Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


Most viewed - Ionia
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Swastika - AR 1/12401 viewsca 620-600 BC. AR 1/12 Stater (1.00g, 9mm). Raised swastika pattern / Incuse square punch. VF.
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Teos (BC 320-294) Diobol400 viewsca 320-294 BC. AR Reduced Rhodian Diobol (0.93g). Griffin seated right, left forepaw raised / Chelys; ΔΙΟΥΧΕΣ (magistrate) to left. aEF.
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Samos (BC 520) 1/2 Siglos400 viewsca 520 BC. AR 1/2 Siglos (2.52g). Forepart of winged bull left / Head of bull left, within dotted incuse square. VF, some minor roughness. Rare, only one specimen of the right facing type half siglos recorded by Barron, this variety unpublished.
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Ephesos (AD 166-177) AE 31 - Commodus400 viewsCommodus, as Caesar, 166-177 AD. AE31 (14.88g, 6h). Bareheaded and draped bust right / Diminutive figure driving carpentum drawn by biga of horses. VF, green patina, areas of very light smoothing. Rare. Ex Marcel Burstein Coll.
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Ephesos (AD 81-96) AE 21 - Domitia400 viewsDomitia, wife of Domitian, Augusta, 81-96 AD. AE21 (4.63g, 12h). Homonoia with Smyrna. Ruso, proconsul, 92-94 AD. ΔOMITIA CЄBACTE, draped bust of Domitia right / OMONOIA ANΘI POYCΩNOC, cult statue of Artemis; ZMYP to left, ЄΦЄ to right. EF/VF, light green patina. Very rare. Tricarico coll.
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Miletos (BC 530-500) 1/8 Stater399 viewsLate 6th-early 5th century BC. AR 1/8 Stater (1.7g, 9mm). Lion’s head facing within square pelleted border / Floral or stellar design within square lattice frame. gVF.
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) Tetrobol398 viewsca 288-280 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.68g). Goneus, magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram and ΓΟΝΕΥΣ to left, bee to upper right. Near VF. Very rare, the first example of this denomination we have offered.
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Ephesos (AD 81-96) AE 32 - Domitian398 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE32 (19.49g, 12h). ΔOMITIANOC KAICAP CEBACTOC ΓEPMANIKOC, laureate head right / APTEMIC ЄΦЄCIA, cult statue of Artemis (with supports) with stags. VF, corrosion. Scarce. Tricarico coll.
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Kolophon (BC 501) Obol398 views5th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.75g). Stylized archaic male head right / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned, granular surfaces. Rare.
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Kolophon (BC 480-460) Hemiobol397 viewsca 480-470 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.34g, 7mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / Astragalos. VF.
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Erythrai (BC 200-133) AE 15397 viewsca 200-133 BC. AE15 (3.07g). Head of bearded Herakles right, wearing lion skin / EPY AYTONO MOΣ AYTONO MOY (magistrate). Dark brown patina, VF.
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Priene (BC 330-290) AE 11396 viewsca 290-270 BC. AE11 (1.00g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / ΠΡΙΗ - ΦΟΡΜΙΩ[N] (magistrate) legend in two lines within circular maeander pattern. Dark green patina, EF. Rare.
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Magnesia (BC 459) Trihemiobol396 viewsArchepolis(?), ca 459 BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.18g). Bearded male head right, wearing tania / Barley grain; MA upwards to right, ΨI downwards to left. Unpublished. Good VF, faint porosity. Rare.
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Smyrna (AD 238-260) AE 20395 viewsTime of Gordian III-Valerian I, 238-260 AD. AE20 (4.74g, 7h). Draped bust of the Senate right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia, within tetrastyle temple. EF, brown patina.
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Teos (BC 478-449) Stater394 viewsca 478-449 BC. AR Stater (11.80g). Griffin with curved wings sitting right, crab to right, within dotted circle / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.
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Ephesos (AD 81-96) AE 21 - Domitia394 viewsDomitia, wife of Domitian, Augusta, 81-96 AD. AE21 (5.27g). Homonoia with Smyrna. Caesennius Paetus, Proconsul, 91-95 AD. Draped bust of Domitia right / Two Nemses standing facing one another. Nice VF, mostly green patina, some light cleaning scratches around the devices.
