mottled glossy green patina. Mallos (BC 380-333) Stater643 viewsca 385-333 BC. AR Stater (9.70g, 23mm). Athena seated left, holding spear, resting elbow on shield; trunk of olive tree behind / Hermes standing facing, holding caduceus; Aphrodite standing left, resting elbow on short column and placing hand on Hermes' shoulder. VF, toned, porous. Rare. Magnesia (BC 350-325) Drachm643 viewsca 350-325 BC. AR Drachm (3.10g, 10h) Horseman riding right, wearing helmet, chlamys and cuirass, and holding a spear in his right hand / Bull butting to right; ear of barley to right. Extremely rare. Beautifully toned. Extremely fine. From the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, II, Sotheby & Co. Zurich, 4 April 1973, 568, J. Ward and the Earl of Ashburnham, SWH 6 May 1896, 183. While Magnesia struck a wide variety of denominations in its horseman/bull series, Rhodian weight drachms seem to be inordinately rare: only ten are known, all of different magistrates. Sardeis (AD 80-100) AE 29643 viewsAutonomous, ca 80-100 AD. AE29 (8.80g). Draped youthful bust of the personification of the Senate right / Demeter standing left, holding grain ears, poppy, and sceptre. EF, emerald green patina, adjustment marks along edge. Halikarnassos (BC 150-50) AE643 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE (4.14g). Head of Poseidon right / Trident; ΑΛΙΚΑ to left, ΜΕΛΑ (magistrate) to right. Green patina, EF. Miletos (BC 260-220) AE 16643 viewsca 260-220 BC. AE16 (4.22g). Laureate, three-quarter facing head of Apollo; head turned slightly left / Lion standing right, head reverted; two stars above, monograms before, ...NTHN... in exergue. VF, dark green and black patina. Herman Coll. Bageis (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla643 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE27 (13.03g). Gaios Asklionos, magistrate. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Tyche of Bagis standing left, holding two grain-ears, rudder and cornucopiae. VF, brown patina. Mytilene (BC 400-350) AE 8643 viewsca 400-350 BC. AE8 (0.62g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of bull right, MY above. aVF. Rare. Joy coll. Ephesos (AD 81-96) AE 23 - Domitian643 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE23 (9.54g, 12h). Laureate head right / River-god Marnas reclining left, holding reed. Near VF, green patina, light deposits, surfaces a little pitted. Ex Alighieri Coll. Alexandreia (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla643 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE23 (6.99g). AV CEV A - NTONIN, laureate head right / CO - L - A, horse grazing right; behind herdsman Ordes standing right, bending forward, holding pedum over shoulder; tree with leafed twigs to left; VG TR in exergue. About VF. Hoeft coll. Kyme (BC 320-250) AE 17643 viewsca 320-250 BC. AE17 (3.72g). Eagle standing right, ΑΡΚΕCΙΛΑΟC (magistrate) to left / K-Y, one-handled vase. gVF. Maionia (AD 117-138) AE 17643 viewsTime of Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AE17 (3.8g). ΜΑΙΟΝΩΝ, laureate bust of Senate right / ΕΠΙ CEIΛΩΠΟC, Zeus standing left. Very fine.1 comments Xanthos (BC 167-81) Drachm643 viewsca 100-50 BC. AR Drachm (2.37g). Laureate head of Apollo right / City initials Ξ-Α on either side of kithara, ΛVKIΩΝ above; all within shallow incuse square. EF. (AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm RY20643 viewsPolemo II, with Nero. 37/8-41 AD. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.66g, 6h). Dated RY 20 (57/8 AD). Diademed head of Polemo right / Laureate head of Nero right; date in legend. VF. (BC 500-300) Lead weight - hemihekte643 viewsca 500 BC. Hemihekte lead weight (1.31g, 13.3x8.6mm). Head of Silenos facing / Incuse scallop shell. gVF. Carr coll. This lead piece appears to be a coin weight for an electrum hemihekte of Phocaic standard. The facing head of Silenos types are commonly found on coins from Sicily, Macedonia, Lesbos, Mysia and Ionia. The scallop shell, while a common type for Italy and Sicily, was used as a control symbol across the Greek world. The weight is appropriate for an electrum hemihekte of standard and type struck in Asia Minor. This appears to be the first recorded specimen, but is consistent with those anticipated by Lang and Crosby, “The Athenian Agora - Volume X: Weights, Measures and Tokens” (1964). Karia Uncertain (BC 440) Diobol642 viewsca 440 BC. AR Diobol (1.29g). Forepart of lion with open mouth right / Laureate head of young male left, Carian inscription (name of Dynast?) to left, letter to right, in incuse