Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


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Atarneos (BC 400) Hemiobol822 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol(?) (6mm, 0.34g, 6h). Head right, wearing Phrygian or satrapal cap / Hare right; AT below. Cf. CNG E-321, lot 83, otherwise unpublished. VF, toned, light porosity, reverse a little off center. Extremely rare, perhaps the second known.
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Parion (AD 68-69) AE 22 - Galba821 viewsGalba, 68-69 AD. AE22 (8.61g). GALBA CAESAR, bare head right / AVGVSTVS DD, capricorn right, cornucopiae over shoulder. Good VF, green patina. Very rare emperor in the Greek Imperial series; finest of three known specimens. Although commonly given the title CAESAR on his Imperial issues, this is the only instance of its appearance on Galba's rare provincial coins.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Nike817 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.43g). Laureate head of Nike left, wing attached to neck / Forepart of winged horse monster right. Somewhat softly struck on obverse. Extremely fine.
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Pergamon (BC 200-30) AE 19816 views200-133 BC. AE19 (3.73g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / AΘHNAΣ NIKHΦOPOY, owl with closed wings standing facing on thunderbolt. Corrosion, gVF.1 comments
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/12 Stater 816 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.34g, 9mm). Lion right, gnawing on leg of prey; below, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF.
This is the second of three known that have been offered at auction.

This obverse has very close links to other coinage of similar period. Early drachmae of Velia have a similar type. Colin M. Kraay [Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (1976), p. 263] comments on the connection of the drachmae and this Kyzikos example, noting the rarity of deliberate reproductions of specific coin types across cities. An almost identical type is also found on a hecte emission of Mytilene (Bodenstedt 78 – Coin ID #11257).
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Pergamon (AD 218-222) AE 41 - Elagabalus815 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE41 (43.66g). ΑΥ [...]ΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙ [...], laureate and cuirassed bust right / around, ΕΠΙ ΣΤΡ ΤΙΒ ΚΛΑ ΑΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΟΣΟΛΟ, within wreath, ΠΕΡΓΑ / ΜΗΝΩΝ / ΠΡΩΤΩΝ / ΤΡΙΣ ΝΕΟ/ΚΟΡΩΝ. Very fine. Dark green patina. Very fine.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-430) EL Stater812 viewsca 450-430 BC. EL Stater (16.00g). Orestes kneeling left, holding sword and resting left arm on omphalos; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF. Ex New York Sale IV (1/2002), lot 188.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL Stater808 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Stater (15.85g). Head of Silenos facing; two tunnies upward to either side / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare, the third known.

The other two examples, noted by Hurter & Liewald, were in the Von Aulock Coll. (but unpublished) and the Velkov Coll. (Vinchon, (11/1994), lot 61 = CH II, p. 7, 2).
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(BC 133-130) Eumenes III - Cistophoric Tetradrachm808 viewsAristonikos as Eumenes III, 133-130 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (30mm, 11.94g, 11h), dated year 3 (132/131 BC). Mobile mint, struck in Lydia, Apollonis. Cista mystica with open lid, snake crawling out to left, all in ivy wreath / ΒΑ-ΕΥ /Γ/ ΑΠ-ΟΛ, Two snakes around bow case decorated with aphlaston, thunderbolt above; in left field, head of Zeus (?) left, in right, head of Dionysos (?) right. Corroded, VF. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auk. 113 (10/2001), 5250.
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Priapos (BC 300-200) AE 18808 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE18 (6.46g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Shrimp or cray-fish right, [ΠΡ]ΙΑΠΗΝΩΝ above, muscle shell below. aEF. Rare variant.
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Pergamon (AD 100-200) AE 807 viewsAntoninian era, 2nd century AD, pseudo-autonomous. AE (1.96g). Bust of helmeted Athena with aegis right / ΠΕΡΓΑ-ΜΗΝΩΝ, coiled snake. Brown patina, EF.
