Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Ankyra (AD 161-169) AE - Lucius Verus608 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE (25.41g). ΑVΤ Κ ΑVP-ΗΛ ΟVΗPΩC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΑΝΚΥΡΑC, youth, chest bare, chlamys around waist, stepping onto prow of ship, reaching backwards with his right arm. Aigeai (AD 117-138) Hadrian - Tridrachm608 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Tridrachm (8.95g). Year ZOP=177=130/131 AD. AYTOKP KAICA TRAIANOC AΔPIANOC CEB ΠΠ, bust laureate right with bare chest, fold of cloak on left shoulder / ETOYΣ ZOP AIΓEAIΩN, diademed, draped bust of Asclepius right, serpent-staff before bust, small goat below. Kebren (BC 412-399) AE 9608 viewsca 399-350 BC. AE9mm (0.95g, 8h). Confronted ram’s heads / KE monogram. VF, green patina. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/24 Stater608 viewsca 625-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.66 g). Head of seal left / Incuse punch. VF. This coin may have been struck from Bodenstedt’s obverse die c used on the 1/12 staters. Leukai (BC 350) Obol608 viewsca 350-333 BC. AR Diobol (0.89g, 9mm, 3h), Leukai mint. Head left, wearing satrapal headdress / Swan standing left, head right. VF, find patina. Extremely rare, Winzer records only three examples. Aigai (AD 69-79) AE 18 - Titus & Domitian608 viewsTitus & Domitian, as Caesars, 69-79 AD and 69-81 AD. AE18 (4.94g, 12h). Apollonios, son of Nemeonikos, magistrate. Confronted heads of Titus right, laureate, and Domitian left, bareheaded / Isis standing facing, holding sistrum; countermark: X within square incuse. VF, green patina, earthen highlights. Howgego does not record this countermark for Aegae. It comes in two varieties, in a square incuse as on this coin, and in a circular incuse (e.g., CNG e277, lot 118) Alexandreia (BC 171­-65) Tetradrachm608 viewsca 171­-66/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34mm, 16.85g, 11h). Dated CY 173 (ca 128 BC). Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath / Apollo Smintheos standing right, holding phiale in right hand, bow and arrow in left; monogram to inner left, POΓ (date) to inner right; AΠOΛΛONOΣ ZMIΘEΩΣ at sides, AΛEΞANΔPEΩN/AΠOΛΛΩNIΔOY in two lines in exergue. Magnesia (BC 350-190) AE 16607 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AE16 (3.41g). Armed horseman prancing right, holding spear / Humped bull butting left, ΜΑΓΝ above, ΑΛΚΙΝΟΥΣ/IA (magistrate) in exergue, withing circular maeander pattern. good F. Magnesia (BC 350-320) Trihemiobol607 viewsca 350-320 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.76g, 12h). Lykomed[es], magistrate. Warrior holding lance on horseback right / Bull butting left on maeander pattern; ΛΥΚΟΜΗΔ in exergue. VF. Extremely rare denomination. Of the fourteen magistrates of the early Magnesian series, only Lykomedes is known to have struck trihemiobols, of which only the Weber coin is published (see Kinns, Magnesia, p. 137-8, n. 4). Mallos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 21 - Livia607 viewsLivia, wife of Augustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE21 (5.64g, 12h). Draped bust left / Cult statue of Athena Magarsis. Near VF, green patina, weak strike. Ephesos (BC 290-281) Octobol607 viewsEphesos (as Arsinoeia), ca 290-281 BC. AR Octobol (5.49g, 12h). Erxias, magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram and [E]RXIAS to left, bee to upper right. VF, minor porosity. Very rare, and this magistrate only published on the Kayhan diobol (and coin #4689). Tralleis (BC 200-0) AE 12607 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE12 (1.00g). ΤΡΑΛΛΙ/ΑΝΩΝ, humped bull butting right / ΤΡΑΛΛΙ/ΑΝΩΝ, humped bull butting left. Rare. Alexandreia (AD 180-192) AE 28 - Commodus607 viewsCommodus, 180-192 AD. AE28 (7.81g). AVT CAI(sic!) M AV COM - MODO AVG BA, laureate head right / COL AVG - TROAD, statue of Apollo Smintheus in himation standing facing on small cippus, quiver over right shoulder, holding bow in left hand and sacrificing from patera in right hand over flaming tripod. Very rare, VF/EF, brown-green patina. Probably unpublished. Hoeft coll. Antiocheia (BC 100-0) AE 18607 views1st century BC. AE18 (6.00g, 12h). Herilou(?), magistrate. Draped