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Home > Ionia Most viewed - Ionia Phokaia (BC 477-388) B- - EL 1/6 Stater705 viewsca 450-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 11mm). Laureate head of Zeus left / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely Rare. Smyrna (AD 161-180) AE 41 - Marcus Aurelius703 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE 41 - Medallion (51.70g). Homonoia with Laodikeia. AV KAI M AV-PH ANTΩNINOC•, laureate and cuirassed bust left / ATTAΛOC COΦICTHC TAIC ΠATPI / SMVP ΛAO, Zeus of Laodikeia with scepter and eagle in between two Nemesis of Smyrna. Extremely rare, gVF. Magnesia (BC 350-320) Hemidrachm702 viewsca 350-320 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.51g). Horseman right, holding couched spear / Bull butting left; maeander pattern below, grain ear behind (off flan), ΣΚΥΘΟ[Î¥] (magistrate). Nice VF, minor porosity, light obverse scratch. Miletos (BC 260-220) AE 14701 viewsca 260-220 BC. AE14 (2.27g). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly left / Lion right, looking back at star. Nice VF, green and brown patina. Smyrna (AD 98-117) AE - Trajan701 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE Pentassarion (20.63g, 1h). Cl. Proclus, stephanophorus, and Cl. Bion, strategus. Struck 100-105 AD. Laureate head right / Hercules standing left, with lion skin over forearm and holding club, being crowned with wreath by female figure standing facing with head left. VF, green patina, minor roughness. Ex Cain Coll. Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater701 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (11mm, 2.41 g). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame / Two square punches without designs. Good VF. Very rare denomination. The earliest example of this denomination; not only are the incuses devoid of any designs, the style of the obverse is more “archaic” in appearance. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B94 - EL 1/6 Stater700 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of nymph left; [small seal behind] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, patchy toning. Magnesia (BC 459) Tetartemorion - Archepolis700 viewsArchepolis(?), ca 459 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.23g, 9h). Bearded male head right, wearing laurel wreath / Eagle flying right within linear square in incuse square. VF, minor porosity. Apparently unpublished. For similar trihemiobols of Archepolis, but eagle left with ethnic, cf. Nollé & Wenninger A 2a = Gorny & Mosch 102, 254 and Triton V, 1425. Myous (BC 2nd cent) AE 16700 viewsca 2nd (?) century BC. AE15.6 (2.10g). Head of Asklepios right / Îœ-Î¥/Ω-Ν, serpent-staff within wreath. Unpublished? Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm699 viewsca 412-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.14g, 9h). Skymnos, magistrate. Sphinx seated left, amphora surmounted by grape-bunch to left / Quadripartite incuse square, ΣΚΥΜΝΟΣ across horizontal band; vertical striations within each quarter. Good VF, heavily toned. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/6698 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.21g). Uncertain standard. Figural type. Forepart of bridled horse left, legs forward in running motion, and mane flowing behind / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned, a little porous. Extremely rare with horse forepart. Smyrna (BC 180-130) AE 17697 views180-130 BC. AE17 (5.18g) Turreted head of Tyche right, in dotted circle / Aphrodite Stratonikis in long garb and polos standing right next to column from which Nike flies up to crown her with wreath; ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ to right, ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ (magistrate) to left. Fine dark green patina, EF. Samos (BC 526-522) Drachm697 viewsca 526-522 BC. AR Drachm (3.54g). Winged boar left / Lion's scalp in dotted incuse square. EF. Ephesos (BC 138) Tetradrachm697 viewsca 166-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.70g, 1h), dated RY 2 of Attalos III of Pergamon (138/7 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / ΕΦΕ, bow-case with serpents; to right, B above bust of Artemis Ephesia. EF. Magnesia (BC 459) Trihemiobol697 viewsca 459 BC, probably an issue of Archepolis. AR Trihemiobol (1.06g, 2h). Head of Hephaistos right, wearing diadem, A to left / Head of eagle left; AM below. VF, typical light porosity. Unpublished as a trihemiobol. Smyrna (AD 198-217) AE 45 - Caracalla696 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE45 - Medallion (50g). A K M AYP-ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right /CMYPNAIΩN ΠPΩ/ TΩN ACIAC Γ N/ EΩKOPΩN/ TΩN CEB EΠI / AYP XAPI/ ΔH-MOY, three four-column temples with wreaths on facade; in the right temple, a statue of Tiberius standing left, on facade TI; in the middle temple, a statue of Roma seated left on facade PΩ; on the left temple, a statue of Hadrian standing right, on facade AΔ. Extremely rare. A little rough, smoothed, very fine. Miletos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian696 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.80g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Temple of Apollo Didymeus: tetrastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, pellet in pediment; within, statue of Apollo standing facing, holding stag and bow. VF, obverse struck with slightly rusty dies. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Mark Antony and Octavia. Kolophon (BC 330-280) AE 15694 viewsca 330-280 BC. AE15 (2.05g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of bridled horse right; ΑΝΤΗΝΩΡ (magistrate) to left, ΚΟΛO below. Fine green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Larisa (BC 400-300) Obol694 views4th century BC. AR Obol (?) (0.75g). Laureate head of Apollo(?) right / [...]ARIS-[...]ION, eagle with spread wings; club below right wing. Apparently unpublished. VF, dark find patina, some roughness. Possibly unique.1 comments Miletos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian693 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.67g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Temple of Apollo Didymeus: tetrastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, pellet in pediment; within, statue of Apollo standing facing, holding stag and bow. VF. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Figural - EL 1/24 Stater692 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Milesian standard 1/24 Stater (0.62g). Lion head (?) / Incuse punch. VF. Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 12691 viewsca 375-340 BC. AE12 (1.71g). Three-quarter facing head of Athena, head turned slightly right, wearing triple crested helmet and necklace / Ram walking right; pellet before, ΒΙΩΝ (magistrate) above. EF, dark green, almost black, patina, just a trace of roughness. Magnesia (BC 350-325) Didrachm691 viewsca 350-325 BC. AR Didrachm (7.16g). Diopeithes, magistrate. Rider on horseback right, holding lance / Bull butting left, ΔΙΟΠΕΙΘΗ[Σ] (magistrate) below; all within circular maeander pattern. Good VF, well centered. Ephesos (BC 27-14 AD) AE 21 - Augustus & Livia690 viewsAugustus, with Livia, 27 BC-14 AD. AE21 (7.33g). Archiereus Asklas, magistrate. Jugate heads of Augustus and Livia right / EΦE / APXIEPEYΣ AΣKLAΣ NIKOΣTPATOΣ, stag standing right; quiver above. gVF. Kolophon (BC 480-450) Hemiobol687 viewsca 480-470 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.43g). Facing laureate head of Apollo Klarios / Mark of value or monogram? in incuse square. Rare. Porous, VF. Kolophon (BC 330-285) AE 15686 viewsca 330-285 BC. AE15 (2.21g). Laureate head of Apollo 3/4 to left / Lyre, palm to right, ΕΡΑΣΙΝΙΔΗΣ (magistrate) to left, KO below. Good VF, glossy, dark grayish green patina. Rare. Ephesos (BC 550-500) Drachm686 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Drachm (3.34g). Bee / Irregular incuse punch. VF. Rare. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B77 - EL 1/6 Stater 686 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Head of Pan left; [seal to right] / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare. Metropolis (BC 100-0) AE 15686 views1st cent BC. AE15 (3.34g). Helmeted head of Ares right / Thunderbolt, monogram above, ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ (magistrate) below. Dark green patina, good VF. Larisa (BC 3rd cent) AE 16685 viewsEarly 3rd century BC. AE16 (3.53g, 6h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Horseman riding right, holding couched spear; monogram to upper right, ΛA below horse. Fine, rough brown patina. Extremely rare. Ephesos (BC 27-14 AD) AE 19 - Augustus & Livia684 viewsAugustus, with Julia Augusta (Livia), 27 BC-14 AD. AE19 - Chalkous (5.35g, 12h). Aristion, grammateus; Glykon, magistrate. Conjoined laureate head of Augustus and draped bust of Livia right / Stag standing right; above, quiver right. VF, green patina, light overall roughness. Rare. Ex Prideaux Coll. of Augustus. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/6 Stater684 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.60g). Seal left, head raised; Θ below / Incuse punch. Good VF, lightly toned. Unpublished, apparently unique. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Swastika - EL 1/48684 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.33g, 5mm). Milesian standard. Geometric type. Raised clockwise swastika pattern / Quadripartite square punch. Good VF. Extremely rare denomination. Smyrna (BC 190-50) AE 21683 viewsca 110-100 BC. AE21 (8.29g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ZΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ - ΕΡΜΟΚΛΗΣ / ΠΥΘΕΟΥ (magistrate), Homer seated left, holding roll, scepter behind. Fine green patina, EF. Gutknecht coll. Ionia Uncertain (BC 520-470) Triobol?683 viewsca 510-495 BC. AR Triobol (11mm, 2.23g). Forepart of horse right / Quadripartite incuse punch. VF. Magnesia (BC 459) Trihemiobol681 viewsca 459 BC, probably an issue of Archepolis. AR Trihemiobol (?) (0.97g, 5h). Bearded male head right, wearing tainia / Barley grain; M-A flanking; all in dotted square within incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Good VF, toned, porous. Possibly unique. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Figural - EL 1/6681 viewsca 600­-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.20g). Athena or Artemis standing facing, head left, holding with both hands a long thin object across waist / Irregular incuse punch. Of the highest rarity, apparently only the second specimen known. Extremely fine. Ex Leu 76 (1999), 165. Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian680 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.47g, 5h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Cult statue of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia; stags at sides. VF, trace of light toning on obverse. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/6 Stater680 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9mm, 2.42g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Double incuse square. Good VF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion paw - AR 1/48 679 viewsca 6th century BC. AR 1/48 Stater (0.27g). Lion's paw / Incuse square. Good VF. Rare. Mueller coll. Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/96 Stater678 viewsca 521-478 BC. AR Hemitetartemorion (4mm, 0.12g). Female head left, wearing helmet or close fitting cap / Incuse square. VF, toned. Rare denomination. Lee Coll. Samos (BC 270-240) Tetrobol677 viewsca 270-240 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.33g, 12h). Ptolemaic standard. Head of Hera left, wearing stephanos / Prow right; trident above, ΣΑΜΙΩΝ below. Good VF, toned, a couple peck marks on reverse. Rare. Ex Lestranges Coll. (Egger, 11/1909), lot 409. Kolophon (BC 450-410) Drachm676 viewsca 450-410 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 5.44g, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo right; A behind neck / Kithara within incuse square. VF, toned. Unpublished variety. The A control is known on drachms from the earlier issue, with the long-haired Apollo, but none are published for this series. Ephesos (AD 69-79) Denarius - Vespasian 675 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AR Denarius (2.85g). Struck 70 AD. IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG [COS II..PM] TRPPP, laureate head right / LIBERI IM[P AVG VES]PAS, bare confronted heads of Titus right and Domitian left, mintmark Φ in right field. Lebedos (BC 330-294) Hemidrachm674 viewsca 330-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (11mm, 1.45g, 