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Miletos (BC 259-246) Drachm393 viewsca 259–246 BC. AR Drachm (5.29g). Theokrines, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion standing left, head reverted; star above, MI monogram above, T in left field, magistrate's name ΘΕΟΚΡΙΝΗΣ below ground line. Areas of very light porosity. EF. Ex Berdach Coll., CNG 55 (9/2000), lot 512.
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Magnesia (AD 161-180) AE 34 - Lucius Verus392 viewsLucius Verus, 161-180 AD. AE34 (26.11g). Τ ΑΥ [...] Λ ΑΥΡΗ[...]ΟΗΡΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ, in between Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus the Cult statue of Artemis Leukophryene crowned by two flying Nikes. Very rare. Fine.
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Kolophon (BC 450-410) Drachm392 viewsca 450-410 BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 5.38g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Kithara in incuse square. Near VF, toned, porous.
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Teos (BC 250-150) AE392 viewsca 3rd-2nd century BC. AE (1.82g). Griffin standing right, holding kerykeion in right paw / Kantharos in linear square border. gVF. Popken Coll.
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Teos (BC 470-420) Tetartemorion392 viewsca 500-475 BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.23g). Head of griffin right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned, minor porosity. Ex Klein Coll., 481.
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Teos (BC 320-294) Diobol391 viewsca 320-294 BC. AR Reduced Rhodian Dibol (0.83g). Winged griffin seated right / Chelys, ΤΗΙ above; [Α]ΛΥΠΙΩ[N] (magistrate) to right. Irregular flan, very fine.
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Teos (BC 510-490) Trihemiobol391 viewsca 530-490 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.36g). Griffin with curled wings seated right, forepaw raised / Quadripartite incuse square. Darkly toned, near EF.
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Priene (BC 330-290) AE 10391 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AE10 (0.78g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet / ΠΡΙΗ - AIANT (magistrate) legend in two lines within circular maeander pattern. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Joy coll.
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Teos (BC 370-340) Diobol391 viewsca 375-350 BC. AR Diobol (0.99g, 11mm). Athenagores, magistrate. Griffin seated right, left forepaw raised / THI AΘHNAΓO-PHΣ, chelys. Nice very fine.
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Teos (BC 204-190) Diobol391 viewsca 204-190 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 0.78g). Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy-wreath / Grape bunch. Unpublished. Good VF, darkly toned, light marks. Extremely rare.

This coin appears to be from the same issue as Kinns’ Period III hemidrachms of Teos (See P. Kinns, Studies in the coinage of Ionia: Erythrae, Teos, Lebedus, Colophon, c. 400-30 BC).
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Erythrai (BC 480-420) Obol391 viewsca 480-400 BC. AR Obol (0.74g). Erythros standing left before horse / Rosette with 10 petals in incuse square. VF. Rare.
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Smyrna (AD 253-268) AE 25 - Gallienus391 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE25 (6.74g, 6h). M. Aurelius Sextus, magistrate. Struck ca 260-268 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Actuaria under sail right, gubernator at stern; M AVP CЄ/XCTOV in two lines in exergue. VF, green patina with earthen overtones, minor roughness. Rare. Ex Alexandre de Barros Ship Coll. Ex Aufhäuser 10 (5-6 Oct 1993), lot 552.
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Erythrai (BC 520-480) 1/96 Stater391 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.13g). Swirl pattern around a central pellet / Incuse square with five raised pellets in quincunx pattern. VF. Rare.
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Ephesos (AD 253-268) AE 26 - Gallienus390 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE26 (6.70g, 6h). AV K ΠO ΛI ΓA-ΛΛIHNOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right / EΦECIΩN Δ NEΩKOPΩN, Artemis Phosporus standing right, quiver over shoulder, holding long torch in both hands. Very fine.
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Ephesos (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla390 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE23 (6.47g). AVT K M AVP AN-TΩNЄINOC; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΦЄCIΩN •B• NEO[KOPΩN]; Artemis huntress seizing wit left hand stag by horn and with right hand drawing arrow from quiver at her shoulder. Sand encrustation below good very fine.
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Ephesos (AD 81-96) Denarius - Domitian390 viewsDomitian, as Caesar, struck 71 AD. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.71g, 6h). DOMITIANVS CAESAR AVG F, Laureate head right, bust draped and cuirassed / AVG; below "EPE" (very faint), oak wreath. VF, Rare. Tricarico coll.
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Samos (BC 398-365) Obol389 viewsca 398-365 BC. AR Obol (0.58g). Facing scalp of lion / Forepart of bull right; ΣA below. Toned, Good VF.
