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Home > Karia Most viewed - Karia Rhodes (BC 275-250) Didrachm626 viewsca 275-250 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 6.65g). Aristobios, magistrate. Three-quarter facing head of Helios, head turned slightly right / Rose with bud; wreath to left, ΑΡΙΣΤΟΒΙΟΣ above. VF. David Herman Coll. Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) boar/dog - Hemiobol626 views5th cent BC. AR Hemiobol (0.31g, 7mm, 2h). Forepart of winged boar right / Head and neck of dog (hound) left on leash and collar, within incuse square. Mylasa (AD 129) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian624 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.52g), Mylasa mint, struck after 129 AD. Bare head right / Cult statue of Zeus Labraundos standing facing, holding double axe (labrys) and spear; fillets hang from wrists to ground as supports. Toned VF, light porosity. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus, Sutherland Group III (g). Ex von Aulock Collection, 6616. Kamiros (BC 500-480) Trihemiobol624 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.37g). Fig-leaf / Rough incuse punch. Knidos (BC 300-225) Hemidrachm624 viewsca 300-225 BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 1.28g). Head of Aphrodite right / Three-quarter facing head of a bull, head turned slightly right; magistrate ΑΓΗΣΙΚΛΗΣ. VF, attractively toned. Alabanda (AD 193-211) AE 31 – Julia Domna624 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, died 217 AD. AE31 (18.76g, 12h). IOVΛIA Δ - [OM]NA AUΓ [C], draped bust right / A-ΛABA-NΔEΩ[N], Tyche standing facing holding rudder and cornucopia, head left. Ex Hauck und Aufhäuser, Auc 12 (10/1996), Nr. 614. Ex Karl coll. Rhodes (BC 205-188) Tetradrachm624 viewsca 205-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.91g, 12h). Onasandros, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; to left, pileos surmounted by star; ONAΣANΔPOΣ above. EF, minor die rust. Kalymna (BC 3rd cent) Didrachm622 viewsca 280-250 BC. AR Didrachm (6.22g). Male head right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Lyre, [Κ]ΑΛΥΜΝΙΟΝ below, in dotted square. Toned, light corrosion on rev. aEF. Scarce. Rhodes (BC 88) AE 28621 viewsca 88 BC, Siege of Mithradates VI. AE28 (14.61g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios right / P-O, rose; helmet to left, thunderbolt to right. VF, dark brown patina. Good strike on a broad flan, much superior most published specimens in the series. Struck during Mithradates VI's failed 6-month siege of Rhodes in 88 BC. Unable to produce enough silver for military expenditures, the Rhodians resorted to a fiduciary bronze coinage. (See R. Ashton, Rhodian Bronze Coinage and the Siege of Mithradates VI, in NumChron 2001.) Knidos (BC 490-465) Drachm620 viewsca 490-465 BC. AR Drachm (6.08g). Forepart of roaring lion left / Archaic head of Aphrodite left within incuse square. Toned, good VF. Ex Muenzen und Medaillen 79 (1994), lot 355; Duplicates from the Hermitage Collection (Schlessinger/Berlin, 2/1934). Rhodes (BC 125-88) Drachm620 viewsca 125-88 BC. AR Drachm (2.54g, 16mm). Radiate head Helios right / Rose with bud to right, P-O, ΦΙΛΟ[...]TPAΣ. Very fine. Tabai (AD 54-69) AE 19 - Nero620 viewsNero, 54-69 AD. AE19 (3.74g). Laureate head right / ΤΑΒΗ/ΝΩΝ, two starts above, within wreath and dotted circle. Dark green patina, EF. (BC 344-326) Ada or Orontobates - Drachm620 views4th cent BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.43g). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right / Star of twelve points; I-I Δ-Ο around. VF, toned, minor porosity. Very rare. Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) griffin/lion - Obol620 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.57g, 7mm). Head griffin right / Incuse of lion head right. Apparently unpublished and unique. VF.1 comments Kaunos (BC 430-410) Stater619 viewsca 430-410 BC. AR Stater (11.64g). Winged female figure left / Conical structure, two grape vines (one on either side), Carian letter K (=Kbide) above. Very rare. EF. (BC 392-377) Hekatomnos - Diobol618 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, 392-377 BC. AR Diobol (1.30g). Mylasa mint. Laureate head of bearded man right (Hekatomnos?) / Forepart of bull left, E before. VF. Extremely rare. Obols and Diobols are well-known from the emission of small coins assigned convincingly to the Carian Satrap Hekatomnos. A. Winzer, Antike Portraitmünzen (2005), No. 13, argues that some portray the Satrap himself, while others Zeus Lepsynos. Halikarnassos (BC 420-350) Persic Hemiobol617 viewsFirst half of 4th cent BC. AR Persic Hemiobol (0.31g, 7mm). Young male head right, Carian inscription / Head of ram right. Good VF. Mylasa (BC 450-400) Hemiobol617 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.59g). Milesian standard. Facing forepart of lion / Scorpion, tail to left, M below; within incuse square punch. EF. Aphrodisias (BC 27-AD 14) AE 15 - Augustus616 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE15 (2.67g, 12h). Laureate head right / ΑΦΡΟΔΙ-CΙ-ΕΩΝ CΩC-ΩΝ, double-axe with taenia. About EF. Karl Coll.; ex Gorny & Mosch 113 (10/2001), lot 5477. Euromos (BC 100-0) AE 20616 views1st century BC. AE20 (4.00g, 12h). Apollo seated right, holding lyre / EYPΩ - MEΩN, cult statue of Zeus Labraundos standing facing. Near VF, reddish-brown patina. Wagner Coll. Apparently unpublished. Halikarnassos (BC 420-350) Persic Hemiobol615 viewsca 400-340 BC. AR Persic Hemiobol (0.31g, 7mm, 11h). Young male head right; Carian letters / Head of ram right. Karia Uncertain (BC 500-490) Stater614 viewsca 500-490 BC. AR Stater (19mm, 14.54g). Two dolphins right within linear square border / Two rectangular incuses. VF, toned, light porosity. Extremely rare issue with both dolphins right, only the von Aulock specimen published. This coinage had originally been attributed to Poseidion on Karpathos, but Cahn’s analysis of the issues bearing an inscription, Ï€os, has conclusively shown that this legend is not an ethnic and cannot point to a mint in Poseidion. It is most likely struck from a mint on the coast of Caria or one of the other mints that used this form of double rectangular incuse: Ialysos, Kamiros, or Lindos. Euromos (BC 100-0) AE 17613 views1st century BC. AE17 (5.00g, 12h). Facing cult statue of Zeus Labraundos / Eagle standing right, wings displayed, on thunderbolt. Fine, green patina. Alighieri Coll. Rhodes (BC 170-150) Drachm613 viewsca 170-150 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 2.95g, 12h). ‘Plinthophoric’ coinage. Athanodoros, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios right / Rose with bud to right; wing to left, AΘANOΔΩPOΣ above; all within incuse square. EF. Keramos (AD 0-100) AE 25612 viewsImperial Times, 1st cent AD. AE25 (7.43g, 1h). KEPAMI / HTON, head Apollo right / ΣEBAΣ / TOΣ in two lines within laurel wreath; countermark, bucranium within quadratum incusum. Extremely fine. Ex Karl coll. (BC 386-377) Hekatomnos - 1/6 Stater612 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, 392-377 BC. AR 1/6 Stater (2.05g), struck in Miletos after 386 BC. Forepart of roaring lion left; EKA above / Stellate pattern in square incuse. VF. Extremely rare. Knidos (BC 350-320) Tetradrachm611 viewsca 350-330/20 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.44g, 12h). Arkesilas, magistrate. Head of Aphrodite right, wearing stephane, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / Head and foreleg of lion right; KNI above, APKEΣIΛAΣ below. Near EF, toned, slight die shift. Extraordinary style in high relief on a broad flan. Extremely rare, one of two known. Rhodes (BC 170-150) Hemidrachm610 viewsca 170-150 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 1.36g). Dexikrates, magistrate. Three-quarter facing head of Helios, radiate, head turned slightly right / Rose with bud right; winged caduceus to left, ΔΕΞΙΚΡΑΤΗΣ above. VF, lightly toned. David Herman Coll. Kaunos (BC 166-100) Hemidrachm608 viewsca 166-100 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.44g), Magistrate Antai-. Helmeted head of Athena right / Sword in sheath; palm tied with fillet left, AN-TAI across field. Toned EF. Antiocheia (AD 253-268) AE 36 - Gallienus607 