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Kalchedon (AD 238-244) AE 25 - Tranquillina800 viewsTranquillina, 238-244 AD. AE25 (8.25g). Bust right / Apollo holding lyre reclining on back of swan swimming left.11111
(16 votes)
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Tarsos (AD 249-251) AE 32 - Herennia Etruscilla502 viewsHerennia Etruscilla, wife of Trajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE32 (16.68g). Bust of Herennia Etruscilla to right / Dionysos stands left with panther at feet.11111
(11 votes)
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Kretia-Flaviopolis (AD 198-209) AE 27 - Geta682 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE27 (10.70g, 1h). Π CΕΡΤΙ - ΓΕΤΑC Κ, head right / ΚΡΗΤΙΕΩΝ - ΦΛΑΟVΙΟ / ΠΟΛΙ. Good F.11111
(11 votes)
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Mallos (BC 425-385) Obol1121 viewsca 425-385 BC. AR Obol (0.96g). Head of bull left / Forepart of man-headed bull left. Good VF, minor porosity.11111
(11 votes)
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Neokaisareia (AD 238-244) AE 31 - Gordianus III589 viewsGordianus III, 238-244. AE31 (15.22g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝ, Prize-urn with two branches, ΚΟΙΝ ΠΟ ΝΤΟΜΗ ΝΕΟΚΑΙ ΕΤΡΟ. Very fine. Apparently unpublished. 11111
(12 votes)
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Kalchedon (BC 387-340) Hemidrachm1131 viewsca mid 4th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.84g, 12mm, 5h). KAΛ, forepart of bull left on grain ear, ΔA monogram before / three grain ears. Toned, good VF. Rare denomination.11111
(12 votes)
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Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 281036 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE28 (20.83g). Male head left (Mithradates VI?), wearing Persian leather cap (bashlyk) / 8-rayed star; bow to left. gVF, dark brown-green patina. Rare. Gutknecht coll.11111
(12 votes)
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Amaseia (BC 120-63) AE 171641 viewsca 120-63 BC. AE17 (3.98g). Winged head of Perseus right / Cornucipiae between two pilei of the Dioskouroi with stars on top, ΑΜΑΣ-ΣΕΙ[ΑΣ] below. Black patina, good VF.11111
(12 votes)
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Kyme (BC 520-470) Obol973 viewsca 500 BC. AR Obol (0.67g) Forepart of bridled horse left / Incuse square.11111
(12 votes)
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Tyana (BC 100-0) AE 152011 viewsca 1st century BC. AE15 (4.49g). Bull walking left / Zeus seated left, holding scepter, ΤΥΑ-ΝΕωΝ. Good VF, glossy black patina under reddish earthen encrustation.11111
(12 votes)
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(BC 130) Pylaimenes - AE 222017 viewsPylaimenes, ca 130 BC. AE22 (3.90g, 12h). Facing bull's head / [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΛΑΙΜΕΝΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, winged caduceus. EF, glossy dark brown patina.11111
(12 votes)
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Kolophon (BC 450-410) Tritemorion?620 viewsca 450-410 BC. AR Persic Tritemorion? (1/3 obol) (0.42g). Head of Apollo right / Mark of value or monogram? in incuse square.11111
(13 votes)
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Amastris (BC 285-250) Didrachm 2445 viewsca 285 BC. AR Didrachm (9.55g). Head of Mithras right, wearing Persian mitra adorned with laurel wreath and star below / Aphrodite seated left, wearing polos, holding sceptre and Nike, who crowns her with wreath; myrtle bud to left, ΑΜΑΣΤΡΙΕΩΝ to right. Good VF, attractively toned. Rare.11111
(19 votes)
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Selge (BC 200-0) Hemidrachm634 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AR Triobol (2.20g). Head of Herakles facing, club to left / ΣΕΛΓΕΩΝ, club, plant in pot, bucranium? in field to right. VF. Rare.11111
(8 votes)
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Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Sosandros801 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.58g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, Σ-ΩΣΑΝ-ΔΡΟΣ (magistrate) above and below. Good VF.11111
(11 votes)
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Tarsos (AD 238-244) AE 36 - Gordian III1992 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE36 (21.11g). AVT K M ANT GORDIANOC CEB PP, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, holding shield decorated with gorgoneion and spear / TAPCOV MHTROPOLE AMK BG, lion attacking bull. Good VF, dark green patina. Ex Sternberg XI (qq/1981), lot 370.11111
(25 votes)
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(BC 200-169) Pharnakes III - Tetradrachm2411 viewsca 170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.85g, 12h), Sinope mint. Diademed and bearded head of Pharnakes III to right / Pantheistic male deity standing facing, wearing broad petasos, chiton, chlamys and high boots, holding a cornucopiae and a kerykeion with his left hand and feeding a fawn standing right from a vine branch and grapes held in his right; thunderbolt above his head, star within crescent to left. RRR! Toned, probably the finest known tetradrachm of Pharnakes, and with the most realistic of all Hellenistic portraits. Extremely fine.

