Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B881107 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of Persephone with disc earring and wreath of grain right / Bull butting to left in linear square. Almost extremely fine. Smyrna (AD 14-37) AE 19 - Tiberius1107 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE19 (4.76g, 12h). Hieronymos, magistrate, under the proconsulship of Petronius. Struck 29-35 AD. ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟC CΕΒΑCΤΟC, laureate head right / ZΜΥΡΝΑΙWΝ ΙΕΡWΝΥΜΟC, garlanded flaming altar. VF, brown surfaces, deposits. Group CEM. Sinope (BC 520-480) Drachm1105 viewsca 490-425 BC. AR Drachm (6.07g, 16mm). Head of sea eagle left, dolphin left below / Quadripartite pattern, opposite quadrants incuse and granulated. EF, well centered and exceptional for this issue. Virtually unimprovavble and perhaps the finest known of the type. Chios (BC 520-480) Didrachm1104 viewsca 480-460 BC. AR Didrachm (7.88g, 19mm). Sphinx seated left with open wings, amphora to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Slight weakness on obv. Good very fine. Abydos (BC 175-70) Tetradrachm1104 viewsca 80-70 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.63g, 1h). Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver at her shoulder, within dotted circle / Eagle standing right with spread wings, bunch of grapes to right; ΑΒΥ-ΔΗ-ΝΩΝ above, ΦΕΡΕΝΙΚΟΥ (magistrate) in exergue, all within laurel wreath. Beautifully toned. Good very fine. From the collections of H.S. von Aulock, R. Jameson, and Consul E. Weber (Hirsch XXI, 11/1908, lot 2534). Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater 1104 viewsca 6th century BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.56g). Seal between two fish swimming in different directions; pellet behind / Rough incuse square. Exceptionally rare. VF. This puzzling issue was earlier attributed to both Cyzicus and Macedonia. However, due to weakly struck examples, the seal between the fish has never been recognized before ("an oval object between two pellets" and the like). The weight standard is clearly Phocaean and not Milesian, so unlikely to have been used in Northern Greece. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Geometric bee - EL 1/31103 viewsca 7th-6th cent BC. EL 1/3 Stater - Trite (4.69g). Milesian standard. Bee / Ornamented quadripartite incuse square. EF. Extremely rare. (BC 182-149) Prusias II - AE 201102 viewsPrusias II, 182-149 BC. AE20 (5.19g, 12h). Head of wreathed Dionysos right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Kentaur Chiron trotting right, lyra in left hand; monogram to right. Green-brown patina, small corrosion spots, aEF/EF. Persian Kings (BC 520-510) 1/12 Siglos1102 viewsTime of Darios I, ca 520/15-500/490 BC. AR 1/12 Siglos (0.86g, 9mm). Kroiseid type. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Incuse punch. Very fine. Aspendos (BC 400-370) Stater1102 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.96g, 6h). Two wrestlers grappling / Slinger in throwing stance right; triskeles to right; three counterstamps around: (1) griffin left in incuse square; (2) bearded head right wearing petasos in incuse circle; (3) boar left in incuse oval. VF, attractive cabinet tone. Ex Clain-Stefanelli Coll. [Demarete Coll.] Elaia (BC 340-300) AE 101101 viewsAfter 340 BC. AE10 (1.27g) Head of Athena left in Corinthian helmet / grain-seed within olive-wreath. Good VF, black patina. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30 - EL 1/6 Stater1101 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Helmeted head left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B981101 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Laureate head of Poseidon right / Trident decorated with volutes in linear square. Very rare. Extremely fine. Kaisareia (AD 69-79) Hemidrachm - Vespasian1100 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AR Hemidrachm (1.77g). Laureate head right, AYTOKP CAP OYECΠΑCIANOC CEBA, Nike advancing right, holding wreath. Very fine. Phokaia (BC 530-500) Obol1099 viewsca 521-478 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.78g). Head of griffin left / Incuse punch. Good VF, toned and slightly granular surfaces. Tenedos (BC 188-70) Tetradrachm1097 viewsafter 189 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.62g). Janiform male and female heads, the male laureate and facing left, the female diademed and facing right / Double-axe; ΤΕΝΕΔΙΩΝ above, monogram and grape bunch to left, two pilei of the Dioskouroi to right; all within laurel wreath. Good VF. Very rare. Kebren (BC 520-480) Obol1096 viewsearly 5th