Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Patara (BC 410-380) Diobol555 viewsca 5th-4th cent BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.12g). Eagle standing right; Lycian letter 'p' to left, diskeles to right, within dotted circle / Head of Aphrodite right; diskeles to left, Lycian letters 'pe', within dotted circle. EF. (possibly also Pinara) Epikteteis (BC 200-0) AE 18555 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE18 (10.15g). Helmeted head of Athena (?) right / Youth on horseback right, holding palm with which he crowns horse; ΕΠΙΚΤΗΤΕ to right, star above. Near VF, black patina. Drewry Coll.; Ex Lindgren Coll. Side (AD 253-268) AE 30 - Gallienus555 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE30 - 10 Assaria (17.68g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; c/m: E within circular incuse / Courtyard surrounded on three sides by three temples, the upper temple containing a statue of the emperor on horseback left. VF, green patina, a little porous. Wagner Coll. Attaleia (AD 253-268) AE 32 - Gallienus555 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE32 - 8 Assaria (17.17g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Athena Nikephoros standing left. VF, green patina under orange earthen encrustation, light roughness, obverse flan flaws near edge at 3 o’clock. Side (AD 81-96) AE 23 - Domitian555 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE23 (8.14g). [...]ΔOM[...] ΓЄPMANIK, laureate head right / CIΔHTΩ[N], Athena with thunderbolt to left, erecting trophy. Unique (?). Beautiful green patina. Minor corrosion, otherwise EF. Idyma (BC 420-390) Hemiobol555 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.35g). Dolphin left / Fig leaf in incuse square. VF, a few light marks in fields. Good metal. Extremely rare, possibly the third known. Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Drachm555 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.69g). Janiform female head / Helmeted head of Athena left within incuse square. gVF, light graffito in the reverse field. Adada (BC 100-0) AE554 views1st cent BC. AE (3.92g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Nike crowining trophy. Nagidos (BC 400-380) Obol554 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Obol (0.65g). Head of Aphrodite facing slightly to right, hair in sphendone, N to left / Head of youthful Dionysos facing slightly left, wearing ivy-leaf wreath, N to left. EF. Rare. Anazarbos (AD 98-117) AE - Trajan and Plotina554 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD, and Plotina. AE (23.04g) 113/114 AD. bust Trajan / bust Plotina. Black patina, very rare, very fine. Kyzikos (AD 200-300) AE 17554 views3rd cent AD. AE17 (3.94g, 6h). Anepigraphic, head of Kore right, wearing grain ear wreath / lion advancing right; KVZIKH, NWN in exergue. Good VF, dark green patina. An apparently unpublished reverse type for this issue. Prusias ad Hypium (AD 97-117) AE - Trajan554 viewsTrajan, 97-117 n. Chr. AE (6.14g). ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ CΕ, laureate head right / Altar in between П-P. Very rare. Green patina, obverse countermark, very fine. Miletos (BC 530-500) 1/8 Stater554 viewsca 530-500 BC. AR 1/8 Stater (1.58g). Facing lion's head / Incuse square with segmented border, floral pattern in center. VF, light porosity. Rare. Kragos (BC 42) Hemidrachm554 viewsLycian League, ca 42 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.87g). Λ-Î¥, laureate head of Apollo right / K-P/A, lyre, tripod to left. EF. Tarsos (BC 333-323) Obol - Balakros554 viewsBalakros(?), Satrap of Cilicia, 333-323 BC. AR Obol. Helmeted head of Athena right / B-A, Boeotian shield. VF, toned. Kotiaeion (AD 14-37) AE 20 – Tiberius554 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE20 (7.97g). Marcus Lepidus, 26-28 AD. TIBEPIOΣ ΣEBAΣTOΣ; laureate head right / EΠI MAPKOY ΛEΠIΔOY KOTIAEΩN; Zeus seated right with scepter and thunderbolt. Good very fine. Nikomedeia (AD 193-211) AE 34 - Septimius Severus554 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE34 (23.88g, 6h). Radiate head right / Octastyle temple. VF, light brown patina, light roughness. Wagner Coll. Dokimeion (AD 238-244) AE 29 – Gordian III554 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE29 (8.42g). M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ, draped laureate right / ΔOKIMEΩN MAKEΔONΩN, Athena Alkidemos. Rare, VF. Smyrna (BC 190-50) AE 21554 views2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (8.83g), struck under magistrates Xarizenos and Trikkas. Head of Apollo, laureate, right / ΣMYPNAIΩN - XAPIZENOΣ / TPIKKAΣ, the poet Homer, wearing himation, standing left, holding scroll in left hand, right hand raised. VF, nice dark-green patina, adjustment marks on rev. Hoeft coll. Strabo mentioned specifically this issue of bronze coinage from Smyrna: "there is also a library; and the 'Homereum', a quadrangular portico containing a shrine and a wooden statue of Homer; for the Smyrnaeans also lay especial claim to the poet and indeed a bronze coin of theirs is called Homereum. (Strabo, Geographica XIV, I.37, transl. by H.C. Jones, The Geography of Strabo, VI [Loeb, 1960], pp. 245-247) Ilion (BC 281-228) AE 18554 viewsca 301-281 BC. AE18 (5.66g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Athena Ilias standing on low base left, holding distaff and filleted spear, ΙΛΙ to right. VF for type, green patina. Alighieri Coll. Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/48 Stater554 viewsca 521-478 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.25g, 6mm). Head of nymph left in sakkos, with earring / Quadripartite square incuse. GVF. Miletos (AD 54-68) AE 18 - Nero554 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE18 (2.44g), struck under magistrate Louros. CEBA - CTOC, laureate head right / EΠI ΛO - YPOY, cult statue of nude Apollo Didymeus standing right, holding in left hand his bow and in extended right hand recumbent stag looking back to him. F+/about VF, dark green patina. Hoeft coll. Sala (AD 211-217) AE 28 – Caracalla554 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AE28 (12.43g, 6h). Val. Moloxos, archon α´. AV K M AV ANTONЄINOC (sic), laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / ЄΠI OVAΛ MO ΛOΞ OV APX A CAΛH NΩN •, Hygieia, holding serpent and phiale, standing right, and Asclepius, leaning on serpent-entwined staff, standing left; between, small figure of Telesphorus. Good VF, dark green and red-brown patina. Very rare. On this coin the letter “o” in Caracalla’s official name, Antoninus, is a clearly engraved omicron, rather than the omega more regularly encountered. Under a lens, however, the additional line visible suggests that the celator may have attempted to correct his mistake; as it proceeds over the letter and partially into the field, this line, however, may be part of a serendipitous die break. Apollonis (AD 100-200) AE554 viewsImperial times, 2nd century AD. AE (2.51g). ΑΠΟΛΛΩ-ΝΙΔΕ, bust of Apollo right / IEPA CΥΝ-ΚΛΗΤΟC, bust of Synkletos right. VF. Kebren (BC 450) Diobol554 viewsca 450 BC. AR Diobol (1.20g, 9mm). Archaic head of Apollo left / Ram's head right within incuse square. Interesting variant with ram's head facing right instead of left. Apparently an unpublished variant. Kaisareia (AD 138-161) Drachm - Antoninus Pius554 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AR Drachm (2.67g). Cos 2 (139 AD). Laureate head right / Mount Argaios, with statue holding globus and scepter. Surfaces a little rough and porous. gVF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Swastika - AR 1/12554 viewsca 625-600 BC. AR 1/12 Stater or Diobol (9mm, 1.05g). Raised swastika pattern surrounded by pellets / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF.1 comments Kition (BC 388-387) Stater - Demonikos553 viewsDemonikos, King of Kition, 388-387 BC. AR Stater (10.64g). Athena standing left with spear and shield / Herakles in fighting stance right, holding club and bow, monogram to right. Very scarce, VF. Kotiaeion (AD 253-260) AE 25 - Valerian I553 viewsValerian I, 253-260. AE25 (6.64 g). AVT