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Pergamon (BC 27-AD 14) AE 19 - Augustus807 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE19 (3.48g, 12h). A. Furius, gymnasiarch, struck ca 1 BC. Bare head right / Armenian standing facing, holding arrow and spear. VF, green patina with earthen overtones, minor roughness. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-510) Obol807 viewsca 550-480 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 1.04g). Head of boar right, holding fish in mouth / Plain square incuse punch. Near VF, some porosity. Very rare.
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Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Trihemiobol806 viewsca 500-490 BC. AR Trihemiobol - 1/4 Drachm (1.23g). Female janiform head / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet, within incuse square. Toned. aEF.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater803 viewsca 500-­450 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.57g). Winged male mythological creature running/­kneeling left, head right, holding tunny by its tail / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF, slightly off center on obverse.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater800 views5th century BC. EL Hekte (9.5mm, 2.6g). Cockerel left, with curled wing; tunny below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.

A surprisingly scarce type of Kyzikos electrum, apparently unknown as a fraction.
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Pergamon (BC 200-30) Diobol799 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AR Diobol (13mm, 1.50g, 11h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Eagle, with wings spread, standing facing on palm; AΘhNA[Σ] / NI-ΠE / NIKHΦOPOY. VF, porous. Extremely rare with this reverse legend.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol795 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.42g, 9mm, 10h). Head of lion left; behind, tunny upward / Forepart of boar left, K (retrograde) on shoulder; to right, tunny upward; all within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned, some porosity. Apparently unpublished.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12 Stater793 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.35g). Crab; above, head of tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Well struck.
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Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL Stater791 views5th-4th century BC. EL Stater (16.15g, 16mm,). Perseus, nude but for cloak tied around neck, kneeling right, head left, holding harpa and [head of the Medusa]; below, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Wonderful mythological type. Ex Hans von Aulock Coll; Hess-Leu 11 (3/1959), lot 246; R. Jameson Coll. (not in published part).
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Zeleia (BC 400-300) AE 11790 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE11 (1.04g). Head of Artemis right, wearing stephane / Monogram within grain-wreath. VF, orange-dark brown patina. Very rare. Freedman coll.
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Kyzikos (BC 200-100) AE 13790 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE13 (1.14g). Head of bull right in beaded circle / KY/ZI in a monogram, within oak wreath. Dark green patina, good VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Lampsakos (BC 27- AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus787 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (3.43g). CΕΒΑCΤΟΥ − ΛΑΜΨΑΚΗ, laureate head right / ΙΕΡΑ − CΥΝΚΛITΤΟC, daped young bust of Senate right. Rare. Brown-green patina, EF.
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Pergamon (AD 198-217) AE 42 - Caracalla787 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE42 Medallion (46.65g). AUT KAI M AUR CEOUHR - ANTWNEINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right, (below Gorgoneion); counterstamp: wreath / EPI C - TR - M KAIREL AT - TA - L - O - U - PERGAMHNWN - PRWTWN G NE - WKORWN, three tempels in name of Augustus, Caracalla und Trajan; inside the middle: Asklepios with staff and scepter sitting left. Dark green-brown patina, VF/aEF. Very rare.
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Priapos (BC 300-200) AE787 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AE (5.59g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Shrimp or cray-fish right, ΠΡΙΑΠΗΝΩΝ above, bee below.
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Perperene (AD 193-211) AE - Septimus Severus781 viewsSeptimus Severus, 193-211 AD. AE (3.18g). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΣΕΒΗΡ, laureate head right / ΠΕΡΠΕΡΗΝΙΩΝ, Asklepios standing, head turned left, holding staff. Dark green patina, VF.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater781 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.69g). Forepart of lion left, devouring prey; to right, tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, a little die rust. Ex Münzen und Medaillen Deutschland 10 (3/2002), lot 81; Numismatica Ars Classica K (3/2000), lot 1301.
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Parion (BC 200-0) AE 20780 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE20 (8.56g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bull butting left, ΠΑΡΙ above, monogram and caduceus below. EF, dark brown patina, a few small spots of roughness.