From the collection of W. Wahler, Numismatic Fine Arts XXV (11/1990), 119, ex Numismatic Fine Arts V (2/1978), 123, and Monnaies et Medailles 47 (11/1972), 475.
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(21 votes)
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Amisos (BC 4th cent) Siglos/Drachm3272 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Siglos or drachm (5.73g). Head of Hera left, wearing stephane, within dotted circle / Owl with open wings facing, ΠΕΙΡΑ below, ΚΤΗ to left. Toned, aEF.11111
(19 votes)
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(BC 440-425) Kheriga - Stater1271 viewsKheriga, Dynast, ca 440-425 BC. AR Stater (19mm, 8.25g, 3h). Two cocks facing one another within round shield / "kheriga" in Lycian script around, owl standing left, head facing; all within dotted incuse square. VF. Possibly unique.1 comments11111
(14 votes)
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Trapezos (AD 98-117) AE 20 - Trajan963 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE20. Head right / ΤΡΑΠΕ/ZΟΥΝΤΙ/ΩΝ (in 3 lines), E TN - year 50 (=113-114 AD).11111
(13 votes)
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B37960 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.49g). Diademed head of Silenos right / Two confronted rams butting heads, palmette above. EF. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts 18 (3/1987), lot 186.11111
(13 votes)
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Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 212288 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE21 (7.25g). Bust of Amazon right, wearing wolf's scalp / Nike walking right, holding wreath in right hand, palm over left shoulder. Good VF, glossy dark brown patina, some encrustation on bust, light smoothing on reverse. 11111
(13 votes)
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Tavion (AD 198-217) AE 17 - Caracalla1114 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE17 (2.21g). Draped cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield / [ΤΑΟΥ]ΙΑΝ-ΩΝ, forepart of bull right. Dark green patina, aEF. Very rare.11111
(12 votes)
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Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL Stater1581 viewsca 460-400 BC. EL Stater (16.07g). Bull, head lowered, standing right on tunny / Quadripartite incuse square, granulated. Choice VF. 11111
(12 votes)
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Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Athenodoros731 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.51g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, grain ear before, Α-ΘΗΝΟ-ΔΩΡΟΣ (magistrate) above and below. Good VF.11111
(12 votes)
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Tralleis (AD 253-258) AE 36 - Valerianus I567 viewsValerianus I, 253-258 AD. AE36 (20.44g), bronze of M. Aurelius Hieron Leukopetrites. Draped, cuirassed bust right / EPI GR M AUR IER - WNOC LEUKOPETREITHC / TRAL-LIANWN, naked Helios standing, radiate head left, chlamys over left shoulder, holding globe. Good style, olive-green patina, gVF. Rare.11111
(11 votes)
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Sinope (AD 41-54) AE 28 - Claudius772 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD, with Messalina (his third wife). AE28 (12.73g), struck 41 AD. TI CLAVDIVS CAES [AVG C I F ANNO LXX]XVI (= Year 86 of the local era). Laureate head of Claudius right / MESSALINA - [AVGVSTA], draped bust of Messalina right. red-green patina, corrosion, G/VF. Extremely rare. Ex Auctiones AG 10, Basel (1979), lot 170.11111
(11 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B111 - EL 1/6 Stater1068 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent; [small seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF.11111
(11 votes)
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Marion? (BC 6th cent) Stater1663 viewslate 6th cent BC. AR Stater (10.49g). Forepart of lion right with open mouth and raised forepaw / Shallow incuse square with irregular markings, among which the letters 'Ba Ta' may be read. Old toning, from an old collection, VF. Very rare.