11h). Marsyas, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena left / ΜΑΡΣΥΑΣ, owl standing right, head facing; Λ[Ε] to right, ship’s prow below. VF, off center. Priene (BC 240-170) AE 16673 viewsca 240-170 BC. AE16 (2.80g). Helmeted head of Athena right / ΠΡΙΗΝΕ / ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔ within circular maeander pattern. Brown patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.; ex Lanz, Graz X (1979), lot 174. Miletos (BC 259-246) Drachm672 viewsca 260-250 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 5.06g). Persic standard. Leontiskos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion standing left, head turned to right; star above, monogram and T in left field; ΛΕΟΝΤΙΣΚΟ[Σ] in exergue. Good VF, surfaces rough and granular. Samos (BC 408-366) Tetradrachm671 viewsca 408/4-366 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.71g, 12h). Hegesianax, magistrate. Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right; branch behind, ΗΓΗΣΙΑΝΑΞ above, monogram below. Good VF, attractively toned, well centered. Ex Hess-Leu 49 (4/1971), lot 214; Hermitage Museum Collection (Schlessinger 13, 2/1935), lot 1306. Teos (BC 530-500) Hemidrachm670 viewsca 510 BC. AR Hemidrachm (3.50g). Protome of a winged griffin right, forelegs extended with talons outstretched / Irregular incuse square. Extremely rare. Toned, EF. From the collections of H.S. von Aulock and R. Jameson. This is a most enigmatic coin, possibly even unpublished. While it was attributed to Teos in von Aulock, Jameson pointed out that griffin protomes were not used there (but cf. coin #557); Balcer excluded it from his corpus (without comment). It could have been minted in Phokaia, as Babelon pointed out in his commentary on a very similar drachm (Traite'), especially since griffin protomes were used on later issues at Phokaia. Ephesos (BC 48-27) AE 15670 viewsca 48-27 BC. AE15 (3.43g). Ε-Φ, bee within olive wreath / Stag standing right, head turned left; torch above, ΠΥΘΩΝ (magistrate) below. Light green patina, thick flan, VF. Scarcer type. Gutknecht coll. Leukai (BC 350-300) AE 11668 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE11 (1.01g) Laureate head Apollo left / Swan standing left with open wings, head down; tripod to left. Unpublished? Erythrai (BC 500-480) Didrachm668 viewsca 480 BC. AR Didrachm (6.80g). Naked rider (Hero Erythros?) right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Swastika - EL 1/6668 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (9mm, 2.50g). Milesian standard. Geometric type. Raised clockwise swastika pattern / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Geometric - EL 1/24667 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL 1/24th Stater (0.75g). Euboic standard. Geometric type. Three-sided square with central projection, surrounded by radiate lines / Rough incuse square punch. Good VF. Extremely rare. Struck from the same obverse die as the following lot, as well as Rosen 363 and CNG 67, 709, both EL twelfth staters. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Geometric - EL 1/24667 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL 1/24th Stater (0.73g). Euboic standard. Geometric type. Three-sided square with central projection, surrounded by radiate lines / Rough incuse square punch. Good VF. Extremely rare. Struck from the same obverse die as the previous lot, as well as Rosen 363 and CNG 67, 709, both EL twelfth staters. Ephesos (BC 202-133) AE 19667 viewsca 202-133 BC. AE19 (3.37g). Ε-Φ, bee within olive wreath / Stag standing right; date palm behind, monogram to right, ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ (magistrate) below. Dark green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll. Teos (BC 250-150) AE 13667 views3rd-2nd cent BC. AE13 (1.80g). Griffin sitting right, left paw extended, in dotted circle / Bunch of grapes on vine, ΜΟΣ-ΙΩΝ (magistrate) in fields. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Priene (BC 330-290) AE 12664 viewsca 330-280 BC. AE12 (1.04g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet / ΠΡΙΗ - ΦΟΡΜΙΩΝ (magistrate) legend in two lines within circular maeander pattern. EF, black patina under a dusting of earthen encrustation. Ex Frank Sternberg Auk. XI (11/1981), lot 134. Magnesia (BC 300-200) Drachm663 viewsca 300-200 BC. AR Drachm (5.61g, 10h). Persic standard. Morimos, magistrate. Warrior, holding lance, on horse rearing right; monogram below / Bull butting left; grain ear behind, MOPIMOΣ in exergue; all within circular Maeander pattern. Good VF. Well centered. Rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Bull - EL 1/24663 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.59g, 6mm). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of bull right / Incuse square punch. VF. Extremely rare, SNG Kayhan notes the type in this denomination is otherwise unpublished. Ephesos (AD 54-68) AE 27 - Nero662 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE27 (11.74g, 1h). Marcus Acilius Aviola, proconsul; Aechmocles, magistrate. Struck AD 65-66. Laureate head right / Three-quarter view of temple. VF, green patina. Rare and attractive. Group CEM. Smyrna (AD 84) AE 19661 viewsSex. Iulius Frontinus, Myrton and Reginus, 84 AD. AE17 (4.31g). ΑΝΘΥ - ΦΡΟΝΤΕΙΝΩ, bearded head of Herakles right / ΕΠΙ ΜΥΡΤΟΥ - ΡΗΓΕΙΝΟC / ZΜΥΡ, River god Hermos in Himation, lying, on hand on knee, other on container. Brown patina, good VF. Rare. Magnesia (BC 459) Tetartemorion - Archepolis661 viewsArchepolis, son of Themistokles. ca 459 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.20g). Diademed head of Archepolis right / AP monogram, eagle flying left diagonally, all within incuse square. Very rare. Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian659 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.73g, 12h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Aesculapius standing left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. VF, light scratches in fields. Kolophon (BC 330-280) AE 14659 viewsca 330-280 BC. AE14 (1.89g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of bridled horse right; ΕΠΙΓΟΝΟΣ (magistrate) to left, ΚΟΛ below. EF. Ex Laffaille coll., Monaies et Médailles SA, Bâle 76 (1991), 478. Magnesia (BC 350-325) Hemidrachm659 viewsca 350-325 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.61g, 12h). Rhodian standard. Diopeithes, magistrate. Warrior, holding lance, on horse rearing right / Bull butting left on maeander pattern; grain ear behind, [Δ]IOΠEIΘH[Σ] in exergue. EF, toned. Alighieri Coll. Ephesos (AD 117-138) AE 36 - Hadrian 659 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE36 - Medallion (33.62g, 12h). Struck 129 AD(?). ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC ΚΑ-ICΑΡ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟC, laureate and cuirassed bust right wearing aegis / Cult statue of Diana of Ephesus within ornate octostyle temple. Near VF, dark green surfaces, minor roughness. The emperor Hadrian was granted many honorific titles by the Greeks, including "Savior," "Founder," "New Dionysus," "New Heracles," "Panhellenius," and "Savior of the World," but the epithet "Olympius" is perhaps the most presumptuous. During Hadrian’s visits to Athens early in AD 129, he visited the massive Temple of Zeus Olympius (also known as the Olympeion). The Historia Augusta reports that at this time Hadrian dedicated an altar to himself, by virtue of which he seems to have elected himself a god and to have invested himself with the powers of the Olympian Zeus. This issue was possibly struck on the occasion of Hadrian’s visit to Ephesos later the same year. Phokaia (BC 350-250) AE 10658 viewsca 4th-3rd cent BC. AE10 (1.03g). Head of Nymph left / Head of griffin left. VF. Teos (AD 54-62) AE 17 - Claudia Octavia658 viewsClaudia Octavia, Augusta, 54-62 AD. AE17 (3.94g). Diademed and draped bust right / Dionysos standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus. Near VF, dark brown patina, light roughness. Ex Wagner Coll. Smyrna (AD 253-268) AE 27 - Gallienus657 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE27 (7.52g, 6h). ΑVΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ_[ΙΝ] ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC, laureate draped cuirassed bust right / CÎœVΡΝΑΙΩΝ Γ Ν_ΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ [..]ΙΠ[ΠΙΚΟV] ΦΙΛΗ_ΤΟV, the Amazon Smyrna, turreted and cuirassed, standing facing, head left, holding bipennis and pelta right. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B96 - EL 1/6 Stater657 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (9mm, 2.56g). Head of Io left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Smyrna (BC 27-AD 14) AE 21 - Augustus656 viewsAugustus, with Livia, 27 BC-14 AD. AE21 (5.79g), struck ca 10 BC. Leontiskos Hippomedontos, magistrate. Jugate heads of laureate Augustus and draped Livia right / Aphrodite Stratonicis standing facing, holding sceptre and Nike; dove standing left in field to right. EF, jade green patina. Ephesos (AD 81-96) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Domitian656 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD, struck 82 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (25mm, 10.16g, 6h). IMP CAES DOMITIANVS, Laureate head right / AVG GERM, Six corn-ears. Good Fine. Scarce. Tricarico coll.; ex Winokur coll. Miletos (BC 520-450) 1/48 Stater655 viewsca 5th century BC. AR 1/48 Stater (0.33g). Lion's head left / Star-like floral pattern. Smyrna (BC 160) Tetradrachm654 viewsafter 160 BC. AR Stephanephoric Tetradrachm (16.04g, 34mm). Turreted head of Tyche right / ZΜΥΡ−ΝΑΙΩΝ, monogram below; all within wreath. Excellent style, broad flan, slightly rough surfaces and small scratch (graffiti), otherwise nice EF. Rare. Ephesos (BC 550-500) 1/6654 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Obol (0.54g). Bee / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned, EF. Rare. Smyrna (BC 245-240) AE 14654 viewsca 245-240 BC. AE14 (1.82g). Turretted head of Tyche right / Fire altar in the form of cup with cover; ZΜΥΡ and shrimp to left, ΣΥΜΜΑΧΟΣ (magistrate) to right. Fine green patina, gVF. Interesting type. Gutknecht coll.; ex Aufhauser Auc. 10 (Munchen, 1993), lot 185. Ephesos (AD 138-161) AE 32 - Antoninus Pius654 viewsAntoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. AE32 (27.11g, 6h). Homonoia with Cyzicus. Paitos, grammateus. T AIΛIOC KAICAP ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right within pelleted border / ЄΠI ΠAITOV ΓPAMMAΤЄOC OMONOIA, KVZIKOC down left field, ЄΦЄCOC up right, heroes Kyzikos and Androklos, each nude but for drapery over shoulder, standing vis-à-vis and clasping right hands; Kyzikos standing right and seen from behind; Androklos standing facing with head left and holding long scepter; all within pelleted border. Good VF, red-brown and dark green patina. Very rare. Erythrai (BC 500-480) Didrachm653 viewsca 480 BC. AR Didrachm (6.65g). Rider (Erythros?) on horseback galloping right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned. From Fielder Coll.; ex Hess-Leu 31 (12/1966), lot 432; Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1836. Klazomenai (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus653 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (4.39g). KΛAZOM - KTISTHS, laureate head of Augustus right / ΘEA - ΛIBIA, head of Livia right. Rare, about VF. Hoeft coll. Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/3 Stater652 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Trite - 1/3 Stater (4.63g). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame / Two square punches containing geometric and stellate designs. Good VF, a little die rust. Very rare. Kolophon (BC 300-200) AE 13651 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AE13 (1.33g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of springing horse right; KO above, ΛΩΣΙΘΕΟΣ (magistrate) around. Dark green patina, EF. Gutknecht coll. Lebedos (BC 300-100) AE 12650 viewsca 3rd-2nd cent BC. AE12 (1.97g). Head of Athena facing, wearing three-crested Attic helmet / Prow of galley left, ΛΕ above. Dark green patina, VF. Very rare. Joy coll. Ephesos (AD 0-100) AE 20650 views2nd century AD. AE20 - Tessera (5.25g). E - Φ / CKWΠΙ, stag crouching left, head right / ΠPOC ΠAΛYPIN KHPIΛIC WΔE, bee. gVF. Phygela (BC 350-300) AE 11648 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE11 (1.80g). Head of Artemis Munychia right / Bull butting right, ΦΥ above. VF, a bit rough, nice dark brown patina. Magnesia (BC 350-325) Drachm648 viewsca 350-325 BC. AR Drachm (3.10g, 10h) Horseman riding right, wearing helmet, chlamys and cuirass, and holding a spear in his right hand / Bull butting to right; ear of barley