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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/24548 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.59g, 8mm). Head of lion right / Incuse punch of mill-sail pattern. gVF.
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Samos (BC 520-500) Hemidrachm547 viewsafter 512 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.53g). Lion's scalp facing within dotted square / Head of bull left in dotted double-line incuse square. VF. Rare.
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Smyrna (BC 190-50) AE 21547 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)
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Ephesos (AD 193-211) AE 22 - Septimius Severus546 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE22 (5.63g). Laureate bust right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae.
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Miletos (BC 530-500) 1/8 Stater546 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.
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Miletos (AD 54-68) AE 18 - Nero546 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.
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Samos (BC 453-439) Tetradrachm546 viewsca 453/2-440/39 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.01g, 6h). Lion scalp facing / Forepart of ox right; olive branch to left, ΣA above, E (date) below; all within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 19 (3/2006), lot 150; Giessener Münzhandlung 69 (11/1994), lot 361.
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Larisa (BC 400-300) Obol546 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.
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Samos (BC 360-340) Tetradrachm545 viewsca 360-340 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.12g). Lion’s mask facing / ΣA, Athena standing to right, brandishing spear and holding shield decorated with a gorgoneion; owl standing to left, olive- branch above; within an incuse square. gVF. Unique. Prospero coll.
It has been suggested by Hurter that these Athenian types might coincide with the dominance of a pro-Athenian faction at Samos shortly before Athens began to lay siege to the island in 366 BC.
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Magnesia (BC 190) AE 20544 viewsAfter 190 BC. AE20 (11.69g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Rider with lance on horseback galloping right; magistrates ΕΥΚΛΗΣ, ΚΡΑΤΙÎΟΣ. VF, glossy dark green, almost black, patina. Freedman Coll.
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Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm544 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.
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Lebedos (BC 330-294) Diobol543 viewsafter 170 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.85g). Head of Athena right / Prow of galley left, owl sitting on top, ΛΕ above, ΔΟΡΚΩΠ(magistrate) below. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/48 Stater543 viewsca 521-478 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.25g, 6mm). Head of nymph left in sakkos, with earring / Quadripartite square incuse. GVF.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Swastika - EL 1/6543 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.
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Magnesia (BC 350-190) AE 19543 viewsca 350-190 BC. AE19 (2.96g). Horseman holding spear right / Humped bull butting left, MAΓΠabove, KYΔΡΟΚΛHΣ (magistrate) and corn-ear below. Nice very fine.
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Miletos (BC 400-380) AE 8542 viewsca 400-380 BC. AE8 (0.70g). Head of lion left / Stellate pattern.
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Ephesos (AD 238-244) AE 29 - Gordian III541 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE29 (9.70g) AÎ HMH IEPA EΦΕΣΙΩÎ
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Kolophon (BC 330-294) Diobol541 viewsca 330-294 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 1.00g). Senodotos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Cithara. VF, obverse a little off-center.
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Erythrai (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater541 views7th-6th century BC. EL Hemihekte (1.09g). Rosette pattern with central pellet / Irregular incuse square. VF. Very rare.
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Ephesos (AD 218-222) AE 22 - Elagabalus540 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE22 (5.33g). Fourth Neocorate. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Galley right with four oarsmen. VF, dark brown, almost black, patina, some light roughness.
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Priene (BC 335-320) AE 8540 views4th-3rd cent BC. AE8 (0.81g). Helmeted head of Athena left, ΠΡΙ to left / Trident within circular maeander pattern. Rare. Unpublished?
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Ephesos (BC 48-27) AE 14540 viewsca 50-27 BC. AE14 (3.56g). Ε-Φ, bee within olive wreath / Stag standing right, head turned left; torch above, ΠΥΘΩΠ(magistrate) below. gVF. Scarcer type.
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Smyrna (AD 117-138) Tetradrachm - Hadrian539 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.12g). Smyrna mint, struck after 129 AD. Bare head right / Zeus seated left, holding Diana Ephesia and sceptre; eagle at feet before. Lightly toned VF. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus, Sutherland Group V (a). Ex Numismatica Ars Classica L (5/2001), lot 1842.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Swastika - AR 1/12539 viewsca 625-600 BC. AR 1/12 Stater or Diobol (9mm, 1.05g). Raised swastika pattern surrounded by pellets / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF.