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Samos (BC 129-20) AE 13389 viewsca 129-20 BC. AE13 (1.72g, 12h). Head of Hera right, wearing stephane / Facing lion’s scalp, ΣΑΜΙΩΝ below. VF, dark brown patina. Wagner Coll.
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) Octobol389 viewsca 288-280 BC. AR Octobol (5.51g). Bloson, magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoë right / ARSI, bow and quiver; monogram and ΒΛΟΣΩΝ to left, bee to right. Good VF, toned, struck with a worn obverse die, several small corrosion spots on obverse. Very rare. Drewry Coll.; ex CNG 55 (9/2000), lot 492 (magistrate incorrect).
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Teos (BC 475-450) Hemiobol388 viewsca 475-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37g, 9mm). Griffin seated right, left forepaw raised / Quadripartite square incuse. Extremely fine.
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Klazomenai (BC 500-480) Diobol388 viewsca 499-494 BC. AR Diobol (1.0g, 10mm). Forepart of winged boar right / Quadripartite incuse square, K within one quarter. VF.
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Magnesia (AD 138-161) AE 34 – Antoninus Pius387 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE34 (23.96 gm). Diophantos magistrate. AV KAICAP AΔPIA ANTΩNINOC CEB, draped and laureate bust right / ΓPAM ΔIOΦANTOY M[AΓNЄTΩN], warrior with spear and shield standing right over fallen warrior on ground, leaning on shield. Very fine.
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Smyrna (AD 198-217) AE 31 - Caracalla387 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE31mm (11.80g, 6h). Cl. Rufinus Sophistes, strategos. Struck 198-202 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter. Near VF, brown patina with some red deposits, light scratches. Ex Righetti Coll., 7163.
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Ephesos (AD 253-260) AE 27 - Valerian387 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE27 (8.16g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Artemis with bow and arrow standing right, hound at feet. VF.
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Herakleia ad Latmon (BC 190) AE 9386 views2nd century BC. AE9 (0.8g). Owl standing right / HPAKΛEΩΤΩΝ, crest of helmet. Fine. Very rare.
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Metropolis (BC 100-0) AE385 viewsca 1st century BC. AE (0.98g). Turreted head of Kybele right / Pinecone (?), monogram to left, ΔΙΟΓΕ[ΝΗΣ] (magistrate) to right. Rare.
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Lebedos (BC 330-294) Diobol385 viewsca 330-294 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 0.93g). Dorkon, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena right / Prow of ship left upon which an owl stands left. VF, nice metal.
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Magnesia (BC 330-300) AE 17385 viewsca 2nd-early 1st century BC. AE7 (5.92g, 12h). Chimaro[...], magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Forepart of butting bull right; maeander pattern behind. Good VF, green patina with light earthen deposits.
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Ephesos (BC 190-150) AE 16385 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE16 (3.63g). E-Φ, bee within wreath / stag feeding right; quiver above, AΓHNΩP (magistrate) in exergue. Nice very fine.
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Ephesos (AD 138-161) AE 35 - Antoninus Pius385 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE35 (23.2g). T AI KAICAP ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate head right / ΔIC NЄΩKOPΩN ЄΦЄCIΩN. Cult figure of Artemis Ephesis standing within octastyle temple with globe in pediment. VF.
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Myous (BC 400-380) AE 13385 viewsca 4th century BC. AE13 (1.48g). Laureate head of Apollo right / MY-H, goose standing right within maeander pattern. VF.
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Priene (BC 330-290) AE 12384 viewsca 330-290 BC. AE12 (0.89g, 12h). Phormion, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena right / Legend in two lines within maeander pattern border. EF, green patina. Ex Gorny & Mosch 142 (10/2005), lot 1549.
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Smyrna (AD 193-235) AE 19384 viewsTime of the Severans, 193-235 AD. AE19 (3.66g, 6h). Laureate head of Zeus Akraios right / Griffin right; wheel before. Good VF, green patina, adjustment marks. From Group CEM.
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Teos (AD 253-268) AE 31 - Gallienus383 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE31 (10.9g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Dionysus standing left. A nice and rare large bronze. Ex Manfra Tordella and Brookes 1969.
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Ephesos (AD 217-218) AE 23 - Macrinus383 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE23 (7.00g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / River-god reclining left on overturned amphora from which water flows, holding reed. VF, green patina, a little rough, minor smoothing in field. Possibly unpublished.