to right. Extremely rare. Beautifully toned. Extremely fine. From the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, II, Sotheby & Co. Zurich, 4 April 1973, 568, J. Ward and the Earl of Ashburnham, SWH 6 May 1896, 183. While Magnesia struck a wide variety of denominations in its horseman/bull series, Rhodian weight drachms seem to be inordinately rare: only ten are known, all of different magistrates. Miletos (BC 530-500) 1/8 Stater648 viewsca 530-500 BC. AR 1/8 Stater (1.62g). Facing lion's head / Incuse square with segmented border, floral pattern in center. VF. Rare. Kolophon (BC 320-294) AE 18648 viewsca 320-294 BC. AE18 (5.08g, 11h). Aelianas, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Horseman riding right, holding lance; lyre behind; AHΛΙΑΝΑ[Σ]. aVF, dark green patina, deposits, minor roughness. Wagner Coll. Miletos (BC 260-220) AE 16647 viewsca 260-220 BC. AE16 (4.22g). Laureate, three-quarter facing head of Apollo; head turned slightly left / Lion standing right, head reverted; two stars above, monograms before, ...NTHN... in exergue. VF, dark green and black patina. Herman Coll. Chios (BC 431-412) Drachm646 views5th century BC. AR Drachm (3.61g). Chian standard. Sphinx seated left; to left, grape bunch above amphora; all on convex circle / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Well centered on exceptional metal for issue. Smyrna (BC 88-85) AE 24645 viewsMithradates VI, 120-63 BC. AE24 (15.11g). Ermogenes and Phrixos, magistrates. Struck ca 88-85 BC. Diademed head of Mithradates right / Nike walking right, holding wreath and palm. VF, green and brown patina, minor roughness. Chios (BC 190-133) Drachm644 viewsca 2nd century BC. AR Drachm (4.11g). Leomedon, magistrate. Sphinx seated left; grapes before / Amphora; prow to left, ΛΕΩΜΕΔΩΝ to right; all within laurel wreath. VF, toned, small flan crack. Hardy Coll.; ex Ward Coll. - Metropolitan Museum of Art (Sotheby's, Zurich, 4/1973), lot 579. Smyrna (BC 88-85) AE 27644 viewsunder Mithradates VI, Eupator, king of Pontos, 120-63 BC. AE27 (13.32g), struck 88-85 BC. Diademed head of Mithradates right / Nike standing right, wearing long chiron, holding palm branch in left hand, crowing Z(retrograde)ΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ with wreath in right hand, ΕΡΜΟΓΕΝΗΣ / ΦΡΙΞΟΣ (magistrate) to left. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Ephesos (AD 81-96) AE 23 - Domitian643 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE23 (9.54g, 12h). Laureate head right / River-god Marnas reclining left, holding reed. Near VF, green patina, light deposits, surfaces a little pitted. Ex Alighieri Coll. Erythrai (BC 440-400) Trihemiobol641 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Trihemiobol (12mm, 1.19g). Pegasos flying right / Rosette with 12 petals, Ε-Ρ-Î¥-Θ around, within incuse square. Good VF, minor porosity. Ephesos (BC 42-19) AE 17 - Octavian, Mark Antony & Lepidus641 viewsOctavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus, ca 42-19 BC. AE17 (4.81g, 12h). Glaukon, archiereus grammateus, with Asklepiados, magistrate. Conjoined bare heads right of the Triumvirs Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus / Facing cult statue of Artemis Ephesia. Near VF, green patina. Rare. Erythrai (BC 330-300) Tetradrachm641 viewsca 325-315 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 15.05g, 3h). Askelpiades and Demados, magistrates. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Club and bow case; to left, owl standing right, head facing. VF, toned, a bit rough. Rare. Alighieri Coll. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/24 Stater641 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.58g). Head of seal left / Incuse punch. Near VF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Cock - EL 1/24641 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.62g, 7mm). Bird (cock?) standing left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare. Kolophon (BC 389-350) Diobol639 viewsca 389-350 BC. AR Diobol (0.98g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Lyre of five strings, ΚΟΛOΦΩ to left, [ΠΥ]ΘΟΔΩΡΟ[Σ] (magistrate) to right. Light corrosion, VF. 1850 coins on 19 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19