K Π ΛΙΚ O VAΛΕPIANO, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust left with spear and shield, aegis on shield / ΕΠΠΑΙ ΔΗΜ ΤΡI ΑNOY IΠΠI/ APX in field, in exergue KOTIAEΩΝ, Kybele enthroned left between two seated lions, holding in right hand phiale, and resting left arm on tympanum. Rare. VF/GVF. Magnesia (BC 190) AE 20553 viewsAfter 190 BC. AE20 (11.69g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Rider with lance on horseback galloping right; magistrates ΕΥΚΛΗΣ, ΚΡΑΤΙΝΟΣ. VF, glossy dark green, almost black, patina. Freedman Coll. (BC 425-400) Kherei - Stater553 viewsKherei, Dynast, ca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (8.54g, 20mm), uncertain mint. Helmeted head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Forepart of a winged man-headed bull right; [Lycian letters 'kherei' to right off flan], within incuse square. VF, typical soft obverse. Very rare. Masikytes (BC 27-0) AE 22553 viewsLycian League, time of Augustus, late 1st cent BC. AE22 (7.37g). Diademed head of Apollo right, Λ-Î¥ / M-A, Apollo Patroos standing facing, holding filleted branch in right hand, bow in left. EF, dark brown patina. Very nice. Prusias ad Hypium (AD 235-238) AE 23 - Maximinus I553 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE23 (6.53g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; c/m: laureate and bearded bust right / Herakles standing right, leaning on club. Fine, brown patina. From the Ian Roper Collection. Parion (BC 100-0) AE 22553 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE22 (4.71g). Square burning altar (altar of Parion?), one corner lifted; bukranion on front plate, thyrsos below / ΠΑΡΙ in olive wreath. Oversruck on? (rev. head of Demeter left). Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Lebedos (BC 300-100) AE 17553 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE17 (3.35g). Facing head of Athena, wearing three-crested Attic helmet / Owl standing right, head facing, ΑΘΗΝΑΙΟΣ (magistrate) to left, ΛΕ to right. Light green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Alexandreia (BC 261-251) AE 19553 viewsca 261-251 BC. AE19 (5.47g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΑΛΕΞΑΝ/ΔΡΕΩΝ, horse standing right grazing; star above, monogram and grain ear (?) between legs. Nice VF, attractive green patina. Myrina (AD 98-117) AE 16 - Trajan553 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE16 (3.65g). AVTO TPAI[…], laureate head right / MYPЄI[N-AI-ΩN], bust Apollo right; before, Lyre. VF. Etenna (BC 100-0) AE 18553 viewsca 1st century BC. AE18 (4.25g). Two men standing side by side, the first holding double-axe, the second holding curved knife / Female figure advancing right; coiled snake before her. Nice VF, dark green patina with lighter background. Freedman Coll. Selge (BC 200-0) AE 13553 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE13 (2.78g). Laureate head of Herakles right, club over shoulder / Σ-Ε-Λ, thunderbolt, bow to right, amphora (?) above. VF, brown patina. Aizanis (AD 117-138) AE 23 - Hadrian553 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE23 (6.83g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / River-god Rhyndakos reclining left, leaning on an overturned urn from which water flows, holding the infant Plautos and cornucopia. VF, dark green patina, light deposits. Aigai (AD 41-54) AE 18 - Claudius I553 viewsClaudius I, 41-54 AD. AE18 (5.28g). ΤΙ ΚΛ[ΑΥΔΙΟC ΚΑΙ]CΑΡ CΕΒΑCΤΟC, laureate bust right / ΕΠΙ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΡΟΥ ΠΟ ΥΙΟΥ XΑΛΕΕΟΥ ΤΟ Î’ / ΑΙΓΑΕΩΝ, Apollo standing right with branch. Rare. Dark green patina, VF. Perperene (BC 400-300) AE 9553 views4th century BC. AE9 (0.68g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΠΕ-ΡΠ, grape bunch on vine. Rare. Thyateira (AD 80-100) AE 16553 viewsLate 1st century (?) AD. AE16 (2.82g, 12h). (ΘЄA)N PΩMHN, Turreted head of Roma right / ΘYAT(ЄI)PHNΩN, lyre. VF, Dark patina. Tricarico coll.1 comments Temnos (BC 350) Trihemiobol553 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.97g, 10mm). Laureate head of Apollo left / T-A, kantharos. VF. Sardeis (AD 54-68) AE 16 - Nero553 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE16 (3.2g). Mindios, magistrate. NEPΩΝ CΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, laureate head right / ΕΠΙ ΜΙΝΔΙΟΥ CTRA TO B, laureate head of Herakles right. VF. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B19553 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 11mm). Facing gorgoneion, tongue protruding / Incuse head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin. EF. Kremna (AD 253-260) AE 33 - Valerian I552 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE33 (17.57g). Bust right, IMP CAES P LICINI VALERIANO P F OS / Apollo Propylaeus standing right with bow and arrow, POLLINI PROPVL COL IVL AVG CREM. Soloi (BC 385-350) Stater552 viewsca 385-350 BC. AR Stater (10.75g, 6h). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet adorned with griffin / ΣΟΛΕΩΝ, bunch of grapes on stalk with two tendrils and vine leaf; PE to left, AI to right. Beautifully toned, a superb piece. Extremely fine. Ex Sotheby (Zurich, 10/1993), lot 793; ex Numismatic Fine Arts 30 (12/1992), lot 110. Anazarbos (AD 98-117) AE 22552 viewsas Caesarea ad Anazarbum, time of Trajan, 98-117 AD. AE22 (8.14g, 12h). Dated Pompeian-Cilician Era 132 (113/4 AD). Laureate and draped bust of Zeus right; countermark: head of Zeus in incuse oval / Veiled and draped bust of Tyche right; date around. VF, black-green patina with beige overtones. Sardeis (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 12552 viewsca 2nd cent BC. AE12 (2.01g). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / ΣΑΡΔΙ/ΑΝΩΝ, club right; monogram below. EF, glossy black patina, some minor roughness. Apparently an unrecorded variety. Rare. Podalia (AD 238-244) AE 36 - Gordianus III552 viewsGordianus III, 238-244 AD. AE36 (26.54g). CΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥ - ΛΛΕΙΝΑ CΕ, draped diademed bust right / ΠΟΔΑΛ - Ι - ωΤωΝ, helmeted Ares standing right, spear in right hand, shield in left. Dark brown patina, VF/aEF. Extremely rare. Elaiousa-Sebaste (BC 100-0) AE 21552 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE21 (5.83g). Laureate head of Zeus right; AP behind / Nike advancing left, holding wreath; monogram to left. Superb EF, green patina. Ex CNG XVII (10/1991), lot 173. Uncertain (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion552 views5th century BC. AR 6mm (0.16g). Uncertain design / Head lion left, four pellets above. Inspired by Kyzikos-“Boar & tunny / lion” issues. Unpublished (?). Good very fine. Alia (AD 138-161) AE 29 - Antoninus Pius552 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE29 (13.90g). Asinius Agreus. Laureate head right / ΑCΙΝ ΑΓΡEÎ¥C - ΑΡΧΙEΡΩ ΑΝEΘ ΑΛΙΗΝΟΙC, Mên in short chiton and chlamys wearing phrygian hat and holding double axe over shoulder on horseback. Very rare. Good style. Fine dark olive green patina. Light corrosion. Good very fine. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG, Auc. 380 (Basel, 1976), 8. Philadelphia (BC 100-0) AE 19552 views1st cent BC, under Hermippos, Archiereus. AE19 (6.94g). Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver behind shoulder / ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ - ΕΡΜΙΠΠΟΣ / ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ, Apollo in long chiton standing right, holding kithara in left hand, plektron in right. Good style, dark olive-green patina, gVF. Joy coll. Aspendos (BC 300-200) AE 16552 viewsca 4th-3rd cent BC. AE16 (3.83g). Forepart of horse springing right / Δ-Îœ, sling. Olive-green patina, porosity, aVF. Joy coll. Elaia (AD 183) AE 17 - Lucilla552 viewsLucilla, daughter of Marcus Aurelius, died 183 AD. AE17 (2.76g). ΛOYKIΛΛA CEB, draped bust left / EΛATΩN, two poppies in between corn ears. Good very fine. Kebren (BC 460-420) Triobol552 views5th century BC. AR Triobol (1.57g). Forepart of ram right, [KE]BPH / "Wind-mill" quadripartite incuse square. VF, light porosity. Very rare. Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm552 viewsca 420 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.63g). Egestratos, magistrate. Sphinx seated left; before, two-handled amphora, bunch of grapes above / ΕΓΕΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ across horizontal band of quadripartite incuse square with striated fields. Apparently unrecorded. Minor areas of corrosion, otherwise gVF. Larisa (BC 400-300) Obol552 views460-420 BC. AR Obol (?) (0.79g). Laureate head of Apollo (?) right / ΛΑΡΙΣ-AION, eagle with spread wings. Rare. Hoard patina, VF. R. Mueller coll. Skepsis (BC 350-300) AE 7552 viewsca 4th century BC. AE7 (0.7g). Forepart of Pegasos right / Fir-tree with six branches; all within linear square. VF. Mytilene (BC 530-522) EL 1/12 Stater - BE2552 viewsca 530-522 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.15g). Calf head facing right / Incuse square. Good VF. One example known to Bodenstedt, two examples have since appeared at auction. Kyme (BC 550-500) Stater552 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Stater (11.74g, 20mm). Forepart of horse right / Two incuse square punches of unequal size, both with stellate patterns. VF, toned. Very rare. From RAJ Coll.; ex Rosen Coll. (Münzen und Medaillen AG 72, 10/1987), lot 256; Abbott Coll. (Glendining, 10/1951), lot 270; Weber Coll., 5474 (Weber’s pedigree to Yorke Moore sale is apparently erroneous). Adana (BC 164-27) AE 26551 viewsAfter 164 BC. AE26 (13.99g). Veiled bust of Demeter right; eagle behind / Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre; monograms before. Good VF, choice green patina, adjustment marks. Ex Sternberg XX (4/1988), lot 171. Soloi (BC 333-323) Stater - Balakros551 viewsBalakros, Satrap, 333-323 BC. AR Stater (10.83g). Baaltars seated left, holding lotus-tipped sceptre in right hand; Σ-Ο, grain-ear and grape-brunch to left, monogram beneath throne, B to right / Draped bust of Athena facing slightly left, wearing triple-crested helmet and necklace. Attractively toned, good VF. Ex von Aulock Coll., 5873; R.C. Lockett Coll. (Glendining's, 2/1961), lot 2524; Pozzi Coll. (Naville I, 3/1921), lot 2863. Synnada (AD 138-161) AE 24 - Antoninus Pius551 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE24 (9.91g). Titus Claudius Peison Tertulleinos, prytanis. Laureate head right / Athena standing left, holding phiale and spear; shield behind. VF, glossy black patina, worn at high points. Magnesia (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm551 viewsca 160-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.76g, 1h). Euphemos (son of) Pausanios, "magistrate." Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, resting on tripod; ΕΥΦΗΜΟΣ ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΟΥ to left, ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ to right, maeander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. EF, toned, minor flan flaw on obverse. Well centered and struck. Alexandreia (AD 253-268) AE 22 - Gallienus551 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE22 (5.67g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, wings spread, head left, talons grasping forepart of bull left. EF, dark green patina. Magnesia ad Sipylos (AD 253-268) AE - Gallienus551 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE (6.21g). ΛΙΚΙΝ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΕΠΙ CΤΡΑ Α ΡΦ ΠΟΝΤΩΝΟC / ΜΑΓΝΗΤ/ΩΝ CΙ, crown with inscription ΕΝΜΟΝΙΔΕΑ. Dark green patina, good VF. (BC 500-460) Uncertain Dynast - Stater551 viewsca 500-470/60 BC. AR Stater (18mm, 9.28g). Pegasos flying left / Roaring lion's head left, T on mane; within incuse square. VF, worn dies, light porosity. Rare. Bubon (BC 200-0) AE 11551 views2nd-1st century BC. AE11 (1.40g). Bust of Artemis right, quiver behind shoulder / BOY, bow and quiver. Green patina, gVF. Very rare. Joy coll. Laodikeia (AD 14-37) AE 18 - Pythes551 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE18 (4.75g). ΠYΘHΣ. Bare head of Magistrate Pythes right / ΔHMOΣ ΛAOΔIKEΩN, diademed head of Demos right. Extremely Fine. Kremna (AD 117-138) AE 13 - Hadrian551 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE13 (2.34g). Laureate and draped bust right / Marsyas standing left, holding wine-skin over shoulder. VF, attractive green patina under some earthen deposits. Ex Wagner Coll. Tabai (AD 193-211) AE 38 – Septimius Severus551 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE38 (30.17g, 6h). •AV•K•Λ•CEΠ• - CЄOVHPOC•P, radiate, cuirassed and draped bust right / APC•APT - ЄMI - ΔΩPOY / TABH - NΩN, Artemis standing holding bow in left, with the right reaching into quiver standing next to Men holding patera in right and scepter in left; both wearing Phrygian caps. Very fine. Ex M&M AG, Auc 41 (16/1970, Basel), Nr. 409 and Ex M&M AG, Auc 41, Auc 1 (9/1997, Stuttgart), Nr. 405. Ex Karl coll. Persian Kings (BC 375-340) Siglos551 viewsca 375-340 BC. AR Siglos (5.46g, 15mm). Persian king or hero right in kneeling-running stance, holding dagger and bow / Incuse punch. VF. Kalchedon (BC 340-320) 1/2 Siglos551 views4th century BC. AR Triobol (2.58g). Bull standing left on grain ear, ΚΑΛX above, flower (?) in front / Mill sail incuse. VF. Zela (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla551 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (15.79g, 6h). Dated CY 146 (209/10 AD). Laureate head right / Hexastyle temple façade with elaborate pediment set on base; ЄT PMR (date) in exergue. Good VF, green patina. Extremely rare date. Group CEM. Salamis (BC 445-411) Obol550 viewsca 445-411 BC. AR Obol (0.71g). Young male head right / Blank. Toned, good VF. Keramos (AD 138-161) AE - Antoninus Pius550 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE (23.89g). AUTOK KAIS ANTWNEINON SEB[...], draped laureate bust left / KERANIH AILI QEMISTO[...], archaic God with spear and double-axe standing right, lion sitting behind. Very rare. Brown patina, VF. The reverse type, which is also on a coinage of Commodus (BMC 8), represents an ancient cult figure, probably with the same attributes as Zeus Labraundos, which itself followed the pattern of Greek Kouros in its archaic form. Apameia (BC 133-48) AE 14550 viewsca 133 - 48 BC. AE14 (2.70g). Head of Zeus right / Helmet facing, maeander pattern below. VF. (BC 390-370) Mithrapata - Stater550 viewsMithrapata, ca 380-375 BC. AR Stater (9.64g, 4h). Facing lion's scalp / Triskeles; facing head of Herakles to left; all within incuse square. EF. Ephesos (AD 193-211) AE 22 - Septimius Severus550 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE22 (5.63g). Laureate bust right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Eumeneia (AD 54-68) AE 18 - Nero550 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. A18 (4.38g, 12h). Julius Cleon, archiereus of Asia, struck ca 54-55 AD. Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; c/m: serpent coiled around labrys in incuse rectangle / [ΕΥ]ΜΕΝΕΩΜ (sic)/ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ to right, ΚΛΕ−ΩΝ/ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ ΑΣΙΑΣ down left field, Apollo standing left, holding raven and labrys. For coin: Good VF, black patina under hard beige. Aspendos (BC 400-370) Stater550 viewsca 400-370 BC. AR Stater (10.93g, 24mm). Two wrestlers grappling / Slinger in throwing stance right; triskeles to right, on right, statue of Athena right, holding spear and shield on cylindrical base, around, EΣTFEΛIIVΣ. Very rare and interesting early issue, unpublished dies (?), three countermarks. Very fine. Ilion (AD 117-138) AE 15 – Time of Hadrian550 viewsTime of Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AE15 (2.54g, 2h). Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Athena left / Aeneas advancing right, carrying his father Anchises and leading Ascanius by the hand. VF, dark green patina. Ex Wagner Coll. Methymna (BC 440-400) Obol550 viewsca 420-377 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.48g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet / Kantharos; M above, two ivy leaves at sides. VF, a little porous. Temnos (BC 300-250) AE 18550 views3rd century BC. AE18. Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / T-A, grape bunch on vine, H above. EF. Rare. Lampsakos (AD 138) AE 20 - Antoninus Pius550 viewsAntoninus Pius, as Caesar, 138 AD. AE20 (5.61g, 7h). Bare head right / Winged hippocamp right. VF, pleasing green patina. Rare. Temnos (BC 300-250) Trihemiobol?550 views3rd-2nd century BC. AR Trihemiobol (?) (0.92g, 11mm). Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / T-A, grape bunch on vine with leaves, ivy leaf to left. VF. Very rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Swastika - EL 1/6550 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (10mm, 2.55g). Milesian standard, geometric type. Raised swastika pattern / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Ex CNG 82 (9/2009), lot 622. Erythrai (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater550 views7th-6th century BC. EL Hemihekte (1.09g). Rosette pattern with central pellet / Irregular incuse square. VF. Very rare. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B44 - EL 1/6 Stater550 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 11mm). Helmeted head of Ares left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Rare. Augusta (AD 249-250) AE 34 - Trajan Decius549 viewsTrajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE34 (17.34g). Dated civic year 229 (249/50 AD). AVT KAI KVN DEKION TPAIANON CEB, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust R / AUGOVCTANWN ETOV QKC, nude athlete seated on horizontal cippus, crowning himself with wreath; amphora with palm to R. VF, brown patina. Unusual representation of the victor of an athletic contest. Magnesia (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm549 viewsca 160-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.71g, 12h). Pausianas, son of Pausanios, magistrate. Diademed bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ, Apollo standing left, holding branch tied with fillet in right hand, left elbow resting on tall tripod behind; ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΑΣ ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΟΥ on left, maeander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. EF, attractively toned. From the Ronald Cohen Collection. Ex Tkalec (2/2001), lot 120. Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 19549 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE19 (5.03g, 1h). Athenodoro(s), magistrate. Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / ΤΑΡΣΕΩΝ, the god Sandan standing on the back of a mythological beast right, holding hammer and flower; ΑΘΗ/ΝΟΔ/ΩΡΟ in three lines to left. Good VF, black patina with light earthen encrustation on reverse. Miletopolis (AD 238-244) AE - Gordian III549 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE Medallion (59.78g). AUT KAI - M ANT GORDIANOC AUGOU, laureate and cuirassed bust right, spear over left shoulder / CTR AUR ER-M-OU MEILHTO-PO/LEITWN, Gordianus with spear in right hand on horse galloping right, lion left below, head reverted. Brown patina with traces of silvering on obverse. VF/aVF. Magnesia (BC 330-300) AE 14549 viewsca 330-300 BC. AE14 (2.15g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Forepart of bull right, ΜΑΓ above, maeander pattern and ΚΥΔΙΑΣ (magistrate) to left. Dark green patina, gVF. Scarcer type. Gutknecht coll. Komama (BC 100-0) AE 14549 views1st cent BC. AE14 (2.29g, 12h). Laureate heads of two bearded men right / Lion springing right, KO in exergue. Dark green-brown patina, VF/aEF. Amorion (AD 200-300) AE549 viewsImperial Times. 3rd cent AD. AE (1.99g). Radiate head of Helios/ AMOPIANΩN, crescent and star. Unpublished. Dark green patina. Large flan, small hole. Good very fine. Pessinos (AD 161-180) AE 30 - Marcus Aurelius549 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE30 (22.24g, 8h). Bare head left / Demeter standing left, kalathos on head, holding grain-ears and long scepter. VF, tan surfaces. Ex Wagner Coll.; Ex Hecht Coll. (Baldwin’s, 10/1977), lot 25. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 - 149