bust of Mên right, wearing Phrygian cap, resting on crescent; before, eagle’s head right / ANTIOX, Humped bull standing right, HPIΛOY, below. VF, green patina. Autokane (BC 400-300) AE 10607 views3rd century BC. AE10 (1.07g, 10h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Helmeted head of Athena right; AYTOK below. VF, black patina, reverse surfaces a little rough. Rare. Alighieri Coll. Magnesia (BC 300-200) AE 13607 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE13 (1.66g). Alkibiad(es), magistrate. Horseman charging right, holding spear, within dotted circular border / Humped bull butting left on ground line, ΜΑΓΝ above, ΑΛΚΙΒΙΑΔ below, all within circular Maeander pattern. Unpublished magistrate. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B67607 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.46g, 2h). Head of Zeus Ammon right / Female head right wearing stephane within incuse square. VF, lightly toned. Very rare, only 5 examples known to Bodenstedt, this die pairing unpublished. Ex CNG 61 (9/2002), lot 667. Tarsos (AD 117-138) Tridrachm - Hadrian607 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Tridrachm (9.04g, 26mm, 12h). Struck circa 117/8 AD. Laureate bust right, slight drapery; trace of cuirass visible / Lion, seen from behind, attacking bull kneeling left. VF, lightly toned, minor porosity, light flaw on obverse. From the Sierra Coll. Ex CNG E174 (10/2007), lot 143. (BC 450-420) Teththiveibi - Stater606 viewsTeththiveibi, Dynast, ca 450-420 BC. AR Stater (8.16g), uncertain mint. Two cocks facing one another on a round shield / Tetraskeles in dotted square. Toned, near EF, microscopic porosity. Samos (BC 522-520) Didrachm606 viewsca 520 BC. AR Didrachm (6.87g). Forepart of bull right / Head of roaring lion right, within incuse square. Toned EF, exceptional flan. Very rare, only 5 recorded specimens. Aspendos (BC 370-330) AE 22606 viewsca 370-333 BC. AE22 - "Tetradrachm" (9.50g). Two wrestlers grappling / Slinger in throwing stance right; triskeles to right. Apparently unpublished in bronze. Lightly rough, nice very fine. Ex Hirsch Auktion 217 (9/2001), lot 1578. Elaiousa-Sebaste (BC 100-0) AE 25606 views1st century BC. AE25 (14.67g, 12h). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right; ΘA to left / Nike advancing left; to outer left, monogram above ΥΛ above aphlaston. Good VF, dark green patina, areas of minor roughness. Salamis (BC 361-351) AE 16 - Evagoras II606 viewsEvagoras II, King of Salamis, 361-151 BC. AE16 (2.78g). Lion standing left, ram's head above / Horse walking left; star above, ankh symbol to left. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Aigeai (AD 41-54) AE 25 - Claudius606 viewsClaudius I, 41-54 AD. AE25 (10.50g, 12h). Laureate head right / AIΓE/AIΩN / CTPA in three lines across field; all within wreath. VF, dark green patina, minor porosity. Philadelphia (AD 198-217) AE 32 - Caracalla606 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE32 (22.17g, 6h). Homonoia with Laodicea ad Lycum. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FILADELFEI-WN KE (sic) L-AODIKEIW, N in right field, OMONOIA in exergue, EP/MIL/AB/APX in four lines across central field, Zeus Laodiceus standing left vis-à-vis Artemis standing facing, dead stag at side, and drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow. Apparently unique and unpublished. VF, black-brown patina. Drewry Coll. Tion (AD 81-96) AE 22 - Domitian606 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. Phygela (BC 300-250) AE 606 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE (2.53g). Draped bust of Artemis Munychia facing, turned slightly to left, wearing stephane / ΦΥΓ, bull butting left, palm to left, ΣΩKΡATHΣ (magistrate) below. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Ex Münzen and Medaillen AG, Basel - Lagerliste 529 (1990), 184. Bruzos (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla606 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE23 (7.27g). Îœ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PΟΥΦΙΝΟC ΑΝΤΩΝΙ ΒΡΟΥZΗΝΩΝ, holding two torches, riding right in biga of snakes. Extremely rare. Green patina, gVF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B85606 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10mm, 7h). Young male head right, horned, wearing taenia (Pan?) / Female head right, hair in sphendone. gVF. Kebren (BC 450) Obol606 viewsca 450 BC. AR Obol (0.61g, 7mm, 11h). Archaic head of Apollo left / Ram's head left within incuse square. Good VF, granular surfaces. Unpublished as obol. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/12 Stater606 viewsca 500­-450 BC. EL Hemihekte - Twelfth Stater (7mm, 1.35g). Forepart of Pegasos left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. (BC 400-380) Uncertain Dynast - Hemiobol605 viewsUncertain Dynast, ca 400-380 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.25g). Lion's head left / Bearded head left, wearing Persian tiara, within dotted circular border. Rare. Edge chip. Good very fine. Unpublished in major references. Bee on Lykia, Termessos Minor605 viewsLycia, Termessos Minor, 1st cent BC. AE20 (3.69g). Head of Apollo right; countermark: bee / [TER]MHS - SEWN, 5-string lyre. VF. Phokaia (BC 250-100) AE 17605 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE17 (4.73g). Head of Hermes left, wearing petasos / Griffin springing left, ΦΩΚΑΕΩΝ below. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.; ex Triton V (New York, 1/2002), lot 476. Mallos (BC 175-164) AE 15 - Antiochos IV605 viewsAntiochos IV Theos Epiphanes, 175-164 BC. AE18 (2.49g). Laureate and bearded bust (of Persian) right with spear over shoulder / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Nike advancing left holding wreath. Very rare. Very fine. Iuliopolis (AD 193-211) AE 26 - Septimius Severus605 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE26 (11.28g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus seated left, holding uncertain object and scepter. VF, brown patina. Wagner Coll. Smyrna (BC 27-14 AD) AE 19 - Augustus & Tiberius605 viewsAugustus, with Tiberius. 27 BC-14 AD. AE19 (3.32g, 12h). Bare heads of Augustus and Tiberius, vis-a-vis / Livia, as Aphrodite Stratonikis standing facing, leaning on cippus, holding scepter and Nike; to right, dove left; to left, monogram. VF, dark green patina, traces of olive and light green. Ex Prideaux Coll. of Augustus. Parion (AD 253) AE 21 - Cornelia Supera605 viewsCornelia Supera, Augusta, 253 AD. AE21 (4.46g, 6h). G • CORN • SVPERA AVG •, draped bust right, wearing stephane / C G I H PAR, Genius standing facing, head left, holding phiale in extended right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm; to left, lighted altar at feet. VF, black green patina with lighter green overtones. Extremely rare. Nakrasa (AD 100-200) AE 17605 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 100-200 AD. AE17 (1.98g). ΘEON - CVNKΛHTON, laureate head of youthful Senate right / NAKPA - CITΩN, head of Roma right. About VF. Hoeft coll. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B70605 viewsca 396 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Female head right with long hair, in square incuse with linear square border. A scarce type. Very fine/good fine Pergamon (AD 218-222) AE 43 - Elagabalus605 viewsElagabal, 218-222 AD. AE43 (44.74g). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Îœ ΑΥ-Ρ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟC, cuirassed and laureate bust right / ЄΠΙ CΤΡ ΤΙΒ ΚΛ ΑΛЄΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΙΒЄΟΔΟ ΠЄ-Ρ/Γ-ΑΜΗ-ΩΝ / ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝЄΟΚΟΡΩΝ, table with two price crowns next to a wreath inscribed, OΛY/MΠI/A. Very rare. Nice dark green patina, VF. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B19.1605 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 10mm, 12h). Facing head of grimacing Gorgon, tongue protruding (no small row of top teeth) / Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin headdress; truncation with two rows of dots, rectangular punch behind neck; the whole in incuse. EF. Carr coll. Obverse and reverse die unknown to Bodenstedt and no match with examples that have come to auction thus far. 34 examples known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the 60th example offered at electronic auction or sale. Spithradates (BC 334) AE 10604 viewsSpithridates, Satrap in Lydia and Ionia, ca 334 