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Samos (BC 404-385) Tetradrachm538 viewsca 404-385 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.06g). Pythion, magistrate. Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right; branch behind, ΠΥΘΙΩΝ above. Good VF, toned, light porosity.
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Magnesia (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm538 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 ΠΑΥΣΑÎΙΟΥ to left, ΜΑΓÎΗΤΩΠto right, maeander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. EF, toned, minor flan flaw on obverse. Well centered and struck.
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Magnesia (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm537 viewsca 160-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.71g, 12h). Pausianas, son of Pausanios, magistrate. Diademed bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / ΜΑΓÎΗΤΩÎ, Apollo standing left, holding branch tied with fillet in right hand, left elbow resting on tall tripod behind; ΠΑΥΣΑÎΙΑΣ ΠΑΥΣΑÎΙΟΥ on left, maeander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. EF, attractively toned. From the Ronald Cohen Collection. Ex Tkalec (2/2001), lot 120.
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Magnesia (BC 330-300) AE 14537 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.
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Teos (BC 470-449) Stater536 viewsca 478-465 BC. AR Stater (12.02g). Griffin with curled wings seated right, forepaw raised; forepart of a lion in front / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF. Unpublished obverse symbol. The reverse die is shared with Balcer 84, a stater with a grain ear symbol on the obverse.
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Metropolis (AD 198-209) AE 17 - Geta536 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE17 (2.60g). Bare-headed and draped bust right / ΜΗ[Τ]ΡΟ-ΠΟ-ΛΙΤΩÎ, river god reclining left, holding reed; overturned urn behind from which water flows. VF, green patina, a little rough. Drewry Coll.
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Chios (BC 431-412) Hemidrachm535 viewsca 431-412 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.73g). Sphinx seated left, amphora to left, ΔΗ to right / Quadripartite incuse square, granules in quarters. VF. Rare.
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Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/24534 viewsca 500 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.15g, 6mm). Bee within dotted border / Head of eagle left, ΕΦ above. aEF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B87 - EL 1/6 Stater534 viewsca 450-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10mm). Head of young satyr with ivy wreath left, beneath seal swimming / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Rare. Good Very Fine.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) seal - 1/4 Stater533 views6th century BC. AR Drachm (3.70g). Seal swimming right / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely rare. Old cabinet tone and about extremely fine. Ex Lanz 72 (1995), 247.
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Kolophon (BC 400-375) AE 13532 views4th century BC. AE13 (1.78g). Head of Apollo right, wearing band in hair / Κ-Ο-Λ/Ο/Φ-Ω, kithara in linear square, astragalos to left and right. Dark green patina, gVF/VF. Gutknecht coll.; ex Muenzen & Medaillen AG, Basel - List 474 (1985), lot 153.
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Teos (AD 100-300) AE 20532 viewsQuasi-autonomous, struck 2nd-3rd century AD under magistrate Anak., known from Lebedos. AE20 (4.31g). Bearded bust of Dionysos right; tripod before, entwined by dolphin / EΠI EΓ ANAK THIΩN, the poet Anakreon, wearing himation, standing right, holding with both hands lyra set on his knees. Very rare, VF, olive patina. Hoeft coll.
The rev. is also known from Volusian. Anakreon is one of the most famous lyric poets of ancient Greece besides Archilochos, Sappho and Alkaios.
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Miletos (BC 175-85) Tetradrachm532 viewsca 175 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.96g). Ouliades, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion walking right, head reverted; star above, MI and EP monograms to right, ΟΥΛΙΑΔΗΣ below. Good VF. Rare type. Good VF.
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Samos (BC 520) 1/2 Siglos530 viewsca 520 BC. AR ½ Siglos (2.68g). Forepart of winged boar right / Head of ox right in dotted square within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Very rare. Ex Freeman & Sear FPL 8 (Fall 2003), no. 14.