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Pergamon (BC 27-AD 14) AE 18 - Augustus780 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE18 (4.14g), struck during time of Trajan, 98-117 AD. AVTOKPATOPA CEBACTON KAICAPA, laureate head right / CEBACTON ΠEPΓAMHNOI, temple with four columns enclosing statue of Augustus. GVF.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater780 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.61g). Kerberos standing left on tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Very rare.
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Pergamon (BC 310-282) AE779 views4th-3rd century BC. AE (3.92g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Head of bull left, ΠΕΡΓΑ below, owl to right. Dark green patina, VF.
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(BC 133-130) Eumenes III - Cistophoric Tetradrachm779 viewsAristonikos as Eumenes III, 133-130 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.11g, 12h), dated year 4 (131/130 BC). Mobile mint, struck in Lydia, Apollonis. Cista mystica with open lid, snake crawling out to left, all in ivy wreath / ΒΑ-ΕΥ /Δ/ ΑΠ-ΟΛ, Two snakes around bow case decorated with aphlaston, thunderbolt above; in left field, head of Zeus (?) left, in right, head of Dionysos (?) right. VF. Very rare.
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Kyzikos (BC 520-480) Hemiobol777 viewsca 530-500 BC. AR Obol (0.68g, 10mm, 12h). Dolphin over tunny fish swimming left / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely rare. VF.
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Kyzikos (BC 530-500) Hemiobol775 viewsca 550-530 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.42g, 8mm). Head tunny fish right; below, tunny fish right / Quadratum incusum. Rare. Very fine.
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Zeleia (BC 400-300) AE 13775 views4th century BC. AE13 (1.95g, 7h). Head of Artemis right, wearing stephane / Stag standing right. Near VF, green patina. Rare city. Ex Alighieri Coll.
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Lampsakos (BC 440-390) Trihemiobol775 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 1.30g, 3h). Janiform female head, dolphin below / ΛΑΜ, helmeted head of Athena right within incuse square. Good VF
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Kyzikos (BC 200-100) AE 28772 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE28 (9.99g). Wreathed head of Kore Soteira right, within dotted circle / Tripod, ΚΥZΙ-ΚΗΝΩΝ on either side, monogram to left, long torch below.
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Miletopolis (BC 200-0) AE 21771 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE21. Head of Athena left / Two owls facing. EF.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/12 Stater771 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (9mm, 1.32g). Female head left, with hair bound in sakkos and wearing earring and necklace; [below, tunny left] / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Very rare.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater768 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.61g). Skythian archer, wearing pointed cap, kneeling left, holding bow and bowcase; to left, tunny downward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare, the second hekte known, and the third known coin of this type overall.
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Pergamon (AD 14-37) AE 19 - Tiberius & Livia768 viewsTiberius & Livia, 14-37 AD. AE19 (4.96g). CЄBACTOI ЄΠI ΠЄTPΩNIOY TO, busts of Tiberius & Livia confronted / ΘЄΩN CЄACTON OI ΠЄΓAMΩN, tetrastyle temple with statue of Augustus. About very fine.
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Lampsakos (BC 500-450) AR Diobol767 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Diobol(?) (1.28g). Forepart of Pegasos left, displaying both wings / Quadripartite incuse square of swastika pattern. VF, toned, porous, traces of find patina. Rare type with both wings.
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Adramytteion (BC 200-100) AE 21 766 views2nd century BC. AE21 (7.62g). Laureate head of Apollo left, wearing long hair / NIKO ΛO/ XOY and monogram, cornucopiae between two pilei of the Dioskouroi. VF.
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Adramytteion (BC 200-100) AE 18764 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE18 (6.06g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Horseman right, holding labrys; countermark: star with eight rays. VF, dark green patina, partial flat strike. Apparently unpublished. Freedman Coll.
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Parion (AD 253) AE 22 - Cornelia Supera763 viewsCornelia Supera, Augusta, 253 AD. AE22 (6.22g, 7h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / She-wolf standing right, head left, suckling the twins. Ex Lanz 102 (5/2001), lot 944. VF, brown patina, minor smoothing. Extremely rare; only the second known example.