cent BC. AR Obol (0.58g). Head of ram right / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Abydos (BC 320-280) Drachm1095 viewsca 320-280 BC. AR Drachm (2.37g). Kephalos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Eagle standing left; club in wreath to left, ABY above; ΚΕΦΑΛΟΥ to right above. VF-EF.1 comments Sinope (BC 250) Didrachm1095 viewsafter 250 BC. AR Didrachm (8.16g). Turreted head of Nymph Sinope left; countermark: radiate head of Helios facing, ΣΙΝΟΠΕΩΝ around / [ΣΙ-Ν]Ο/B, Poseidon sitting on throne left, holding dolphin and trident; countermark: laureate head of horned Poseidon left. EF. Ex Lockett Auc. 2149 = SNG v. Aulock 6859. Teos (BC 300) Didrachm1094 viewsca 300 BC. AR Didrachm (5.99g). Griffin seated right / Anakreon seated right, plucking a lyre; magistrate [ΠΡ]ΟΚΛΕΙΔΗΣ. Unpublished types. Nicely toned, good VF, strike a bit uneven on the obverse. Unique. This is the second known example of an Anakreon didrachm, the first being a coin that turned up last year with the magistrate's name Aristonax. The magistrate Prokleides also appears on a drachm that shares its obverse die with an Aristonax drachm (see CNG Auction 55, lot 519). Anakreon (fl. late 6th Century BC) was a lyric poet who was a native of Teos. This issue marks his first appearance on a coin, and in fact this is probably the first appearance of any poet on a coin. Anakreon continued to appear on coins from Teos down through Roman times. Side (AD 14-37) AE 16 - Tiberius1094 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE16 (3.06g). TIBE[PIOY], laureate head right / CIΔ-HT, Athena advancing left holding pomegranate and shield. VF. (BC 386-377) Hekatomnos - 1/3 Stater1093 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, 392-377 BC. AR 1/3 Stater - Drachm (4.14g), struck in Miletos after 386 BC. Forepart of roaring lion left, EKA above / Stellate pattern in incuse square. Toned EF. Kromna (BC 340-300) Drachm1093 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.57g, 10h). Laureate head of Zeus left / KPΩMNA, head of Hera left, wearing elaborate stephane, crescent above; monogram below chin, star behind neck. EF, dark iridescent toning. Unpublished variety. Ex Garrett Coll. (Numismatic Fine Arts & Leu, 10/1984), lot 248. Adramytteion (AD 98-192) AE 221093 viewsAntonine Period, 98-192 AD. AE22 (4.05g). AΔPAMY THN[ΩN], head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / CTPA TΩN ΠEPI A KAI KAΠIΩNA, Demeter seated left on cippus, grain ear and poppy head in right, scepter cradled in left. Very rare. Nice very fine. Trapezos (BC 350-330) 1/4 Drachm1093 views4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.50g). Bearded male head left within circular dotted border / ΤΡΑ, table, T below, all within circular incuse. EF. Ex Jameson Collection No. 2545. The table (τρaπεζα) is the badge of Trapezos. Kyme (BC 400-350) Hemiobol1092 viewsca 350 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.33g, 7mm) Forepart of prancing horse right / Rosette. Apameia (BC 150-140) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1091 viewsca 150-140 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.73g). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Bow-case with serpents; ΑΠΑ city monogram to L, elephant head to R. EF. Scarce. Mallos (BC 440-390) Obol1091 viewsca 440-390 BC. AR Obol (0.86g, 7mm, 11h). Bearded janiform head / Swan standing left; lotus to left, monogram to right. VF, toned, light porosity. Very rare. (BC 130-112/0) Ariarathes VI - Drachm1090 viewsAriarathes VI Epiphanes Philopator, ca 130-112/0 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.18g, 12h). Mint C (Komana?). Diademed head right, wearing short beard / Athena standing left, holding wreath and palm; monograms to inner left and outer right, I in exergue. VF, lightly toned, a few light marks on obverse. Unpublished with bearded portrait. The standard depiction is of Athena Nikephoros, but here she holds a wreath and palm rather than Nike and spear. The Cappadocian warrior-goddess Enyo-Ma was their local version of Athena, and Mørkholm thought this rendition of Athena may have been more closely based on the standard depiction of this local goddess, whose temple was at Komana. This unusual depiction only occurred on Mørkholm's issues 3 and 4 at mint C, and he was uncertain of the underlying reason for its appearance. Mint C was apparently established during the reign of Ariarathes VI, most likely due to uncertain military necessities. Although the location of the mint at Komana is not certain, issues of this mint have a metrological affinity with those of mint A (Eusebia-Mazaka [Caesarea]), suggesting