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Miletos (BC 175-125) AE 17530 viewsca 175-125 BC. AE17 (4.25g). Simos(?), magistrate. [Laureate head of Apollo], worn away and engraved with three intersecting lines / Lion standing right, head turned back; star above, two monograms to right, ΣΙΜΟΣ (?) below; all within wreath. Good Fine, earthen patina.
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Herakleia ad Latmon (BC 150-0) AE 15530 viewsMid 2nd-1st century BC. AE15 (3.86g, 12h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Grape bunch. VF, dark green patina, light porosity on reverse. Righetti Coll., 8026.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B44 - EL 1/6 Stater530 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 11mm). Helmeted head of Ares left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Rare.
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Samos (BC 477-460) Tetradrachm529 viewsca 485-439 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.06g, 12h). Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right, ΣΑ above. Good VF, attractively toned.
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Ephesos (AD 117-138) AE 23 – Hadrian529 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE23 (11.27g). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑÎΟC, laureate bust with Aegis right / ЄΦЄCΙΩΠ/ ΩΚЄΑÎΟC, Sea-god reclining left holding cornucopiae and branch and resting left arm on jug. Extremely rare. Nice dark green patina, GVF.
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Magnesia (BC 190) AE 19527 viewsAfter 190 BC. AE19 (9.44g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Rider with lance on horseback galloping right; magistrates ΕΥΚΛΗΣ, ΚΡΑΤΙÎΟΣ. EF, glossy, dark green patina, some roughness on the obverse.
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Metropolis (AD 98-117) AE 21 - Trajan527 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE21 (8.26g, 11h). Laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind / Kybele seated left, holding phiale, resting elbow on drum. VF, green and red patina, some minor smoothing on reverse. Ex Righetti Coll., 6211.
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Magnesia (BC 459) Tetartemorion - Archepolis527 viewsArchepolis, ca 459 BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.18g, 9h). Diademed head right / Eagle flying right in dotted square within incuse square. Good VF, porous. Extremely rare, unpublished with eagle right.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - AR 1/24526 viewsca 600-550 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.54g). Horse’s head left / Rough incuse square. VF, toned.
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Ephesos (BC 245-202) Obol525 viewsca 245-202 BC. AR Obol (0.49g, 1h). Draped bust of Artemis right; bow and quiver over shoulder / Stag standing right. Unpublished. VF. Apparently unique.
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Phokaia (AD 235-268) AE 18 525 viewsImperial Times, ca mid-3rd cent AD. AE18 (2.89g, 6h). Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right / Dog standing right, biting dolphin. Near VF, dark brown patina. Ex Alex G. Malloy 23 (10/1987), lot 371.
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Phokaia (BC 250-200) AE 525 viewsca 250-200 BC. AE (1.56g). Head of Hermes left, wearing petasos / Kerykeion (caduceus) in the form of ΦΩ monogram (city ethnic). Green patina, gVF. Scarce. Mueller Coll.
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Ephesos (BC 390-320) AE 12523 viewsca 390-320/00 BC. AE12 (2.12g, 12h). Dias, magistrate. Bee / Stag kneeling left, head right; ΔIAΣ downward to left, astragalos to upper right. Near EF, black patina. Well centered.
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Teos (BC 470-449) Stater522 viewsca 470-449 BC. AR Stater (11.84g). Griffin seated right on ground line, left foreleg raised, duck to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Choice very fine.
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Kolophon (BC 285-190) AE 20522 viewsca 285-190 BC. AE20 (6.88g). Horseman riding with spear couched; below wolf (?) running / KOΛOΦΩNEΩN, Apollo standing, holding patera over tripod; in left hand lyre. Very fine.
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Magnesia (AD 235-238) AE - Maximus522 viewsMaximus Caesar, 235-238 AD. AE (9.65g). Γ. IOV. OVH. - MAXIMOC K. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI ΓP AVP AKTIA - KOVP MAGNH./TΩN. Apollo, nude, standing facing, head turned left, left ellbow resting on tripod, holding laurel branch in his lowered right hand; serpent coiled round legs of tripod. Rare. Dark green patina. Slightly rough surfaces. Good very fine. Ex Münzen und Medaillen, Basel 41 (1970), 385.