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE36 (20.82g, 6h). Radiate, helmeted, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield / Bridge spanning the Maeandrus river; gateway to bridge to left, surmounted by stork standing right; on parapet, river-god Maendrus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia. Good VF, red and dark green patina. A choice example of this interesting and ambitiously designed type. Karia Uncertain (BC 500-480) Stater602 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Stater (10.82g). Lion's head left with foreleg below / Dipartite incuse square, parted diagonally. Struck from rusty dies. VF. Attributed to Issos in Kilikia in earlier times, the obverse type is clearly reminiscent of Karian coins (cf. SNG Kayhan 929-30). In fact, B. Head had pondered Knidos as the place of minting (Historia Numorum, 1st ed. 1886), p. 523 note). This is certainly wrong - both the standard and the fabric are different - but Karia is still likely to be the area of this issue. Idyma (BC 350-250) AE601 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AE (0.80g). Head of Nymph right, hair in ampyx and sphendone / Fig leaf, Ι-Δ-Y/MION. Dark green patina, EF. Very rare. R. Mueller coll. Kos (BC 300-190) AE 12600 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE12 (1.83g). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Crab; K below. Good VF, choice dark green patina. Knidos (BC 350-320) Tetradrachm598 viewsca 350-330/20 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.33g, 12h). Chian standard. Autokrates, magistrate. Head of Aphrodite right, wearing stephane, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / KNI, forepart of roaring lion right; ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΗΣ above. Superb EF, lightly toned. Very rare, fewer than 30 of this type known. Mylasa (BC 6th cent) EL 1/48 Stater597 viewsMid 6th century BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.28g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Facing head of lion / Scorpion within incuse square. Good VF. (BC 386-377) Hekatomnos - 1/3 Stater597 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, 392-377 BC. AR 1/3 Stater - Drachm (16mm, 3.91g, 1h), struck in Miletos after 386 BC. Forepart of roaring lion left, EKA above / Stellate pattern in incuse square. Toned aEF. Karl Coll. Rhodes (BC 100) Hemidrachm595 viewsafter 100 BC. AR Hemidrachm - Triobol (1.14g). Radiate head of Helios 3/4 right / Rose with two buds, star to right, ΜΗΝΟΣ (?) (magistrate) above. EF. Stratonikeia (BC 125-85) AE 16595 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE16 (2.91g, 12h). Laureate head of Hekate, moon on forehead / Pegasos flying left, B in field to right. VF. Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) female/lion - Obol594 viewsca 5th cent. BC. AR Obol (0.63g, 8mm). Female head (of Archaic style) left / Protome of lion in incuse square. F. Unpublished? Kaunos (BC 490-470) Tritartemorion594 viewsca 490-470 BC. AR Tritartemorion (9mm, 0.74g). Winged female figure running right / Griffin standing left within incuse square. VF, porous. Scarce. Kindya (BC 510-490) Tetrobol593 viewsca 510-490 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.29g). Head of ketos right / Incuse geometric pattern. Near EF. Rare right-facing type. Kaunos (BC 470-450) Stater593 viewsca 470-450 BC. AR Stater (11.20g, 20mm). Winged female figure running right, head left, holding caduceus and wreath / Baetyl(?) in incuse square, small horn-like projection (handles?) on apex of baetyl. Toned VF. Ex Kricheldorf Auction 11 (1962), lot 200. Mylasa (BC 210-30) AE 12?593 viewsca 210-30 BC. AE (1.58g). Horse trotting right / M-Y, ornamented trident head upwards. VF. Euromos (BC 400) Hemiobol592 views5th-4th cent BC. AR Hemiobol (0.53g). Forepart of boar right / Bearded head of Zeus right, Λ to left, within shallow incuse circle. Very fine. (BC 386-377) Hekatomnos - Stater592 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, 392-377 BC. AR Stater (12.59g), struck in Miletos after 386 BC. Forepart of roaring lion left; EKA above / Stellate