square. Very rare, cleaned surface, very fine. Adana (AD 253-260) AE - Valerian I642 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE (16.66g). Bust right / Zeus enthroned, holding phiale and scepter. Light brown patina, VF. Sinope (BC 410-375) Trihemiobol642 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.37g). Head of Nymph Sinope facing slightly left / [ΣΙ]-ΝΩ, sea eagle standing facing, wings spread, head turned left. VF. Kos (BC 300-190) Didrachm642 viewsca 300-190 BC. AR Didrachm (6.56g), Mikon, magistrate. Head of Herakles wearing lion skin facing, turned slightly right / ΚΩΙΟΝ / ΜΙΚΩΝ, crab, club below; within dotted square. VF. Adana (AD 253-260) AE 29 - Valerian I642 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE29 (10.67g). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Zeus seated left, holding phiale and sceptre. Near VF, green patina, a little rough. Chios (BC 431-412) Drachm642 views5th century BC. AR Drachm (3.61g). Chian standard. Sphinx seated left; to left, grape bunch above amphora; all on convex circle / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Well centered on exceptional metal for issue. Tabai (BC 27-AD 14) Drachm - Augustus642 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AR Drachm (3.64g, 19mm, 12h). Laureate head right / Togate emperor seated left, with feet on footstool, holding Nike and scepter; NKP monogram to left. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare, only four examples cited in RPC. From Group CEM. Ex Leu 18 (5/1977), lot 201. 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. Methymna (BC 500-450) Stater641 viewsca 480 BC. AR Stater (8.21g). Boar standing right, head lowered / ΜΑΘVΜΝΑΙ-ΟΣ, helmeted head of Athena righ, dotted square border; all within an incuse square. VF, porous. Rare. Chios (BC 190-133) Drachm641 viewsca 2nd century BC. AR Drachm (4.11g). Leomedon, magistrate. Sphinx seated left; grapes before / Amphora; prow to left, ΛΕΩΜΕΔΩΝ to right; all within laurel wreath. VF, toned, small flan crack. Hardy Coll.; ex Ward Coll. - Metropolitan Museum of Art (Sotheby's, Zurich, 4/1973), lot 579. Antiocheia (AD 253-268) AE 32 - Gallienus641 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE32 (17.25g, 6h). Helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding shield and spear / AN[TIOXE]-WN, six-arched bridge with guard rails across the Maeander River; triple-bayed triumphal arch at one end; figure of Maeander River reclining left above guard rail. VF, black-brown patina, minor pitting on obverse. Rare. Flaviopolis (AD 79-81) AE 18 - Domitian641 viewsDomitian, 79-81 AD. AE18. Laureate portrait right / veiled Kronos right, harpe in front. Rare. EF. Selge (BC 200-0) Hemidrachm641 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AR Triobol (2.20g). Head of Herakles facing, club to left / ΣΕΛΓΕΩΝ, club, plant in pot, bucranium? in field to right. VF. Rare. Tralleis (BC 166-85) Cistophoric Drachm641 viewsca 166-85 BC. AR Cistophoric Drachm (3.03g, 12h), struck ca 140-135 BC. Lion's skin draped over club; all within ivy wreath / Grape bunch with leaves; star to upper right; to lower right, bust of Helios right above monogram. Good VF, toned, patches of horn silver. Rare denomination. Laranda (BC 400-330) Obol641 views4th cent BC. AR Obol (0.63g, 11mm). Facing bust of Herakles wearing lion skin over shoulder, large H to left / Forepart wolf right, star above. Very rare, very fine. Salamis (BC 411-373) Stater/Double Siglos - Evagoras I641 viewsEvagoras I, King of Salamis, 411-374/3 BC. AR Stater or Double Siglos (22mm, 10.04g, 6h), struck ca 390 BC. Head of bearded Herakles wearing lion skin right; Cypriot letters, 'Eu fa go ro' to right (mostly off the flan) / 'Ba si le fo se eu' (in combined Cypriot and Greek letters), goat seated right on dotted ground line; barley grain above. Toned, aEF. Very rare. Smyrna (BC 88-85) AE 24641 viewsMithradates VI, 120-63 BC. AE24 (15.11g). Ermogenes and Phrixos, magistrates. Struck ca 88-85 BC. Diademed head of Mithradates right / Nike walking right, holding wreath and palm. VF, green and brown patina, minor roughness. (BC 480) Uteves - Stater641 viewsUteves, Dynast, ca 480 BC. AR Stater (18mm, 8.41g). Forepart of a boar left / Diskeles with a small appendage protruding from side; all within an incuse square. Near VF, lightly porous. Sardeis (AD 211-217) AE 35 - Caracalla641 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AE35 - Medaillon (20.13g). Homonoia with Ephesos. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Îœ ΑΥΡ ΣΕΥ−Η ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΣ, laureate, draped and cuirssed bust right / ΣΑΡΔΙΣ / ΕΦΕΣΟΣ / ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ / ΕΠΙ ΑΝ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ / ΑΡΧΟΝΤ Α / ΤΟ Γ, Tyche of Sardeis with Kore and Tyche of Ephesos with cult staue of Artmis Ephesia. Very rare. Dark green patina. Extremely fine.1 comments Kaisareia (AD 161-180) Didrachm - Marcus Aurelius641 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AR Didrachm (6.77g, 21mm). AVTOKP ANTΩNEINOC CEB, bare head right, typical curled hair / VΠA - TOC Γ, Agalma of Mt. Argaios, star above summit. Scarce, VF, lightly toned. Hoeft coll. Kebren (BC 480-440) Diobol641 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Diobol (1.02g). Ram's head right / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned VF, minor porosity. Miletopolis (BC 400-300) AE 12641 viewsca 4th century BC. AE12 (1.30g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bull standing left, ΜΙΛΗ around. (BC 377-353) Maussollos - Hemiobol641 viewsMaussolos, Satrap, ca 377/6-353/2 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.38g, 7mm, 5h). Halikarnassos(?) mint. Forepart of roaring lion right, head left / Trident; MA to right. Good VF, faint porosity. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/24 Stater641 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.58g). Head of seal left / Incuse punch. Near VF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B84641 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g, 11mm). Head of nymph facing right, hair in sphendone / Amphora, two ivy leaves flanking; all within linear square border. VF. Rare. Nesos (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm641 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.75g). Laureate head of Apollo right / NACI, panther walking right, head turned back, palm-tree before, stalk of barley in exergue. gVF. Extremely rare. Tarsos (BC 378-372) Stater - Datames640 viewsDatames, Satrap, 378-372 BC. AR Stater (10.51g, 23mm, 10h). Baalters enthroned right, holding grape cluster and ear of wheat in left hand and eagle-tipped scepter in right, Aramaic writing ('Baaltars') behind, lion under throne; all within a crenellated border / Satrap enthroned right, examining arrow, quiver in lap, bow at feet, Ahura Mazda in field to right, Aramaic legend to left (Datames). Aspendos (BC 465-430) Obol640 viewsca 465-430 BC. AR Obol (1.09g). Amphora (or moon altar) / Triskeles in incuse square. Reverse die flaw, very fine. Alabanda (BC 166/5) Tetradrachm640 viewsafter 167 BC. AR Staphanephoric Tetradrachm (16.82g), dated 166 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right, hair falling down neck in large curls / ΑΛΑΒΑΝΔΕΩΝ, Pegasus flying right, B below (= year 2 of the local era). EF. Very rare. Kaisareia (AD 218-222) AE 26 - Elagabalus640 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE26 (11.83g) Radiated, draped and cuirassed bust left / Mount Argaeus on altar, ETR below. Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-211) AE 28 - Septimius Severus640 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE28 (11.85g). Laureate head right / Zeus standing left, holding scepter. Nice Fine, dark brown patina. Apparently unique and unpublished. Smyrna (BC 88-85) AE 27640 viewsunder Mithradates VI, Eupator, king of Pontos, 120-63 BC. AE27 (13.32g), struck 88-85 BC. Diademed head of Mithradates right / Nike standing right, wearing long chiron, holding palm branch in left hand, crowing Z(retrograde)ΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ with wreath in right hand, ΕΡΜΟΓΕΝΗΣ / ΦΡΙΞΟΣ (magistrate) to left. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Antiocheia (AD 238-244) AE 32 - Gordian III640 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE32 (23.83g). IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, cuirassed and draped right / COLONIA CAESAR ANTIOCHIA / SR / ANTIOC / COLONI. Dark green patina, gVF. Komama (BC 100-0) Hemidrachm640 views1st century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.95g, 12h). Diademed head of Artemis right; K behind / KOMA-MEΩN, long torch. Good VF, toned, a hint of porosity, minor flat strike on reverse. Extremely rare. This coin is from the only known silver coinage of Komama, of which only the von Aulock specimen is published (but not in his sylloge). Along with this issue of silver, an extensive series of bronze was struck during the 1st century BC, before the city came under Roman control. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 - 149