a location proximate to the latter. Mallos (AD 14-37) AE 20 - Tiberius(?)1090 viewsTiberius(?), 14-37 AD. AE20 (4.07g, 12h). Laureate head left / Nike advancing right, holding wreath; star above outstretched arm. VF, attractive green patina. One of only two cited in RPC. Ex Frederick Coll.; ex CNG Elec. Auc. 90, lot 226; Levante Coll. There is some disagreement as to which emperor this belongs. SNG Levante assigns it to Tiberius, while the authors of RPC tentatively place it under Caligula. Aigai (AD 41-48) AE 17 - Messalina1089 viewsMessalina, wife of Claudius. Augusta, 41-48 AD. AE17 (3.06g) Draped bust of Messalina right / Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre. Good VF, dark green patina with earthen encrustation. Rare portrait issue of Messalina in her own name. Amisos (BC 30-AD 14) AE1088 viewsTime of Augustus, 30 BC - 14 AD. AE (12.22g). Diademed female head right (Amisos?) / Nike standing right, holding wreath and palm. Good VF, dark green patina. Ephesos (AD 0-100) AE 211088 views1st century AD. AE21 - Tesserae (5.87g). Stag kneeling left, head reverted / Bee. VF, dark green patina, mounted in a contemporary silver bezel which has been broken, most likely where a loop had been for suspension. A long series of tesserae, or tokens, was produced at the cult center of Ephesos during the Hellenistic period and later. The legends generally cannot be translated, and are probably for the most part meaningless mystical formulae. Naulochos (BC 350-340) AE 111088 viewsca 350-340 BC. AE11 (1.45g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / NAY, leaping dolphin within circular maeander pattern. Very rare. Slightly rough, very fine. Abydos (BC 175-70) Tetradrachm1087 viewsafter 175 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.87g). Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver at shoulder, within dotted circle / Eagle standing right with spread wings, bunch of grapes to right; ΑΒΥ-ΔΗ-ΝΩΝ above, ΑΡΤΕΜΩ/ΝΟΣ (magistrate) in exergue, all within laurel wreath. Nicely toned, aEF. Rare. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B111 var - EL 1/6 Stater1087 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.53g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with seal / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished with seal on helmet. Good VF, light mark on cheek. Apparently unique. Herakleia Pontika (BC 302-281) Didrachm1086 viewsca 302-281 BC. AR Didrachm (9.78g). Head of Herakles right / Dionysos sitting on throne left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑ[Ν] to right. Fine toning, EF. Rare. Ephesos (BC 390-325) Tetradrachm1086 viewsca 390-325 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.27g, 12h), struck ca 360-350 BC. Kallidamas, magistrate. Bee with straight wings / Forepart of stag right; palm tree to left, ΚΑΛΛΙΔΑΜΑΣ to right. VF, toned. Well struck. Rare magistrate. Sullivan Coll. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B421083 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.80g). Forepart of goat right, head reverted / Owl standing facing with open wings within incuse square. Rare. Good very fine. Kaisareia (AD 98-117) Drachm - Trajan1082 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.36g, 7h), struck 98-99 AD. Laureate head right / Right hands clasped over military standard set on prow. VF, light porosity. Rare. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1082 viewsca 480-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.71g). Sphinx, with ornamental tendril on her head and with her right forepaw raised, standing left on tunny fish Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely fine. Ex Hirsch 233 (2/2004), 1415. Marion (BC 330-312) AV Triobol - Stasoikos1082 viewsStasoikos II, King of Marion, 330-312 BC. AV Triobol (2.02g). Head of Zeus left / Head of Aphrodite right, M[A] behind. VF. Very rare. Kolophon (BC 389-350) Drachm1081 viewsca 389-350 BC. AR Drachm (3.66g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Lyre of five strings, ΚΟΛOΦΩ to left, ΙΗΝΗΣ (magistrate) to right. Rare. Attractively toned and of beautiful style. EF. Ex Muenzen und Medaillen 79 (2/1994), lot 331, and from the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sotheby & Co., Zurich (4/1973), lot 559, and J. Ward, 667. Phokaia (AD 244-249) AE 40 - Philip I1080 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE40 - Medallion (29.67g, 6h). Cl. Scribonianus, strategus. • A • K • MAP • IOV • • ΦIΛIΠΠOC •, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / • ЄΠ • CT KΛ • CKPЄI/• BωNIA/NOY • above, • ΦωKAIЄωN • in exergue, dog standing right, biting into a captured dolphin left with tail upturned. Good VF, brown patina. Extremely rare, one of two known (the other is in the BM). The enigmatic reverse type of this coin has defied any substantially conclusive explanation. Phocaea’s extant foundation mythology does not include this topos, and the civic badge was the seal, rather than the dolphin. To date, Head’s suggestion (HN, p. 590) seems the only explanatory attempt: the dog is a personification of the local river, the Smardos, rushing down to the sea, personified by the dolphin. Otherwise, the meaning of this scene is unknown. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B371080 viewsc. 440-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of aged satyr facing right, wearing a taenia / Two confronted heads of rams, palmette in upper field, the whole in framed incuse square. Obverse struck in high relief. EF/Good VF. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B111 - EL 1/6 Stater1079 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent; [small seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Pordosilene (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm1079 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.99g, 8h). Young male head right, wearing tainia / ΠΟΡΔ, panther standing right within incuse square. VF, porous. Unpublished, apparently unique. While the type is unpublished, cf. BMC Troas, p. 219, 1, for a drachm of Pordosilene with the same obverse type.1 comments Adramytteion (BC 350) AE 111078 viewsafter 350 BC. AE11 (1.51g). Laureate, three-quarter facing head of Zeus, slightly right / Eagle standing left on pediment. VF, glossy brown patina under light earthen encrustation. Rare. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B911077 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 12h). Veiled head of Demeter right / Tripod tied with filet in linear square. Good VF. Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - maenad1077 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.36g, 17mm, 12h). Head of female left, wearing ivy wreath, single-pendant earring and necklace / Forepart of Pegasos flying right within shallow incuse square. Near EF, test cut on edge. Good style and sharp details. Ex Gorny & Mosch 151 (10/2006), lot 174. Parion (BC 400-300) Hemidrachm1076 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.45g). Bull left, looking right; PA above, PI and patera beneath / Gorgoneion facing, surrounded by aegis. VF. Cyprus Uncertain (BC 450) Stater1075 viewsca 450 BC. AR Stater (10.52g). Cow right suckling calf, eagle flying right, "ankh" in right field topped with owl's head / Bull standing right, plow above, owl's head below. Good VF. Extremely rare; one of only three known coins. Ex Geissener Muenzhandlung 44 (4/1989), lot 463. The examples of this coin are known: this piece, the Paris specimen, and one in a private collection (from Leu 50, lot 216). There is another coin in Paris from the Seyrig Collection which is stuck from the same dies, but in an earlier state, before the dies were recut to add the owl heads. Originally attributed to a Phoenician mint and later an uncertain Cilician mint, M. Amandry has since convincingly argued that the style does not fit the Sidonian origin and directs one to another coin (see Sternberg XVII, 180) possibly from the same obverse die, but with heavier recutting, that has a more Cypriote-appearing reverse. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B181074 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Ram's head right / Incuse head of Herakles right. VF. Kyme (BC 400-350) Obol1074 views4th century BC. AR Obol (0.56g). Head of goat right / 8-petalled floral pattern, K-Y. EF. Very rare. Erythrai (BC 330-300) Drachm1073 viewsca 330-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.61g). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / EPY, club and bow case; owl to left, magistrate ΧΑΡΜΗΣ. Attractively toned, near EF. Rare. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XVI (8/1991), lot 162; Numismatic Fine Arts IV (3/1977), lot 288; John Ward Collection - Metropolitan Museum of Art (Sotheby's - Zurich, 4/1973), lot 567. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B53 - EL 1/6 Stater1072 viewsca 450 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.51g). Head of a lion (or lioness) facing; to left, seal swimming downwards / Four-part incuse square. EF. Adramytteion (BC 350) AE 161071 viewsmid 4th cent BC. AE16 (4.76g) Laureate Head of Zeus right / Forepart of winged horse right, [ΑΔΡΑ] above, grain ear below. good VF. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B191071 viewsca 477-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g). Gorgoneion facing / Incuse head of Herakles wearing lion skin right. Attaleia (AD 100-300) AE1071 views2nd-3rd cent AD. AE (2.97g). Bust of Poseidon right / Athena standing left, holding prow of ship in hand. Light green patina, EF. Pontos Uncertain (BC 30-1) AE 191071 viewsLate 1st cent BC. AE19 (8.65g, 12h). Bare male head right / Two figures sacrificing a pig; EETI[A] below. VF, black patina. Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 311070 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE31 (20.25g). Male head left (Mithradates VI?), wearing Persian leather cap (bashlyk) / 8-rayed star; bow to left, ANT monogram and 2 other monograms below. Broad flan. VF/gVF, dark brown-green patina. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Dia (BC 120-63) AE 201069 viewsca 120-63 BC. AE20 (7.84g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing on thunderbolt left, head right; monogram to left, ΔΙΑΣ below. Glossy black patina, gEF. Rare city. Gutknecht coll. Assos (BC 450-420) Obol1068 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol (0.56g). Griffin seated left / Lion's head left, Α-Σ above, within incuse square. VF, light porosity. Very rare early issue. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater1068 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of Omphale left, wearing lion's skin; club over shoulder, small seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare. Tenedos (BC 525-470) Hemidrachm1068 viewsca 525-470 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 1.78g). Archaic janiform head, male on left, female on right (Zeus and Hera?), with necklace / TE NE NION (sic), double axe within dotted incuse square. Good VF, obverse with horn silver, typical light porosity, unusually well struck. The obverse is in very fine archaic style, while the reverse is badly blundered, with the mis-spelled ethnic inverted in relation to the type. A curious combination of dies, obviously produced by two workmen of vastly different skills. Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL 1/12 Stater1068 viewsca 450-400 BC. EL Hemihekte (). Head of Attis right, wearing ornamented Phrygian cap, [tunny fish below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely Rare - possibly only the third known specimen. Pergamon (BC 19-18) Tetradrachm - Augustus1067 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.15g). Pergamum mint. Struck circa 19-18 BC. IMP IX TR PO IV, Bare head right / Hexastyle temple set on four-tiered base; COM-ASIAE, ROM ET AVGVST across entablature. EF. Aigai (AD 222-235) AE 50 - Severus Alexander1067 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE50 - Medallion (49.60g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Tetrastyle temple; cult statue within, Nike standing on apex. Unpublished. Nice VF, dark green and brown patina with a trace of red, some light smoothing in fields. Unique. Quite impressive and huge. Miletos (AD 37-41) AE 21 – Gaius (Caligula)1067 viewsGaius (Caligula), 37-41 AD. AE21 (6.34g). ΓΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, laureate head right / ΜΙΛΗΣΙΩΝ, hexastyle temple. Black patina, VF. Adramytteion (AD 177-192) AE 32 - Commodus1067 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE32 - Medallion (28.05g, 6h). Aelius Reginus, strategus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Commodus right on horseback, raising hand; to right, soldier, holding shield and vexillum, standing left. Near EF, black-green patina, slight double strike on reverse. Extremely rare. Adramytteion (AD 193-211) AE 31 - Septimius Severus1066 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE31 (23.94g). [A]VT K[...]PT[...] - CЄOVHPOC ΠЄPT, laureate, drapped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI CTP ΛOVK-IO B [...] / AΔPAMYTH/ΩN, emperor riding horse over bound captive. Brown patina, VF. Mallos (BC 425-400) Hemiobol1065 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.38g). Astragalos / "Ankh" symbol. Very fine.1 comments Kalchedon (BC 387-340) Tetradrachm1065 viewsca mid 4th cent. BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.19g). Bull standing left on wheat ear, ΚΑΛX above, caduceus and star before / Quadripartite incuse square, granulated. EF, a few small spots of minor encrustation on obverse, choice flan. Ex Triton IV (12/2000), lot 232; Muenzen und Medaillen Auk. 54 (10/1978), lot 256. Ionopolis (AD 161-169) AE 26 - Lucius Verus1064 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE26 (14.25g, 6h). Laureate bust of Verus right / ΙΩΝΟΠΟΛΕ-ΙΤΩΝ, bust of Sarapis with kalathos right. All the coins of Ionopolis are extremely rare. This issue with Lucius Verus / Sarapis is known from only 2 battered specimens - Hollstein/Jarman 2 (this coin) and 3 (Frank L. Kovacs Auction 12, 1995) - while the parallel issue, with Marcus Aurelius/Bust of Isis, is known from only one coin - Hollstein/Jarman 1 - in Berlin. The coins were probably struck to celebrate the renaming of Abonuteichos as Ionopolis circa 162 AD. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B91 - EL 1/6 Stater 1064 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Helmeted head of Athena right; small seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/24 Stater1064 viewsca 625-575 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.63g). Head of griffin left / Irregular incuse square punch. Good VF. Well centered. Ex Jonathan P. Rosen Collection (Muenzen und Medaillen 72, 10/1987), lot 95; Numismatic Fine Arts IV (2/1979), lot 283. Kyzikos (BC 500-475) EL 1/6 Stater1063 viewsca 500-475 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.65g). Facing lion's head; tunny below / Quadripartite incuse square, granulated. Good VF. Ex Triton VI (1/2003), lot 300. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B101063 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 12h). Forepart of winged boar right / Incuse head of roaring lion left. Good VF, well centered. Very rare, only five examples noted by Bodenstedt. Isinda (BC 100-0) AE 201062 viewsca 1st century BC. AE20 (7.23g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Horseman right; C to left, ΙΣΙΝ and coiled snake below. VF, brown patina, some tan high points. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B09 - EL 1/6 Stater1062 viewsca 600-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Forepart of bull right, head reverted; small seal above / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion paw - EL 1/241062 views6th century BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.55g). Lion's paw seen from above / Stellate pattern within incuse square. VF. Very rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) thunderbolt - EL 1/12 Stater1062 viewsca 600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.13g). Milesian standard. Uncertain structure: Two broad parallel strings crossing four tresses / Incuse square with irregular surface. Missing in major references; possibly unpublished. EF.1 comments (BC 163-130) Ariarathes V - Drachm1062 viewsAriarathes V Eusebes Philopator, ca 163-130 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 4.33g, 12h). Mint A (Eusebeia-Mazaka). Diademed head right / Athena Nikephoros standing left; monograms to inner left and outer right, ΓΛ in exergue. Good VF, lightly toned. The attribution of much of the middle Cappadocian series has long been the subject of debate, primarily between B. Simonetta and O. Morkholm. Morkholm's attribtions appear to be more firmly grounded, particularly in hoard studies, and thus his conclusions that the earliest silver drachms are those of Ariarathes V and that the exergual letters on this series are not regnal dates are likely correct. As such, the latest studies and SNGs have attributed this portion of the series following his conclusions. (BC 101-87) Ariarathes IX - Tetradrachm1061 viewsAriarathes IX, Eusebes Philopator, 101-87 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.24g). Dated Year 2 (100/99 BC). Diademed head right / Athena standing left, holding Nike, spear, and shield; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ, B (date) in exergue. Good VF, toned, small area of flatness on the obverse. Very rare. Drewry Coll.; ex CNG 54 (6/2000), lot 760. Sardeis (AD 23-26) AE 27 - Germanicus and Drusus1061 viewsGermanicus and Drusus, Caesars, ca 23-26 AD. AE27 (12.14g), restruck ca 28-29 AD by Asinius Pollio, Proconsul. Drusus and Germanicus seated left in curule chairs / Legend in wreath; ΓΑΙΩ ΑΣΙΝΝΙΩ ΠΟΛΛΙΩΝΙ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΩ around (overstruck on original legend). VF, green patina, slightly rough surfaces. This interesting coin appears to be an original issue, but in actuality, it is an earlier issue that is restruck with two intricate 'countermarks.' These 'countermarks' were ring-shaped punch restrikings of the legends that surround the obverse and reverse designs. While the obverse 'countermark-legend' is the same as that which appeared on the original striking, the reverse legend, originally ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧΙΕΠΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΚΛΕΩΝΟΣ ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΟΥ, has been totally replaced