pattern in circular incuse. VF, area of flat strike, minor overall porosity. Very rare, only 20 specimens recorded, many of which are fourre, listed by Konuk. Stratonikeia (AD 193-211) AE 38 - Septimius Severus & Julia Domna590 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE38 (22.91g, 6h). •AV•KAI - LO[V CЄΠ] CЄVHROC IOV-ΔOM[NA], radiate, cuirassed and draped bust to right facing draped bust; above in field countermark, head Athena in Attic helmet right; to left below, square countermark, ΘЄOY / ЄΠI ΠPV ΛЄONTOC TOV A - ΛЄKЄO - V CTPATONIKЄΩ / [N], Hekate with crescent standing facing, head left, holding patera in right, sacrificing over altar. Extremely fine. Ex Karl coll. Kaunos (BC 410-390) Stater590 viewsca 410-390 BC. AR Stater (11.74g). Iris, wearing belted chiton, running left, head turned back, holding caduceus in right hand and wreath in left / Conical baetyl, upside down triangle symbol on left and Γ on right; all within incuse square. Head of Iris flatly struck, otherwise EF. Knidos (BC 530-520) Trihemiobol588 viewsca 500 BC. AR Diobol (12mm, 1.65g, 3h). Head of roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite right within rectangular incuse. VF, some porosity. Lindos (BC 480) Stater586 viewsca 480 BC. AR Stater (13.93g, 6h). Head of lion with open jaws to R / Incuse square formed of two sunken rectangles with irregular surfaces divided by a broad horizontal band. Very rare. Nicely toned. EF. Ex Giessener Muenzhandlung 36 (4/1987), lot 243. Kos (BC 285-258) Tetradrachm585 viewsca 285-258 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.22g, 12h). Xanthippos, magistrate. Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Κ-ΩΙΟ-Ν, Crab, ΞΑΝΘΙΠΠΟΣ and bow-in-bowcase below; all within dotted square. Near EF, ligthly toned. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 29 (5/2005), lot 209. Apollonia Salbake (AD 222-235) AE 42 - Severus Alexander585 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE42 - Medallion (46.11g). ΑΥ Κ Îœ ΑΥΡ ΣЄ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, laureate, draped and cuirssed bust right / ΣΤΡΑ ΑΓΑΘЄΙΝΟΥ / ΤΟ−Υ ΙΗ / ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑ/ΤΩΝ, Emperor in military uniform with extended right and Nike on globe riding facing spread quadriga. Extremely rare. Unpublished (?). Dark brown patina. EF. Ex Gorny & Mosch 155 (2007), 216. The magistrate is known from contemporary coins (s. Robert a.O. S.264). The reverse theme is identical/ copied to the later coins of Gallienus (S.P. de Saxe-Coburg, Monnaies grecques inedites, RevNum 1892, 87f. pl.III 8). Rhodes (BC 305-275) Didrachm584 viewsca 305-275 BC. AR Didrachm (6.43g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios right / Rose with two buds flanking; A to left, caduceus to right. Good VF, toned, minor porosity, light scratch on obverse. Rare. Ashton suggests that this issue of profile-head didrachms from 305-275 BC was produced to finance the construction of the Colossus, and that because the head is strikingly different from the usual portrait of Helios, it may actually portray the head of the Colossus. Halikarnassos (BC 420-350) Persic Hemiobol - running king584 viewsUncertain Satrap, ca 420-350 BC. AR Persic Hemiobol (0.36g). Persian King kneeling/running right, holding bow and knife / Young male head right, Carian letters on either side. Unpublished. Alabanda (AD 138-161) AE 37 – Antoninus Pius583 viewsAntoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. AE37 (24.93g). •AVT•K[AI]•T•A[IΛ]• [AΔPIA]NOC• A[NTΩ] NI NOC•C[EB•], laureate head right / •EΠI•[Γ•AN] K•IΛ•A - NΔP[ΩNOC •APC•] / AΛABANΔEΩN, Dionysos with katharos and thyrsus standing facing; to the left panther leaping. Almost very fine. Ex Karl coll. Mylasa (BC 520-490) 1/6 Stater579 viewsca 500 BC. AR 1/6 Stater (1.83g). Forepart of springing lion right / Irregular incuse punch. Very rare. Dark toning, VF. Kos (BC 100-30) AE 23579 views1st century BC. AE23 (6.04g). Laureate head of bearded Asklepios right / ΚΩΙΩΝ - ΑΓΗΣΙΑΣ, snake staff. Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Knidos (BC 210-185) Didrachm579 viewsca 210-185 BC. AR Didrachm (17mm, 5.84g, 12h). Agephon-, magistrate. Head of Helios facing slightly right / Forepart of roaring lion right; club to left, [A]ΓΕΦΩΝ below. Good VF, lightly toned, hairline flan crack. Alabanda (BC 167/6) Tetradrachm578 views167/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.85g, 11h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Pegasos springing right; A (= year 1) below. Good VF, light iridescent toning, slightly off center strike. Rare. From the John F. Sullivan Collection. Knidos (BC 395-390) Tetradrachm577 viewsca 395-390 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.72gm). Head of Aphrodite Euploia left, prow behind / Forepart of roaring lion left, [ΣΤΙ]ΦΟ[Σ] (magistrate) below, all within incuse square. VF, minor porosity. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Lanz 40 (25 May 1987), lot 289; Hecatomnus Hoard. Mylasa (AD 117-138) AE 36 - Hadrian577 viewsHadrian, with Aelius, Caesar, 117-138 AD. AE36 (27.24g), struck 136-138 AD. M. Julius Damianus, magistrate. Confronted bare-headed and draped busts of Hadrian and Aelius, Caesar / Îœ ΙΟVΛΙΟC ΔΑΜΙΑΝΟC ÎœVΛΑCCVCΙW, Zeus Osogoas and Zeus Labraundos standing facing. Fine, porous brown surfaces. Possibly unpublished. Rare. Drewry Coll.; Ex Burstein Coll., Peus 366 (10/2000), lot 679. (BC 344-326) Ada or Orontobates - Tetrobol577 views4th century BC. AR Tetrobol (?) (15mm, 2.6g). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right / Star of twelve points; I-T-Δ-V around. aEF. Very rare.1 comments Rhodes (BC 250) Didrachm576 viewsca 250 BC. AR Didrachm (6.60g). Radiate head of Helios 3/4 right / Rose, ΡΟΔΙΟΝ above, star and ΔΙ to left. Ex Gorny & Mosch (1994), lot 284. Tabai (AD 253-268) AE 31 - Gallienus576 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE31 (9.75g, 6h). AV KAI ΠO ΛI ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate draped cuirassed bust right, large B before / A[PX IA]CONOC CIΛBOV TABH / NΩN, goat-legged horned Pan, dancing left, playing syrinx. Mylasa (BC 6th cent) EL 1/48 Stater576 viewsMid 6th century BC. EL 1/48 Stater (5mm, 0.25g). Lion's head facing / Scorpion. Near VF. (BC 351-344) Hidrieios - Tetradrachm576 viewsHidrieios, Satrap, 351-344 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.21g). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right / Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding double axe (labrys) and lotus-tipped sceptre / ΙΔΡΙΕΩΣ, Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys and lotus-tipped sceptre; small I to left. Good style, gVF/VF. Halikarnassos (BC 420-350) Persic Hemiobol576 viewsca 400-340 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.32g, 6h). Ram’s head right / Young male head right; Karian legend. VF, light porosity. Knidos (BC 411-405) Obol572 viewsca 405-394 BC. AR Obol (0.95g). Forepart of roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite right, within incuse square. Good VF. Very Rare. Only 1 specimen from this die pair cited by Cahn, from the McClean collection, and it grades only Fine. Rhodes (BC 350-300) AE 12572 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE12 (1.27g). Head of Nymph Rodos right / P-O, rose with bud right; trident in field to left. Fine green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Knidos (BC 404-394) Tridrachm572 viewsca 404-394 BC. AR Tridrachm (11.06g). The infant Herakles, naked, kneeling to right on ground line, strangling a serpent in each hand, Σ-Y-N. / Head of Aphrodite facing to right, her hair rolled, a prow before, KNI-Δ-IΩ-N, all within an incuse square. Some light pitting, good very fine. Purchased privately in 1987 US$ 8,250. Rhodes (BC 250-230) Didrachm571 viewsca 250-230 BC. AR Didrachm (6.76g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; Athena holding aphlaston to left, TIMOΘΕΟΣ (magistrate) above. Rhodes (BC 40-AD 25) Drachm571 viewsca 40 BC-25 AD. AR Drachm (4.21g). Phainilas, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Open rose; acrostolion below, ΦΑΙΝΙΛΑΣ around. EF, lightly toned, minor obverse die rust. Knidos (BC 380-360) Hemidrachm571 viewsca 380-360 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.62g, 12h). Thersippos, magistrate. KNI, forepart of lion right / ΘEPΣIΠΠOΣ, head of Aphrodite right, helmet to left. EF. Rhodes (BC 125-88) Hemidrachm570 viewsca 125-88 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.25g, 14mm). Magistrate Melantas. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / P-O, rose; ΜΕΛΑΝΤΑΣ (magistrate) above, grape bunch to right; all within incuse square. Near EF. Herakleia Salbake (AD 100-200) AE 18570 viewsImperial Times, 2nd cent AD. AE18 (3.33g, 7h). Laureate bust of Heracles wearing lion skin. HPAKΛ - [Є]ΩTΩN, Nike walking right, holding palm branch in right handand wreath in left. Very fine. Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser, Auc. 12 (10/1996), Nr. 288. Ex Karl coll. Alabanda (BC 150) AE 9568 viewsmid-2nd cent BC. AE9 (0.77g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / [ΑΛΑΒΑΝ]-ΔΕΩΝ, eagle standing right. VF. Karl coll. (BC 351-344) Hidrieios - Trihemiobol567 viewsHidrieios, Satrap, 351-344 BC. AR Trihemiobol (10mm, 0.91g, 9h). Halikarnassos mint. Head of Apollo facing slightly right / 8-pointed star (4 thick rays and 4 thin) with pellet in center, ΙΔΡΙ between. VF. Karl Coll. Mylasa (BC 392-376) Hemiobol566 viewsHekatomnos, ca 392/1-377/6 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.36g). Lion's head right with reversed foreleg below / Lion's scalp facing, flanked by leg on both sides, in incuse circle. Die-break on rev., nice VF. Apparently unpublished with lion right. Rhodes (BC 350) Drachm564 viewsca 350 BC. AR Drachm (3.68g). Three-quarter facing head of Helios, head turned slightly right / ΡΟΔΙΟΝ, rose, bud on either side; I above right bud. Superb EF, great style. Rare. Aphrodisias (AD 238-244) AE 37 - Gordian III564 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE37 - 3 Assaria (24.21g, 6h). AV K MAP AN ΓOPΔIANOC CЄ, radiate, cuirassed and draped bust right / AΦPOΔЄIC-I/ЄΩN, Centaur advancing right with bow and arrow. Very fine. Ex Münzzentrum Köln, Auk 73 (4/1992), Nr. 132. Ex Karl coll. Kidramos (AD 218-222) AE 37 - Elagabalus564 viewsElagabalus, 218-222. AE37 (21.47g, 6h). AVT KAI M AV A - NTΩNЄINOC CЄ, radiate, cuirassed and draped bust right / KIΔP - AMH/ NΩN, Velied Tyche within distyle temple wearing kalathos standing facing; at her feet, snake. Very fine. Ex Hirsch Nachf., Auc 176 (11/1992), Nr. 756. Ex Karl coll. Halikarnassos (BC 400-380) Drachm564 viewsca 400-377 BC. AR Drachm (3.44g, 12h). Rhodian standard. Head of Apollo facing slightly right, wearing laurel wreath / ΑΛΙΚ-[ΑΡ], eagle standing right, wings spread; olive branch to lower right; all within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned, slight granularity. Ex Herman Coll.; Ex Numismatica Ars Classica N (3/2002), lot 2355. Kamiros (BC 500-480) Stater563 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Stater (12.12g). Fig leaf / Rectangular incuse divided by thick central band. VF. Rhodes (BC 40-AD 25) AE 18563 viewsca 40-25 BC. AE18 (3.49g). Radiate head of Helios right / ΡΟΔΙωΝ, open rose, seen from above; herm. EF, wonderful green patina. Kos (BC 357-330) Didrachm563 viewsca 357-330 BC. AR Didrachm (6.91g). Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Veiled head of Demeter left; ΒΙΤΩΝ (magistrate) to right, ΚΩΙΟ[Ν] below. EF. Poseidion (BC 520-480) 1/3 Obol563 viewsca 500 BC. AR 1/3 Obol (12mm, 0.32g, 10h). Dolphin left; uncertain symbol below / K within incuse square. Near VF, toned. Rare. Lee Coll. Halikarnassos (BC 300-200) AE 12562 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE12 (1.40g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Eagle standing left with open wings, lyre before, AΛΙ above. Black patina, aEF. Mylasa (BC 6th cent) EL 1/48 Stater562 viewsMid 6th century BC. EL 1/48 Stater (5mm, 0.22g). Lion's head facing / Scorpion. VF. Rhodes (AD 54-68) AE 17 - Nero?560 viewsTime of Nero (?). AE 17 (3.01g). Jugate busts of Helios and Tyche / Nike on prow left. Attractive VF. Unique and unpublished. Rhodes (BC 230-205) Tetradrachm560 viewsca 230-205 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.53g, 12h). Helios radiate head 3/4 to right / Rose