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Ephesos (AD 161-180) AE 34 - Marcus Aurelius522 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE34 (23.49g, 6h). • AY KAI M AY ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [B] NЄOK ΠP-Ω ACIAC, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, each togate, standing to either side of cult statue of Artemis Ephesia; ЄΦЄCIΩN. Near EF, green patina. Very rare, particularly with NЄOK in reverse legend. From Group CEM. Ex Aufhäuser 8 (10/1991), lot 424.
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Erythrai (BC 300-200) AE 15521 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AE15 (3.32g). Head of Dionysos right / ΕΡΥ ΔΑΜΑΛΗΕΣ ΑΡΧΕΑÎΑ-ΚΤΟΣ, small bunch of grapes in right field. Nice VF. Freedman coll.
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Teos (BC 478-465) Stater521 viewsca 478-465 BC. AR Stater (11.91g, 23mm). Griffin with curled wings seated right, left forepaw raised; facing panther's head to right, T-H-I-Ω-N around, within linear circle / Quadripartite incuse square. aEF. Ex Leu Sale 45 (1988), lot 221.
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Magnesia (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm521 viewsca 160-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.89g). Erasippos (son of) Aristeos, "magistrate." Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, resting on tripod; ΕΡΑΣΙΠΠΟΣ ΑΡΙΣΤΕΟΥ to left, ΜΑΓÎΗΤΩΠto right, maeander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. EF, toned.
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Phokaia (BC 225-200) AE 19521 viewsca 225-200 BC. AE19 (4.72g). Hermias, magistrate. Head of Hermes left, wearing petasos / Forepart of a griffin left, ΦΩΚΑΕΩΠabove; grape cluster to left. Near VF, dark grayish-green patina. Wagner Coll.
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Chios (BC 190-84) AE 10521 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE10 (0.84g). Sphinx seated right; in front bunch of grapes / XIOΣ, Amphora. Very fine.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion paw - AR 1/48 521 viewsca 6th century BC. AR 1/48 Stater (0.29g). Lion's paw / Incuse square. Good VF. Rare. Mueller coll.
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Samos (BC 520-500) Hemidrachm521 viewsafter 512 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.59g). Lion's scalp facing within dotted square / Head of bull left in dotted double-line incuse square. EF. Rare.
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Ephesos (AD 217-218) AE 29 - Macrinus520 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE29 (14.28g). Bust right / Artemis aiming bow right.
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Smyrna (AD 117-138) Tetradrachm - Hadrian520 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.41g). Smyrna mint, struck after 129 AD. Bare head right / Two Nemeses standing facing, vis-a-vis, each holding out fold of drapery; the left also holding a bridle, the right a rule. Toned, VF, light porosity.
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Samos (BC 400-365) Drachm520 viewsca 400-365 BC. AR Drachm (3.59g). Facing lion scalp / Forepart of bull right; ΔΗΜΩΝ (magistrate) above. Good VF, uneven strike, light porosity. Rare.
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Ephesos (BC 300-250) AE 14520 views4th century BC. AE14 (1.86g). Amyntor magistrate. E-Φ, bee / Stag kneeling, head turned back, AMYNTΩP. VF.
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Samos (BC 526-522) Drachm520 viewsca 526-522 BC. AR Drachm (3.45g, 11h). Forepart of winged boar left / Lion scalp facing in dotted square within incuse square. Near EF, lightly toned, minor die wear on obverse. Ex Triton XII (1/2009), lot 313; Freeman & Sear FPL 8 (Fall 2003), no. 15; Leu 74 (10/1998), lot 237; Leu 54 (4/1992), lot 137; Leu 2 (4/1972), lot 248.
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Ephesos (BC 43-33) AE 17 - Octavian, Mark Antony & Lepidus520 viewsOctavian, with Mark Antony and Lepidus, 43-33 BC. AE16 - Half Unit (3.73g, 12h). Jugate bare heads of Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus right / Facing statue of Artemis Ephesia. VF, green patina.