BC. AE10 (1.13g, 2h). Head of satrap right, wearing Persian headdress / Protome of horse right; monogram in upper left field. EF, black patina with trace of orange in obverse crevices. Miletos (AD 177-192) AE 32 - Commodus604 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE32 (17.55g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Legend in five lines within laurel wreath. VF, dark green patina, light roughness. The reverse marks the Didymeia and Kommodeia festivals and games, honoring the shrine of Apollo at Didyma and the elevation of Commodus to Augustus in 177 AD. Wagner Coll. Karia Uncertain (BC 500-480) Stater604 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Stater (10.82g). Lion's head left with foreleg below / Dipartite incuse square, parted diagonally. Struck from rusty dies. VF. Attributed to Issos in Kilikia in earlier times, the obverse type is clearly reminiscent of Karian coins (cf. SNG Kayhan 929-30). In fact, B. Head had pondered Knidos as the place of minting (Historia Numorum, 1st ed. 1886), p. 523 note). This is certainly wrong - both the standard and the fabric are different - but Karia is still likely to be the area of this issue. Philopator (BC 20-AD 17) AE 24604 viewsPhilopator, King of Cilicia, ca 20 BC-17 AD. AE24 (8.45g). Veiled and turreted bust of Tyche right; A on veil / Athena standing left, holding Nike and shield; monogram to right. EF, attractive dark olive green patina, some flatness of strike on the reverse. Freedman Coll. Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 19604 viewsca 380-360 BC. AE19 (5.41g, 12h). Bion, magistrate. Head of Athena Parthenos facing slightly right / Ram standing right; BIΩN above, pellet to right. Good VF, dark green patina. Well centered. Ephesos (BC 550-500) Drachm604 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Drachm (12mm, 3.37g). Bee / Rough incuse punch. VF, toned, very minor surface granularity. Whorton Coll.; ex Rauch Summer Auc. (9/2009), lot 222. Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/3604 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 1.07g). Bee with straight wings, E-Φ, within dotted circle / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned, light porosity. Teuthrania (BC 400) AE 10 - Prokles604 viewsca 400 BC. AE10 (0.92g). Prokles, Satrap of Teuthrania and Halisarna. Head of Apollo left / Head of satrap right, wearing bashlyk, TEY behind, monogram to right. VF. Elaia (AD 117-138) AE 15 - Hadrian603 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE15 (2.81g). Laureate bust Hadrian right / EΛAITΩΝ, calathos containing poppy-heads and corn-ears. Nice very fine. Tarsos (BC 333-323) Obol - Balakros603 viewsBalakros, Satrap of Tarsos, 333-323 BC. AR Obol (0.63g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet, in dotted circle / Shield in dotted circle. VF. Kolophon (BC 450-410) Tetartemorion603 viewsLate 5th cent BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.30g). Laureate head Apollo right / TE monogram, cicada to left. Choice Good VF. Sardeis (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian603 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.48g, 1h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right; countermark: IMP (ligate) VES AV(AV ligate) G in incuse / Cult statue of Kore standing facing; grain ears and poppy at feet. VF. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Mark Antony which bore the IMP VES AV countermark. Abydos (BC 480-450) Drachm603 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Drachm (5.16g). Eagle standing left, [ΑΒΥ]Δ-ΗΝΟΝ / Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue, A-B in top corners, within incuse square. Good dark toning, good VF. Very rare. Antandros (BC 400-350) AE 8603 viewsca 350 BC. AE8 (0.45g). Head of Artemis Astyrne right, thin band in hair / Head of lion right, ANTAN to right. Scarce mini-jewel with light green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Kos (BC 300-190) AE 12603 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE12 (1.83g). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Crab; K below. Good VF, choice dark green patina. Kolophon (AD 244-249) AE 35 - Philip I603 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE35 (18.55g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΕΠΕPCΤ ΑΥΡΙΑC ΧΡΙ ΟΝ C/ΟΓ ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ, Apollo Klarias seated left, holding laurel branch and lyre. VF, porous brown surfaces. Drewry Coll.; Ex Burstein Coll., Peus 366, (10/2000), lot 639. Tarsos (AD 193-217) Didrachme - Julia Domna603 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. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B52603 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.51g, 3h). Diademed youthful male head right / Wreathed bearded male head right within incuse square. Good VF, light scratch on obverse. Sillyon (BC 200-100) AE 14603 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE14 (2.20g). Helmeted head of Ares right / Male standing left, holding right arm up; thunderbolt to left, ΣΕΛΥΝΙΥΣ to right. VF. Rare. Adana (BC 164-27) AE 18603 views2nd-1st century BC. AE18 (3.74g). ΑΔΑΝΕWΝ, draped, laureate bust of Apollo right; branch in front / Artemis in short chiton standing right, holding bow in her outstretched left hand, pulling arrow with right hand from quiver on her back; stag at her side. Dark olive-green patina, VF. Rare. Righetti coll.; ex Levante coll.1 comments Kalchedon (BC 340-320) 1/2 Siglos603 viewsca 387-340 BC. AR Triobol (2.27g). Bull standing left on grain ear, ΚΑΛ above / Mill sail incuse. VF. Rare denomination. Herakleia Pontika (BC 400-350) Trihemiobol?603 views4th century BC. AR Obol (12mm, 1.12g, 9h). Bearded head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / Club. VF, toned, light porosity. Paphos (AD 19-23) AE 19 - Drusus603 viewsPaphos(?). Drusus, Caesar, 19-23 AD. AE19 (6.75g, 12h). Struck AD 22/3. Bare head right / Zeus Salaminios standing left before temple of Paphian Aphrodite. VF, black patina. Very rare. Tarsos (AD 235-238) AE 36 - Maximinus I603 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE36 (24.97g, 7h). AVT • K • Γ • IOV • OVH MAΞIMЄINOC Π-Π, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TAPC-OV MH-TPOΠO, A/M/K downward to right, ΓB in exergue, the Three Graces (Charites), the central figure seen from behind, embracing each other, those on ends holding flowers. VF, dark green patina. Abydos (BC 500-480) Hemiobol603 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.5g, 7mm). Forepart of eagle left / Quadripartite incuse square (windmill type). gVF. Abydos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 13 - Augustus603 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE13 (1.83g). CЄBACTOY, bare head right; crescent to right / ABY, lyre. VF. Pergamon (AD 193-211) AE 19 - Septimus Severus602 viewsSeptimus Severus, 193-211 AD. AE19 (3.90g). Laureate head right / ΠΕΡΓΑ − ΜΗΝΩΝ Β, Asklepios in Himation standing facing, head to left, holding snake-staff in right hand. Dark grey-green patina, small pit, VF. Pergamon (AD 255-259) AE 21 - Salonius602 viewsSalonius, Caesar under Valerian I and Gallienus, 255-259 AD. AE21 (5.73g). Draped cuirassed bust right / ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝ - ΩΝ. Γ. ΝΕΩ/ΚΟ - ΡΩΝ, Homonoia in long dress standing facing, head in kalathos to left, holding cornucopiae in left hand, patera in right. Dark green patina, EF. Rare. Herakleia Pontika (AD 98-117) AE 18 - Trajan602 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE18 (4.17g). Laureate head right / Turreted female advancing right, holding lance and shield. VF, brown patina. Ex Wagner Coll. Tisna (BC 350-300) AE 11602 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE11 (1.50g). Head of young horned Tisnaios / ΤΙΣ-ΝΑΙΟΝ, one-handled vase. Rare. Very fine. Perge (AD 253-268) AE 34 – Gallienus & Salonina602 viewsGallienus, with Salonina, 253-268 AD. AE34 - Decassarion (21.09g, 5h). Struck during the 260th or 261st Olympiad (261-268 AD). Diademed and draped bust of Salonina right, and radiate and draped bust of Gallienus left, vis-à-vis; I (mark of value) between / Prize crown with palm fronds set on table; crown inscribed OΛVM/ΠIA; table inscribed AVΓOVCTIA; ЄIC/AΓΩN in two lines below. VF, mottled red-brown patina. Rare. Ex Wagner Coll. From the inscription on the prize crown, this coin was struck to commemorate a victory achieved by athletes from Perge in a series of games. The