by a new 'countermark-legend.' Kos (BC 470-450) Triple-Siglos1061 viewsca 470-450 BC. AR Triple Siglos (Persic) (16.43g). ΚΩΙΟΝ, nude athlete (diskobolos) standing right on his right leg, left leg crossing behind it, upper part of body bent to right, head turned left, both arms raised over his head, throwing large diskos with his right hand; tripod on ground line to left / Crab in dotted incuse square. Very rare. Bold representation of an athlete cought in action. Toned, gVF/EF. Ex W. H. Waddington coll. and ex duplicates of the Cabinet des Medailles de la Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. (BC 340-334) Pixodaros - AV 1/12 Stater1061 viewsPixodaros, Satrap, 340-334 BC. AV 1/12 Stater - Obol (8mm, 0.67g, 12h). Halikarnassos mint. Laureate head of Apollo left / Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys and lotus-tipped scepter, ΠΙΞΟΔΑΡΟΥ to right. Pits and scratches, VF. Rare. Karl Coll. Amathos (BC 350) 1/3 Stater - Rhoikos1060 viewsRhoikos, King of Amathos, ca 350 BC. AR 1/3 Stater - Tetrobol (2.18g). Head of lion right, in dotted circle / Forepart of lion right, head facing. EF. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B82 - EL 1/6 Stater1059 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Head of Hermes left, wearing Petasos; seal to right / Quatripartite incuse square. aEF. Abydos (BC 470-440) Obol1059 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Obol (0.66g). Eagle standing left; ABY to left, kylix to right / Gorgoneion in incuse square. VF. Rare. Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - satyr1059 viewsca 360-340 BC. AV Stater (8.42g). Head of female (!) satyr with pointed ear and flowing hair facing left, wearing ivy wreath, ear pendant and necklace / Forepart of Pegasos right. Highly unusual and extremely beautiful. Less than five recorded specimens. Good EF. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B19 - EL 1/6 Stater1059 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.61g, 11mm). Goat running left, seal above / Incuse punch with 3 fields. aEF. Very rare. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B351058 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g). Helmeted head of Athena right; ΛΕ behind neck / Confronted steer heads within incuse square. Good VF, well centered. Ex CNG 61 (9/2001), lot 665. Thymbra (BC 330-300) AE 161058 views4th century BC. AE16 (2.64g, 3h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Θ-Î¥, torch within wreath. VF, dark green patina, rough areas on obverse, flan crack. Extremely rare, apparently unpublished.1 comments Akmoneia (BC 133-48) AE 231057 viewsca 133-48 BC. AE23 (7.62g). Bust of Athena right, wearing high-crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / [Α]ΚΜΟΝΕ[ΩΝ], eagle alighting from thunderbolt, flanked by stars; magistrates ΜΗΝΟΔΟΤΟΣ and ΣΙΛΛΩΝ. Good VF, golden tan patina, just a hint of light porosity. Very rare. ex CNG Triton V (1/2002), lot 500. Soloi (BC 425-400) Stater1056 views425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.68g, 10h). Amazon kneeling left, holding bow, wearing quiver on left hip; facing satyr's head in right field, Λ in circle in exergue / ΣΟΛΕΩΝ, grape cluster on vine; fly to right; all within incuse square. Superb EF, lightly toned. Exceptional and one of the finest known of the type. Mallos (BC 385-333) Stater1055 viewsca 385-333 BC. AR Stater (10.65g). Bearded head of Herakles right, lion's skin tied around neck / Head of Persian satrap right, wearing Persian headdress, ΜΑΛ to left. Nice EF, beautifully engraved dies. Ex the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Sotheby's, 11/1972), lot 627; Montagu Collection (Sotheby, 3/1896), lot 657. Kibyra Minor (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 191055 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE19 (6.18g). Conjoined heads of Dioskouroi right / Nike standing left, crowning trophy and holding taenia; countermark: male head right. Good VF, dark olive patina, lightly worn at high points. Ex von Aulock Collection, 5654. Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 221055 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE22 (7.66g). Bust of Amazon right, wearing wolf's scalp / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, Nike walking right, holding wreath in right hand, palm over left shoulder. VF/F, dark green patina. Rare type. Gutknecht coll. Assos (BC 350) Drachm1055 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.12g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with olive wreath / Bucranium. Good VF, porous. Scarce. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 - 149