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Pergamon (BC 27-AD 14) AE 21 - Augustus762 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE 21. Laureate head right / Temple with six columns. aVF.
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Pergamon (AD 238-244) AE 42 - Gordian III762 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE42 - Medallion (44.02g, 12h). Homonoia with Nicomedia. Julius Logismos, strategos. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Asklepios standing right, leaning on serpent-entwined staff, facing Demeter, standing left, holding poppy and torch on deck of quinquereme right with gubernator at stern. Near VF, brown surfaces, porous. Rare. Ex Zaar Maritime Coll.
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Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 18758 views190-85 BC. AE18 (3.31g). Head of Priapos right / Kantharos.
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Kyzikos (BC 170-150) Didrachm758 viewsca 170-150 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 7.12g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Head of Kore Soteira right, wearing oak wreath / Thunderbolt; KY-ZI above and below; all within oak wreath; monogram above and below. Superb EF, attractively toned. Well struck from fresh dies. Very rare. Liles Coll.
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Pergamon (BC 200-133) AE 23757 viewsca 200-133 BC. AE23 (9.31g). Bust of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet / Asklepios in himation standing facing, snake-staff in right hand; ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ to right. Dark olive-green patina, VF.
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Kyzikos (BC 460-440) Tetartemorion756 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.25g). Forepart of boar left / Two tunnies swimming in opposite directions, bigger one to right, smaller to left. (the rev is upside down)
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Pergamon (AD 161-180) AE 33 - Marcus Aurelius755 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE33 (16.96g). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ[ΗΛΙΟΣ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝ]ΟΣ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / [ΕΠΙ ΣΤΡΑΤΚ]ΑΙΣΤΕΑ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ / [ΒΝΕ]ΟΚΩΡΟ[Ν], Marcus Aurelius in military uniform galloping to right spearing Barbarian below horse in lower field to right, B. Very rare. Green patina. Very fine.
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Lampsakos (AD 235-238) AE 24 - Maximinus I754 viewsMaximinus I Thrax, 235-238 AD. AE24 (9.94g). Laureate, draped bust right / LAMY - AKHNWN, bearded ithypallic Priapos left, standing on base, holding thyrsos in left hand and cup in right. Rare. Thick, olive-green patina, VF.
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Pergamon (BC 131) AE 16754 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE16 (3.14g). Laureate head of bearded Asklepios left / Snake coiled around staff, B to left. Good style, EF. Scarce.
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Kyzikos (BC 390-340) Drachm754 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.12g, 15mm). Head of Kore-Persephone left, wearing wreath of corn ears, hair in sphendone and covered with veil; ΣΩΤΕΙ above / ΚΥ-ZΙ; lion's head left, tunny below, ivy wreath in field to right. Very rare denomination. Slightly off-centre. Good very fine.
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Parion (BC 400-300) Hemidrachm754 views4th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.3g, 13mm). Facing gorgoneion / ΠΑ/ΡΙ, bull standing left, head right; pileus on tripod above. gVF. Apparently unpublished.
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Teuthrania (BC 400) AE 11 - Prokles753 viewsca 399 BC, rule of Prokles I (Gongylos), dynast. AE11 (0.97g) Laureate head of Apollo left / Beardless head of young male right, wearing Persian tiara (headdress - also known as kyrbasia or bashlyk), ΤΕΥ to left. Black patina, VF. Very rare.

Prokles was the brother of Eurysthenes, who ruled Pergamon around the same time.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater752 viewsca 500 BC. EL Hekte (2.65g). Young male head left, wearing Ionic helmet; tunny to right (?) / Quadripartite incuse punch. Apparently unique. A very interesting representation of masterly Archaic style, perfectly struck in high relief. Good extremely fine. Ex Naville IV (1922), Grand­ Duke Michailovitch, 698 and M&M­ Leu 28 (5/1974), Kunstfreund, 7.