question is to what games do the rev. inscriptions refer? The table inscription possibly cites the great Augusteian-Italian-Roman Games, instituted in 2 BC and held every four years (cf. P. Lond. III 1178, ll. 37-83). The prize crown inscription only seems to complicate the issue. Either it is meant to be taken in connection with the table inscription, and thus the whole may refer to the composite games known as the Augusteia Hadriana Olympia, games known elsewhere in Asia Minor, or the inscription may more likely refer specifically to the panhellenic Olympic Games, held at Olympia every four years since 776 BC. Myrina (BC 425-375) Obol602 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.47g). Diademed head of nymph facing / M-Y-P-I, head of goat right. aVF. Mueller Coll. Methymna (BC 400-360) Silenos - Obol602 viewsca 400 BC. AR Obol (0.37g). Facing head of bearded Silenos / Land turtle in circle incuse. Dark toning, VF. Very rare. Antandros (BC 440-400) Hemiobol602 viewslate 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.39g). Head of Artemis Astyrene right / A-N, lion scalp facing. Very rare. Toned very fine. Lystra (BC 27-AD 14) AE 19 – Augustus602 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE19 (4.78g). IMP AVG, laureate head right / CERERIC, Ceres enthroned to left with cornucopiae and ears of corn, altar to the left. Green patina. Very fine. Ilion (BC 188-133) Tetradrachm602 viewsca 188-133 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.00g). 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. Surface porosity. Very Fine. Very rare. From the Estate of C. Vermeule; ex CNG 66 (5/2004), lot 429. Kyzikos (BC 170-150) Tetradrachm 602 viewsca 170-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35mm, 17.04g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Draped bust of Kore right, wearing oak wreath / ΚΥZΙ - ΚΗΝΩΝ, torch; monograms above and below; all within laurel wreath. Good VF, gray toning with golden hues in the devices. Very rare, apparently unpublished with these monograms. Lipcer Coll. Temnos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Asinius Gallus 602 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (4.23g). Asinius Gallus, Procos. Struck ca 5 BC. ΑCΙΝΙΟC ΓΑΛΛΟC ΑΓΝΟC; bare head of Asinius Gallus right / ΑΠΟΛΛΑC ΦΑΙΝΙΟΥ ΤΑΜΝΙΤΑΝ; head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath. Rare. Dark green patina, EF. Righetti coll. Methymna (BC 520-460) Hemiobol602 viewsca 500/480-460 BC. AR Tritartemorion (5mm, 0.22g). Facing head of satyr / Incuse square punch. EF, lightly toned, minor porosity. The attribution of this type to Methymna is based on a similar, later issue with a bird and the legend MAΘ on the reverse (Gorny & Mosch 170, lot 1423). Kaisareia (AD 218-222) AE 35 - Elagabalus602 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE35 / Tetrassarion (28.05g, 12h). Dated RY 5 (222 AD). ΑΥ Κ Îœ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟC ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus to right / ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙCΑΡΙ / ΝЄΩΚΟΡΟΥ / ЄΤ Є, Apollo seated left on pile of boulders, holding branch in his right hand and resting his left on a globe; to left and right, elaborate ornamental column; above, Mt. Argaeus. Very rare; an intriguing coin with an idealized portrait of Elagabalus and a golden brown patina with green highlights. Nearly EF. European coll. It has been suggested that this rare and heavy coin formed part of a celebratory issue (with Julia Maesa and Severus Alexander) struck in honor of Alexander’s appointment as Caesar. Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL Stater602 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Stater (15.96g, 20.5mm). Tunny left above tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, double struck on reverse. Extremely rare. Korykos (BC 100-30) AE 20601 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE20 (5.97g). Turreted head of Tyche right; A behind / ΚΩΡΥΚΙΩΤΩΝ, Hermes standing left, holding caduceus, ΕΥ/ΕΠΙ/ΕΡ in left field. Good VF, attractive green patina with earthen highlights. Myriandros (BC 361-334) Stater - Mazaios601 viewsMazaios, Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Stater (10.68g, 1h). Baaltars seated left, holding scepter; eagle on thymiaterion to left / Lion standing left on ground. VF. Nagidos (BC 356-333) Stater601 viewsca 356-333 BC. AR Stater (10.08g). Aphrodite seated left holding a phiale; Eros flying before placing wreath on Aphrodite's head; flower before, mouse below / Dionysos standing left, holding grape clusters and thyrsos; TOΛ in upper left field, TOΛ in lower left field. Die-breaks on obverse, lightly toned, nice very fine. Apameia (BC 133-48) AE 20601 viewsca 133-48 BC. AE20 - Tetrachalkon (5.69g). Laureate head of Zeus right / AΠAM[E], cult statue of Artemis Anaitis facing; magistrates HPAKΛE[I] and EΓΛΟ. Very fine. Soloi (BC 200-0) AE 20601 views2nd century BC-Imperial Times. AE20 (6.65g, 12h). Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right / Caps of the Dioscuri, star above each. VF, brown patina. Kremna (BC 39-25) AE 17601 viewsunder Galatian King Amyntas, 39-25 BC. AE17 (4.42g), struck 26/25 BC. Laureate head of bearded Zeus right / Thunderbolt, KP-H below, Z (=year 7 of Amyntas) above. Green patina, gVF. Righetti coll. Neandreia (BC 350) AE 11601 views4th cent BC. AE11 (1.49g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Corn grain; NEAN to left, bunch of grapes to right. Nice very fine. Eresos (BC 300-200) AE 9601 views3rd cent BC. AE9 (0.59g). Head of Hermes left, wearing petasos / ΕΡΕΣΙ, corn-ear, bee in field to left. VF. Extremely rare. Joy coll. Nikaia (AD 138-161) AE 23 - Antoninus Pius601 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE23 (8.38g). Bare head right / Athena standing left, holding owl and spear. VF, brown surfaces, a little rough. Wagner Coll. Idyma (BC 350-250) AE601 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AE (0.80g). Head of Nymph right, hair in ampyx and sphendone / Fig leaf, Ι-Δ-Y/MION. Dark green patina, EF. Very rare. R. Mueller coll. Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater 601 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.34g). Head of tunny left, holding in its mouth a small tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Very rare. Knidos (BC 350-320) Tetradrachm601 viewsca 350-330/20 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.33g, 12h). Chian standard. Autokrates, magistrate. Head of Aphrodite right, wearing stephane, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / KNI, forepart of roaring lion right; ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΗΣ above. Superb EF, lightly toned. Very rare, fewer than 30 of this type known. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL Hekte601 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.69g, 10.5mm). Head of Perseus to left, wearing winged helmet with hair hanging beneath and represented by dots; behind, tunny swimming downwards / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. A rare type with about 20 known. Carr coll. William Greenwell, in his 1887 tome entitled: The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, notes that the helmet is the helmet of Hades lent to him by the nymphs. The reference by Greenwell is to the ‘mission’ of Perseus to cut-off the head of Medusa. The next coin in the Greenwell listing notes a type where much of the detail of this slaying is depicted – see Coin ID #14069. Etenna (BC 400-300) Obol600 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.60g). Head of gorgoneion? (or Apollo) facing / curved knife. aVF. Rare. Mylasa (BC 6th cent) EL 1/48 Stater600 viewsMid 6th century BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.28g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Facing head of lion / Scorpion within incuse square. Good VF. Myriandros (BC 361-334) Obol - Mazaios600 viewsMazaios, Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Obol (0.81g, 5h). Baaltars seated left, holding lotus tipped scepter in right hand / Lion standing left, head facing; winged solar disk above. Superb EF. Aigeai (AD 53/4) AE 22 - Britannicus600 viewsBritannicus, Caesar. AE22 (7.28g, 12h), dated CY 100 (53/4 AD). Bare head right / Legend and date (ET) P in four lines within wreath. VF, green patina, a little uneven but fine high-relief portrait. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 - 149