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Ephesos (BC 190-150) AE 15383 viewsca 190-150 BC. AE15 (2.98g, 12h). Eupolis, magistrate. Bee with straight wings within wreath / Stag grazing right; quiver above. VF, green patina. Whorton Coll.; ex Rauch Summer Auc. (9/2010), lot 202.
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Lebedos (BC 330-294) Diobol383 viewsca 330-294 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 0.83g, 12h). Ekatonymos, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing on prow left; ΕΚΑΤΩΝΥΜΟΣ below. VF, minor porosity.
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Erythrai (BC 500-470) Obol383 viewsca 500 BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.56g). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / Incuse pattern. VF, toned. Very rare.

Although Babelon attributes this type to an uncertain mint in Asia Minor, the head of Herakles bears a marked resemblance to that found on the electrum coinage of Erythrai in Ionia.
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Lebedos (BC 350-300) AE 10383 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE10 (1.53g). Cow and calf / Prow of galley left. aVF. Very rare.
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Magnesia (BC 190) AE 17382 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE17 (2.86g). Laureate head of Artemis right / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ - ΝΙΚΑΝΩΡ - ΚΑΙ / ZΩΠΥΡΟΣ, cult statue of Artemis Leukophryene in long veil standing facing, monogram in field to right. gVF. Rare. Joy coll.
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Smyrna (AD 253-268) AE 27 - Gallienus382 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE27 (8.95g, 6h). M. Aurelius Sextus, magistrate. Struck circa 260-268. Obv.: AVT K Π ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev.: CMYPNAIΩN Γ NЄΩK ЄΠ M AVP CЄΞTOY, Cybele turreted, enthroned, holding in right hand patera, left arm resting on tympanum. Rare. Minor flatness on both sides, nice very fine.
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Kolophon (BC 375-360) Diobol382 viewsca 375-360 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 0.91g, 12h). Xenodotos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lyre. VF, weak obverse strike.
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Phokaia (AD 244-249) AE 25382 viewsCivic issue. Time of Philip I, 244-249 AD. AE25 (8.36g, 6h). Draped bust of the Senate right / The Dioscuri standing right, both wearing pileus and holding spear and round shield. Good VF, dark green patina, a few minor cleaning marks.
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Ephesos (BC 390-320) AE 11382 viewsca 390-320/00 BC. AE11 (1.66g, 6h). Oionos (?), magistrate. Female head left, astragalos behind / ΟΙΩ-Ν-ΟΣ, Bee. Rare. Ex Müller coll. (M&M Deutschland, Auk. 30 (5/2009), lot 461); ex Auctiones eAuction #1, lot 178.
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Klazomenai (BC 480-400) Drachm381 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Pentobol (3.48g). ΚΛΑ, forepart of winged boar left / Ram's head right, in incuse square. VF, light porosity.
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Phokaia (BC 250-200) AE 10381 views3rd-2nd century BC. AE10 (1.49g, 12h). Head of Hermes left, wearing petasos / Π-Α, kerykeion (caduceus). Good very fine.
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Kolophon (BC 500-480) Tetartemorion380 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Tetartemotion (0.19g). Head of Apollo Klarios 3/4 to right / Quadripartite incuse square.
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Magnesia (AD 244-249) AE 30 - Otacilia Severa380 viewsOtacilia Severa, wife of Philip I, 244-249 AD. AE30 (10.44g). M ΩTAKI CEYHPA CE, Draped bust wearing stephane / EΠI ΓP TYXIKOY B NE MAΓNHTΩN, Hephaistos seated right, holding tongs in left hand, hammer in right, hammering the brim of an Athenian helmet set on a short column. Rare. Very fine.
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Samos (AD 138-161) AE 19 - Antoninus Pius380 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE19 (5.33g). [A]NTΩNINOC - KAICAP(?), laureate head right / C[A]MIΩN, cult-statue of the Samian Hera in long garment and wearing polos, standing right, holding in both hands long ribbons. Good F. Hoeft coll.
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Priene (BC 240-170) AE 14380 viewsca 240-170 BC. AE14 (3.54g, 12h). Mento..., magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena right / ΠPIH - MENTO in two lines within maeander border. VF, dark green patina. Alighieri Coll.
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Erythrai (BC 480-450) Hemiobol380 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.32 g). Rosette / Rosette; E-P-Y-Θ around; all within incuse square. Good VF, toned, porous. Unpublished with ethnic.