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Pergamon (AD 98-117) AE 17 - Trajan750 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE17 (2.51g). Laureate head right / Z(retrograde)ΕΩC - ΦΙΛΙΟC, head of laureate Zeus Philios right. Black patina, some corrosion, good VF.
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Kyzikos (BC 520-480) Hemiobol749 viewsca 530-500 BC. AR Obol (0.60g). Tunny fish left / Quadripartite incuse square. Nice very fine.
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Pergamon (AD 198-217) AE 45 - Caracalla749 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE45 - Medallion (47.49g, 45mm, 6h). M. Caerelius Attalus, strategus. Struck 214-215 AD. ΑVΤ[Ο] ΚPΑΤ Κ [ΜΑP]ΚΟC ΑVP ΑΝΤ[Ω]Ν[ΕΙΝΟC], laureate and cuirassed bust right, cuirass decorated with aegis; c/m: pellet within wreath; all in incuse / ΕΠΙ CΤPΑ Μ [ΚΑΙΠΕ]Λ ΑΤΤΑΛΟC ΠΕPΓΑΜ[ΗΝΩΝ] ΠΡΟ ΤΩΝ Γ [ΝΕΟΚΟP]ΩΝ, Caracalla standing left, holding sceptre in left hand, raising right hand toward serpent coiled around tree; a small figure of Telesphoros on basis between. Fine, dark brown patina with a few earthen patches. Drewry Coll.

Caracalla visited the temple of Pergamene Asclepius as he moved east to confront the Parthians in 214-215 AD. There, he participated in its rites, which included sleeping within the temple precinct and having the dreams incurred thereby interpreted. To commemorate this event, a number of huge medallic bronzes, including this coin, were issued.
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Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater749 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.53g). Tunny right above tunny left; two pellets between / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, light cleaning marks. Unpublished variety.
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Pitane (BC 350) AE 17747 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE 17 (4.91g). Horned head of Zeus Ammon right / Pentagram, pellet in center, ΠΙΤΑΝ. EF/VF. Rare.
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Adramytteion (BC 300-200) AE 14747 views3rd century BC. AE14 (2.66g). Head Athena wearing Attic helmet right / ΑΔΡΑΜΥ-ΤΗΝΩΝ, owl facing with spread wings on thunderbolt. Rare. Very fine.
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Kyzikos (AD 139-161) AE 23 - Marcus Aurelius746 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE23 (8.01g, 6h). Bare headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Serpent-entwined torch with grain ears and poppies. Good VF, dark green patina with dusty light green and beige overtones. Rare variety.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater 745 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.65g). Tunny left with wing on back / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely rare. Well centered. Extremely fine.
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Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Drachm744 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 5.01g, 3h). Diademed Janiform female head / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet with HΓ monogram on bowl; all within incuse square. VF, lightly toned, some roughness, light cleaning scratches.
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Parion (AD 54-68) AE 23 - Nero743 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE23 (6.77g, 12h). Laureate head right; star below chin / Capricorn right, head left; cornucopia behind. Near VF, green patina.
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Parion (BC 350-300) AE741 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE (5.76g). Bull butting right, grapes above / Π-Α/Ρ-Ι, altar of Parion; amphora standing in front. Dark green patina, VF. Ex Knopek Auk. (Koln, 1981), lot 162.
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Miletopolis (BC 200-0) AE 20741 viewsca 3rd-2nd century BC. AE20 (4.81g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / Double-bodied owl facing, ΜΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ around. Dark patina, VF. Rare.
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Astyra (BC 400-395) AE 12 - Tissaphernes740 viewsTissaphernes, Satrap of Mysia, ca 400-395 BC. AE12. Bearded head of Satrap right, TIΣΣA below / Cult statue of Artemis Astyrene facing, ΑΣΤΥΡΗ to left, club to right. Dark patina, about EF.
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Kyzikos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus739 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (1.82g, 12h). Bare male head right / Bare male head right. VF, green patina. Ex Wagner Coll.