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Kolophon (BC 330-294) Diobol518 viewsca 330-294 BC. AR Diobol (11mm, 0.93g). Konnion, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Cithara. Near VF, reverse slightly off-center.
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Klazomenai (AD 209-211) AE 35 - Caracalla & Geta518 viewsCaracalla & Geta, 209-211 AD. AE35 (24.65g, 6h). Philon Dam-, magistrate. Confronted busts of Caracalla right and Geta left, each laureate, draped, and cuirassed / Poseidon seated left on rocky outcropping, right foot on prow, holding dolphin and trident. VF, slightly rough brown surfaces, small metal flaw running from before Poseidon’s right knee to his extended right arm. Apparently unique reverse for these emperors and this magistrate. Group CEM.
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Samos (BC 510-500) Drachm517 viewsca 510-500 BC. AR Drachm (3.05g). Forepart of winged boar right / Facing lion's scalp within dotted incuse square. VF, light porosity.
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Phokaia (AD 98-138) AE 16517 viewsTime of Trajan-Hadrian, 98-138 AD. AE16 (3.67g). ΦΩKЄA, Tyche right / Griffin walking left. Nice VF.
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Erythrai (BC 480-420) Drachm516 viewsca 480 BC. AR Drachm (4.69g). Naked youth running beside horse galloping left, holding bridle, crescent and pellet design below groundline / E-P-Y-Θ, floral rosette with twelve petals. Lovely old cabinet tone, very fine and with an excellent pedigree. Halliwell Coll.; ex Pozzi coll., Naville I, Lucerne (4/1921), lot 2443; ex Lockett coll, Glendining’s (2/1961), lot 2296.
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Chios (BC 190-84) AE 10515 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE10 (0.90g). Sphinx seated left / AΠOΛΛ - [..]IΣ, amphora. Good very fine.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 2 - EL 1/12515 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7mm, 1.16g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Figural type. Facing lion head / Incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned.
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Teos (BC 510-490) Stater 515 viewsca 500-475 BC. AR Stater (18mm, 11.81g). Griffin seated right, raising foreleg; to lower right, swan standing right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF.
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Klazomenai (BC 500-480) Diobol514 viewsca 499-494 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 0.99g, 9h). Forepart of winged boar right / Quadripatite incuse square; K in lower right quarter. VF, light toning and porosity.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Figural - EL 1/24514 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.59g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Palmette motif / Incuse square punch. gVF.
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Herakleia ad Latmon (BC 190) AE 19514 viewsafter 190 BC. AE19 (2.67g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / HPAKΛE-ΩΤΩÎ, bow in case and club, all within laurel-wreath. Very rare.
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Miletos (BC 175-125) AE 10513 viewsca 175-125 BC. AE10 (1.16g, 12h). Erginos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion standing right, head reverted; star above, [Ε]ΡΓΙÎΟΣ in exergue. VF, black patina. Alighieri Coll.; ex Klein Coll.
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Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm513 viewsca 380-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.88g, 3h). Poseidippos, magistrate. Sphinx seated left; to left, grape bunch above amphora / Quadripartite incuse square with thick dividing lines, ΠΟΣΕΙΔΙΠΠΟΥ across horizontal line; horizontal striations in quarters. Good VF, slight die rust on obverse. Struck on good metal for issue. Very rare.
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Kolophon (BC 450-410) Tritemorion?512 viewsca 450-410 BC. AR Persic Tritemorion? (1/3 obol) (0.28g). Head of Apollo? right, wearing helmet? / Mark of value or monogram? in incuse square.
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Smyrna (AD 235-268) AE 18512 viewsImperial Times, 3rd century AD. AE18 (3.02g). ZЄVS AKPAIOC, head of Zeus right / CMYPN-A-IΩN, lion walking right. VF.
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) Diobol511 viewsEphesos (as Arsinoeia), ca 290-281 BC. AR Diobol (1.33g, 6h). Erxias, magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram and [ΕΡ]ΞΙΑ[Σ] to left, bee to upper right. VF, minor porosity. Extremely rare.