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Metropolis (AD 222-235) AE 36 - Severus Alexander380 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE36 (21.30g, 12h). Aurelius Sextus, strategos. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Ares standing facing, head left, holding spear and shield, within tetrastyle temple. Fine, artificial green patina with earthen deposits.
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Ephesos (BC 525-475) 1/4379 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Trihemiobol (?) (0.81g). Bee / Star within square incuse. Very rare variant. Good VF. Mueller Coll.
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Ephesos (BC 390-380) Trihemiobol378 viewsca 390-380 BC. AR Trihemiobol (9mm, 0.83g, 12h). Bee / Forepart of a stag right, head left. VF, toned.
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Erythrai (BC 133) AE 10377 viewsafter 133 BC. AE10 (0.83g). Club in beaded circle / ΕΡΥ - ΔΗΜΗ-ΤΡΙΟΣ. Rare. EF.
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Erythrai (BC 440-400) Diobol377 viewsca 480-400 BC. AR Diobol (11mm, 1.43g). Pegasos flying right, club below / Rosette with 12 petals, Ε-Ρ-Υ-Θ around, within incuse square. VF, toned. Rare.
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Teos (BC 200-100) AE377 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE (4.34g). Bion, magistrate. Griffin springing right on ground line / Lyre with three strings, ΤΗΙ-ΩΝ above, BI–ΩN in fields. gVF, dark green patina. Rare. Lindpaintner coll.; ex Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel 64 (1984), 159.
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Magnesia (BC 400-350) Drachm377 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.2g, 11mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / [...]OP / Λ[...], forepart of bull butting right; countermark (monogram) on shoulder. VF.
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Ephesos (BC 200) AE 17376 viewsca 200 BC. AE17 (4.10g, 12h). Hermotrephes, magistrate. Bee / Stag standing right; quiver above, EPMOTPPEΦHΣ downward to right. Near EF, green patina.
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Ephesos (AD 69-79) Denarius - Vespasian375 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AR Denarius (2.96g, 19mm, 6h). Struck 74 AD. IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS V TR P PP, laureate head right / PACI AVGVSTAE (from high right), Victory advancing right, with wreath and palm; at lower right, star. EF. Tricarico coll.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Man - EL 1/24374 viewsca 600­-550 BC. EL Myshemihekte - Twenty­-fourth Stater (6mm, 0.65g). Phokaic standard. Archaic head right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Attractive early style. Extremely rare.
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Kolophon (BC 320-294) AE 18373 viewsca 320-294 BC. AE18 (5.13g, 17-18mm). Glaukos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Κ-ΟΛ, horseman riding right, holding lance; lyre to left, ΓΛΑΥΚΟΣ below. VF.
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Kolophon (BC 300-100) AE 16372 views3rd-2nd century BC. AE16 (3.72g). Metrodoros, magistrate. Draped bust of Artemis with quiver and bow / Caps of the Dioskouri, star above each, ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΕΩΝ [Μ]ΗΤΡΟΔΩΡΟΣ below. VF.
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Teos (BC 530-478) Hemidrachm370 viewsca 530-478 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.94g). Griffin sitting right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.
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Kolophon (BC 501) Hemiobol370 viewsca 530/25-500 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.33g). Head of Apollo right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, porous.
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Magnesia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 17 - Augustus370 viewsAugustus (?). 27 BC-14 AD. AE17 (3.81g, 12h). Euphemios, magistrate. Laureate head (of Caesar or Augustus) right, being crowned by Nike left; letter H or B in exergue / Diana, drawing arrow and holding bow, standing right. Near EF, dark green patina. Extremely rare.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B44 - EL 1/6 Stater370 viewsca 521-478 (486) BC. EL Hekte (2.46g, 10.32mm, 3.67mm in profile). Head of bearded Ares left, wearing crested helmet [below, small seal right] / ‘Crisp’ quadripartite incuse square. EF. Carr coll.

Only 7 examples known to Bodenstedt. None recorded in Coin Archives, acsearch records 18 examples. No die match to this coin. On the obverse, unlike most examples, there is no floral motif/decoration on the helmet. As to the reverse, this is the first coin of this emission to have a clear quadripartite incuse square - a very small number of examples have a very rough incuse square with internal divisions either crude or absent. This coin is part of Series 2 of Bodenstedt and he dates this emission to 486 BC.