with bud to right, thunderbolt to left, ΡΟΔΙΟΝ above, ΑΜΕΙΝΙ−ΑΣ (magistrate). Antiocheia (AD 253-268) AE 35 - Gallienus560 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE35 (20.18g, 6h). Radiate, helmeted, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield / Bridge spanning the Maeandrus river; gateway to bridge to left, surmounted by stork standing right; on parapet, river-god Maeandrus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia. VF, dark green patina with areas of minor striking weakness. Alinda (BC 145-130) AE 19559 viewsca 145-130 BC. AE19 (4.58g). Laureate bust of young male right / ΑΛ-ΙΝ/ΔΕ-ΩΝ, thunderbolt, within olive wreath. Dark green patina, gVF/VF. Very rare. The obverse portrait resembles Seleukid kings Demetrios II (1st reign, 146-139 BC) or Antiochos VII (139-129 BC). Stratonikeia (BC 88-55) Drachm558 viewsMithradatic War, ca 88-85 BC. AR Drachm (1.85g, 12h). Gaios, magistrate. Laureate head of Hekate right, crescent on forehead / Nike advancing right; ΓΑΙΟC above, serpent-staff to right; all in incuse square. Near EF, small flan crack. (BC 351-344) Hidrieios - Tetradrachm558 viewsHidrieios, Satrap, 351-344 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.21g). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right / Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding double axe (labrys) and lotus-tipped sceptre/ ΙΔΡΙΕΩΣ, Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys and lotus-tipped sceptre, E to right. Some oxidation, aEF. Kos (BC 190-166) AE 13555 views190-166 BC. AE13 (2.95g). Three-quarter facing head of Helios, head turned slightly right / ΚΩΙ, club and a bow in a bow case; ΚΛΕΥΧΙΟ (magistrate) between. EF, dark brown patina, patina rubbed on high points. Rare. Ex Brand Coll. (Sotheby's, 10/1984), lot 325; Rhousopoulos Coll., 3977. Mylasa (BC 450-400) Hemiobol554 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.56g). Facing forepart of lion / Scorpion, tali to right, within incuse square. Good very fine. Alabanda (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla554 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE27 (11.97g, 12h). AV K M AVP ANTΩNI[NOC] C, laureate and cuirassed bust right / AΛABAN-ΔEΩ-N, Apollo standing facing holding eagle and laurel wreath; to right, kithara on column. Almost extremely fine. Ex G. Hirsch Nachf., Auc 202 (11/1998), Nr. 489. Ex Karl coll. Knidos (AD 198-217) AE 32 - Caracalla & Plautilla553 viewsCaracalla, with Plautilla, 198-217 AD. AE32 (18.18g, 6h). Confronted busts of Caracalla right, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Plautilla left, draped / Praxitiles’ Cnidian Aphrodite, holding drapery that falls behind amphora, standing right, facing Asclepius standing left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. VF, light, even roughness. Rare. Group CEM; ex Mallinson Coll. (Spink 39, 12/1984), lot 20. Because of the city’s connection with Aphrodite, in the fourth century BC, Knidos acquired a cult-statue of the goddess by the sculptor Praxitiles. After it was rejected by the citizens of Kos (for whom it had been commissioned) because it showed Aphrodite nude for the first time, Knidos purchased the statue, erecting it in an open air temple so that it could be viewed from all angles. As a result, it became a popular tourist attraction and the subject of numerous tales of all types. Stratonikeia (BC 166) Hemidrachm552 viewsafter 166 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.64g). Laureate, bearded head of Zeus right/ C-T, Eagle with spread wings standing right, DIO [...] (magistrate) above, within incuse square. Gold (!) toning, good VF. Ex Muenzzentrum 27 (1976), lot 38. Halikarnassos (BC 150-50) Drachm551 views2nd-1st cent BC. AR Drachm (4.31g). Facing head of Helios / Helmeted bust of Athena right; magistrate XAPMYLOS. Nice EF, usual small flan crack. Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) boar/dog - Obol?551 views5th century BC. AR Obol? (0.51g). Forepart of boar / Forepart of wolf or dog. VF. Rosen 405 (this coin), otherwise unpublished. 1241 coins on 13 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13