The attribution of a specific Julio-Claudian prince to each of these portraits remains a matter of conjecture. Mionnet believed them to be portraits of Gaius and Lucius Caesars, an interpretation the authors of RPC believed quite plausible. They do note, however, that the index to the von Aulock collection interprets this issue both as Gaius and Lucius, and Drusus and Germanicus, all of whom became potential heirs to the imperial throne. Barring any more conclusive evidence, the matter will remain unresolved.
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Lampsakos (BC 440-390) Trihemiobol739 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AR Diobol (11mm, 1.43g, 3h). Janiform female head / Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Good VF, darkly toned, light porosity.
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Atarneos (BC 350-300) AE 18737 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE18 (3.93g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of horse right; coiled serpent above, AB monogram to right, ATAP below. Dark green patina, gVF.
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Kyzikos (AD 180-192) AE 20737 viewsTime of Commodus, 180-192 AD. AE20 (2.33g). Draped bust of Kore-Soteira right / KVZIKHNΩN, octostyle temple. GVF.1 comments
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Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater 733 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.35g). Head of tunny right; below, small tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare.
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Zeleia (BC 300-200) AE 12730 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AE12 (1.25g). Head of Artemis right, wearing stephane / ZΕ/ΛΕ, monogram (snake staff?) within grain-wreath. Light green patina, VF. Very rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Gambreion (BC 300-100) AE 10725 views3rd-2nd century BC. AE10 (0.99g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Tripod, ΓΑΜ to left. EF. Rare.
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Miletopolis (BC 400-300) Trihemiobol721 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.96g) Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Double-bodied owl, head facing, within linear square. VF. Unique. R. Mueller coll.
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Eleutheria (BC 4th cent) AE 10719 viewsca 4th cent. BC. AE10 (1.10g, 12h). Athena in triple-crested helmet 3/4 to right, wearing necklace / Lion walking right, head turned left, uncertain symbol above, ΕΛΕΥ to right. VF.
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Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Trihemiobol718 viewsca 500-470 BC. AR Diobol (1.23g). Female janiform head / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet, within incuse square. EF.
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Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 13717 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE13 (2.09g). ΛΑ-Μ, Kerykeion (caduceus) within olive wreath / Ψ-Α, Pegasos right, dolphin? below. Light green patina, EF/gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Pergamon (BC 300-250) AE 17717 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE17 (3.82g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Head of bull right, A to left, ΠΕΡΓΑ below. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Kyzikos (BC 420-390) Hemiobol715 viewsca 420-390 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.22g, 12h). Male head right, wearing winged petasos / KY/IZ, tuna right. Porous. Rare.
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Parion (AD 253) AE 21 - Aemilian714 viewsAemilian, 253 AD. AE21 (5.12g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / C G H I P, capricorn swimming right, cornucopiae on back; star between forelegs. VF, brown surfaces. Drewry Coll.; Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XX (3/1992), lot 429.
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Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater714 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.32g). Head of tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Exceptional strike. Very rare, and better than the three recorded by Hurter & Liewald. Alighieri Coll.
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Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Trihemiobol714 viewsca 390-330 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.23g, 7h). Female double-head, wearing earring / ΛΑΜ, head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet; fly to right. gVF.
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Parion (BC 27-AD 14) AE 29 – Augustus & Agrippa713 viewsAugustus, with Agrippa, 27 BC-14 AD. AE29 - Dupondius (12.77g, 12h), struck before 12 BC. IMP CAESAR DIVI F C G I P, bare head of Augustus right / M AGRIPPA, bare head of Agrippa right. Rare. Green patina. About extremely fine.
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Kyzikos (BC 530-500) Hemiobol712 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Obol (?) (0.31g). Head of tunny fish left / Quadripartite incuse square. Rare. Good VF. Mueller coll.
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Priapos (BC 300-200) AE 12708 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AE12 (1.38g). Laureate head of Apollo right, wearing long hair (more female-like) / Crab, harpa and ΠΡΙ below, Α above. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare city and type. Gutknecht coll.