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Smyrna (BC 280-190) AE 12511 viewsca 280-190 BC. AE12 (1.6g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΣΜΥΡÎΑΙΩÎ, palm tree, monogram to left. VF. Scarce early type.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Swastika - EL 1/24511 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (7mm, 0.63g). Milesian standard. Geometric type. Raised clockwise swastika pattern / Quadripartite square punch. Good VF.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion Paw - EL 1/24511 viewsca 6th century BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.5g, 6mm). Lion's paw / Lion´s head facing within incuse punch. VF.
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Samos (BC 210-185) AE 13510 viewsca 210-185 BC. AE13 (1.96g). Ekata..., magistrate. Three-quarter facing head of Hera, head turned slightly right / Prow of a Samian galley left; EKATA below. VF, dark brown patina. Rare issue and apparently unpublished with this magistrate's name. David Herman Coll.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/24510 views600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.59g, 5mm). Bridled head of Pegasos left / Rough incuse square. EF. Carr coll.
On almost all other examples that have come to auction, or appear in standard references, the wing of the Pegasos is not on the flan, giving the appearance of simply the head of a horse.
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Leukai (BC 350-300) AE 10509 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE10 (1.80g, 10h). Zenos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Swan standing left. VF, green patina. Alighieri Coll.
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Klazomenai (BC 190-30) AE 18509 viewsca 190-30 BC. AE18 (7.20g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Swan standing left on kerykeion. VF, brown patina, minor roughness.
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Oinoia (BC 300-200) AE 17508 viewsca 300-200 BC. AE17 (4.95g). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Grape bunch on vine, ΟΙÎΑΙΩΠbelow. Rare.
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Smyrna (AD 81-96) AE 23 - Domitian & Domitia508 viewsDomitian, with Domitia, 81-96 AD. AE23 (8.54g, 1h). Seius, strategus, and Demostratus, stephanophorus. Struck cira 90 AD. Laureate head of Domitian right, vis-Ã -vis draped bust of Domitia left / Hercules, with lion skin and club, standing left, holding cantharus. VF, attractive olive-green patina. Group CEM.
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Smyrna (AD 193-217) AE 22 - Julia Domna507 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE22 (5.35g, 6h). Claudius Rufinus Sophistes, strategos. Draped bust right / Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club, lion’s skin, and kantharos. VF, dark brown patina. Ex. Wagner Coll.
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Smyrna (BC 88-85) AE 24507 viewsca 85-75 BC. AE23 (14.33g, 11h). Mithradatic Wars issue. Hermogenes and Phrixos, magistrates. Diademed head of Mithradates VI of Pontos right / Nike standing right, holding wreath and palm frond; EPMOΓENHΣ/ΦPIΞOΣ in two lines to left. Near EF, green-brown patina.
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Smyrna (BC 155-145) Tetradrachm506 viewsca 155-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.65g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Menekrates, magistrate. Turreted head of Tyche right / Ethnic and magistrate’s monogram within laurel wreath. EF. Krizan Coll.; ex Vecchi 14 (2/1999), lot 596.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) seal - 1/24 Stater505 viewsca 525/0-500 BC. AR Obol (0.73g, 8mm). Head of seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Very rare.
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Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 15504 viewsca 4th century BC. AE15 (2.66g). Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing three-crested Attic helmet / Ram walking right on ground line, ΦΑÎΑΓΟΡΑΣ (magistrate) above, forepart of winged boar to right. Green patina, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Ephesos (AD 193-211) AE 17 - Septimius Severus504 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE17 (2.60g). AV KL [CEΠ- C]EVHPOC, draped, laureate bust right / EΦEC-I/ΩN, boar running right, pierced by spear. Rare, unpublished. Good F. Hoeft coll.
The boar belongs to the local founder myth of Ephesos.
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Miletos (BC 313-290) AE 11504 viewsca 313-290 BC. AE11 (1.03g). Aristogoras, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion standing right, head reverted; star above, ΑΡΙΣΤΟΓΟΡΑΣ to right. EF, glossy black patina, rough spot on cheek.
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