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Miletos (BC 259-246) Drachm369 viewsca 259-246 BC. AR Drachm (5.30g). Tharsagoras, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion standing left, looking back; city monogram and T to left, star above; ΘΑΡΣΑΓΟΡΑΣ in exergue. Good VF.
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Smyrna (BC 280-190) AE 12369 viewsca 290-190 BC. AE12 (1.83g). Turreted head of Tyche right / Palm Tree, ΣΩΣ to left. Very fine.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Ram - EL 1/24369 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.56g, 8mm). Head of ram left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare.
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Magnesia (AD 238-244) AE 35 - Gordian III368 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE35 (27.66g). ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠΙ ΔΗΜΟΝЄΙΚΟΥ / ΜΑ/ΓΝΗΤΩΝ, Selene in biga drawn by bulls. Green patina, large flan, very fine.
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) AE 16367 viewsca 290-281 BC. AE16 (3.62g). Apollo-, magistrate. Veiled bust of Arsinoe II right / Stag kneeling left, head reverted; monogram before, astragalos above. VF, dark green patina, light earthen highlights on the reverse. Rare. Conlin Coll.
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Samos (BC 210-185) AE367 viewsca 220-200 BC. AE (8.85g). Facing lion's mask within dotted circle / Forepart of bull right, ΣΑΜΙΩΝ above, monogram below; within dotted circle. Dark green patina, VF. Unpublished with this monogram?
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Erythrai (BC 480-450) Hemiobol367 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.26g). Rosette / Simpler rosette within circular frame within incuse square. Good VF, toned.
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Ephesos (AD 81-96) Denarius - Domitian367 viewsDomitian, as Caesar, struck 71 AD. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.71g, 6h). DOMITIANVS CAESAR AVG F, Laureate head right, bust draped and cuirassed / PACI AVGVSTAE, Victory advancing right, with wreath and palm; at lower right "EPE". VF, Rare. Tricarico coll.
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Erythrai (BC 460-420) Trihemiobol367 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Diobol (12mm, 1.33g). Pegasos flying right; helmet to upper left, A below / Rosette within incuse square. Good VF, toned, a little porosity, minor doubling on reverse. Rare.
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Erythrai (BC 501-480) Obol 367 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Obol (0.8g, 7mm). Rosette / Irregular incuse square. VF.
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Ephesos (BC 69) Cistophoric Tetradrachm367 viewsca 166-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.39g). Dated year 65 (69 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Ξ⊏ and EΦE to the left, bow-case with serpents; poppy in between two cornucopiae. VF.
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Smyrna (AD 253-260) AE 24366 viewsTime of Valerian I, 253-260 AD. AE24 (6.09g). M. Aurelius Philetus Hippicus, strategus. •IЄPA• CYNKΛHTOC•, draped bust of Senate right / CMYP• I• NЄO• •ЄΠ• • C•ΦIΛH TOY•, Tyche standing facing, head left, holding phiale and cornucopiae. Nice VF.
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Miletos (AD 161-180) AE 35 - Marcus Aurelius & Commodus366 viewsMarcus Aurelius, with Commodus, 161-180 AD. AE35 (22.14g, 6h). Aelius Protus Leontus, magistrate. Confronted laureate, draped, and cuirassed busts of Marcus right and Commodus left / Leto advancing left, carrying her children Artemis and Apollo. VF, green patina, light roughness. Very rare. Group CEM.
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Erythrai (BC 400) AE 9365 viewsca 400-375 BC. AE9 (1.05g, 8h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Single-handled vase. VF, green patina.
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Samos (BC 210-185) Drachm365 viewsca 210­-185 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 2.96g, 12h). Rhodian Plinthophoric standard. Facing lion’s scalp / Forepart of ox right; grain ear to right, krater and monogram below. VF, toned.
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Erythrai (BC 480-450) Hemiobol365 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.29g, 6mm). Floral ornament with 24 petals around central pellet / Floral ornament with eight petals around central pellet; all circumscribed within incuse square. VF.
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Ephesos (AD 221) AE 30 - Annia Faustina364 viewsAnnia Faustina, 221 AD. AE30 (12.90g). ANNIA ΦAVCTЄINA CЄB, draped bust right / ЄΦЄCIΩN Δ NЄΩKOPΩN, Artemis huntress holding bow taking arrow out of quiver; before her, dog. Rare. Very fine.
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