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Pergamon (AD 198-217) AE 42 - Caracalla708 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE42 - Medallion (37.96g, 6h). Julius Anthimus, strategos. Struck circa 214 AD. AVT • KPAT • K • MA-PKOC • AVP • ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery / ЄΠI CTP IOV-Λ ANΘIMOV ΠЄPΓAMHNΩN/ ΠPΩTΩN TRIC/ NЄΩKOPΩ/N, Caracalla, holding spear in left hand, advancing right on horseback; to left, Victory walking right, holding palm frond in left hand and crowning emperor with wreath held in right; to right, trophy and two bound captives, one seated and the other standing. EF, brown patina, minor adjustment marks. Rare and in exceptional condition for issue. Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA V (12/2008), lot 270.

This medallion is part of a highly interesting series that has long fascinated numismatists. Taken as a whole, the group chronicles the major events of Caracalla’s visit to Pergamum en route to an eastern military expedition in AD 214. While this was only one stop on a trip that included imperial visits to the major cities and religious sites of Asia Minor, Pergamum’s sanctuary of Asclepius (the Asclepion) was of particular appeal to Caracalla, whose health declined precipitously in the latter years of his reign.
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Pitane (BC 350) AE 16707 viewsca 4th century BC. AE16 (3.66g) Horned head of Zeus Ammon right / Pentagram, pellet in center, ΠΙΤΑΝ. VF, brown patina. Rare. Freedman Coll.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater707 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.68g). Nude youth kneeling right, hair bound by taenia with frontal projection, holding a tunny fish in his extended left hand / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, lightly toned. Ex Triton VI (1/2003), lot 307.
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Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Drachm706 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 5.15g, 12h). Janiform female head / Helmeted of Athena left, monogram on helmet. Very rare. Porosity and area of encrustation on obverse, otherwise VF.
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Lampsakos (BC 350-250) AE 19705 views4th-3rd cent BC. AE19 (7.24g). ΛΑΜ, laureate female head right, wearing earring, within dotted circle / ΨΑ, forepart of Pegasos right, ear below. Olive-green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL 1/6 Stater705 viewsca 450-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.7g). Head of Attis right, wearing a Phyrgian cap / Quadripartite incuse square. aEF.
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Iolla (BC 4th cent) AE 18704 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE18 (3.51g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Forepart of Pegasos right; ΙΟΛΛΑ above, grain-ear below. Dark green patina, some corrosion on rev., gVF/VF. Rare. Ex. J-P Righetti Coll.
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Kyzikos (AD 0-100) AE 20703 viewsunder Roman rule, ca 1st cent AD. AE20 (4.02g). Head of Kore right, grain ear in hair; within a wreath of grain / K-Y/ZI, caduceus, in the center of which is a gorgoneion, the handle is made of a club, crescent above, tunny below, monogram to right; all within a laurel wreath. Green patina, gFV. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Poimanenon (AD 244-249) AE 26 - Otacilia Severa703 viewsOtacilia Severa, Augusta, 244-249 AD. AE26 (11.38g, 9h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Artemis advancing right, drawing bow from quiver and holding bow; at feet, hound leaping right. VF, brown patinas. Extremely rare. Ex CNG 51 (9/1999), lot 870.

Artemis and her twin Apollo were the children of Zeus and Leto. A confirmed virgin, Artemis inhabited the woodland areas with her followers, hunting wild animals and scrupulously avoiding male company. She can be seen with her hunting-dog at her side, and the symbol most often associated with her is the stag, a possible association with the myth of Actaeon. At Ephesus the Artemesion, a huge temple complex whose initial construction dated back to the Bronze Age, and which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was her major cultic shrine.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater703 viewsca 500­-450 BC. EL Stater (15.98g). Triton swimming left, holding wreath in left hand; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely rare and undoubtedly the finest specimen known. Fine style, perfectly struck and centered on a full flan. Good extremely fine.
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