Provenance: Spink Numismatic Circular 1994 no. 2007, put to Caria with a hint at Cyprus. Asyut 810 ("Uncertain Cyprus Mint"), of similar style on spread fabric, has letters 'Ba Ta' on shoulder of lion. The attribution to Marion is uncertain; Amathus is another possibility.
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(11 votes)
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B131290 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.55g). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of cow right; incuse rectangular punch behind. EF, light scuff on reverse.11111
(10 votes)
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Uncertain (AD 69-79) AE 16 - Vespasian, Titus and Domitian579 viewsVespasian, with Titus and Domitian, Caesars, 69-79 AD. AE16 (3.96g). Laureate head of Vespasian right / Confronted busts of Titus and Domitian; star between. Fine, green patina. Rare.11111
(10 votes)
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Kyzikos (BC 390-340) Tetradrachm1339 views4th cent BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.26g). Wreathed head of Kore Soteira left, hair in sphendone covered with veil, two grain ears in hair / K-Y/Z-I, Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding patera in right hand and kithara in left, monograms in fields to left and right. EF. Very rare.11111
(10 votes)
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Antiocheia (AD 198-217) AE 32 - Caracalla492 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE32 (23.07g). PIVS AVG ANTONINVS, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / GENIVS COL C ANTIOCH, Genius with wreath and cornucopiae. VF.11111
(10 votes)
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Kios (BC 350-300) Drachm - Nikas766 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Drachm (5.16g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ΝΙΚΑΣ (magistrate) above. Deeply toned, VF. Very rare.11111
(10 votes)
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Lampsakos (BC 450) Drachm1625 viewsca 470-450 BC. AR Drachm (5.64g). Janiform female head, wearing necklace and circular earring / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with wreath, within incuse square. Good VF, toned, granular surfaces, reverse die break. Rare early janiform head type from Lampsakos.11111
(10 votes)
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Dionysopolis (AD 14-37) AE 14 - Tiberius728 viewsTime of Tiberius, 14-37 AD. AE14 (2.76g). ΔΙΟNYΣOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, head of Dionysos right / APIΣΤΟΣ APIΣΤOY, cista with crossed thyrsis. Very fine. 11111
(10 votes)
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Herakleia Pontika (BC 350) Tridrachm1306 viewsUnder tyrant Satyros, 353-347 BC. AR Tridrachm (11.77g, 1h), struck ca 350 BC. Head of youthful Herakles wearing lion's skin headdress to left; club below / Head of Hera to left, wearing turreted stephane and pendant earring, crescent below chin, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΑ to right. Very rare. Attractive grey patina. Slightly rough surfaces, otherwise aEF. Ex Star coll.; ex Leu 48 (5/1989), 211; ex Leu 2 (4/1972), 221.1 comments11111
(9 votes)
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Sesamos (BC 300-250) AE 15845 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE16 (3.80g). Laureate head of Zeus left / ΣΗ-ΣΑ, wreathed head of Demeter left, wearing looped earring and necklace. gVF, green patina, thick flan. Rare. Gutknecht coll.11111
(9 votes)
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(BC 36-AD 17) Archelaus - AE 231563 viewsArchelaus, 36 BC-17 AD. AE23 (8.51g). Head of Herakles right / ΕΥΣΕ-ΒΕΙΑΣ, tetrastyle temple with three figures on pediment; date KE (=Year 25 = 12/11 BC) in exergue. Very fine.

Archelaus was elevated to the Cappadocian throne by Marc Antony, where he reigned for over half a century.
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(9 votes)
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Aspendos (BC 420-410) Stater1509 viewsca 420-410 BC. AR Stater (10.91g, 6h). Two wrestlers grappling / Slinger in throwing stance right; triskeles to right. Good VF. Rare early issue.11111
(9 votes)
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Ilion (AD 37-41) AE 25 - Caligula1538 viewsCaligula and Divus Augustus, 37-41 AD. AE25 (10.86g). GAIOC KAICAP QEOC AYTOKPATWP / CEBACTOC, heads of Caligula and Divus Augustus / [QEA PWMH] - IEPA CYNKLHTOC / ILI, draped bust of Roma and Senate, in the middle Athena standing facing, with spear and shield. Brown-green patina, VF. Very rare.11111
(9 votes)
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) Hemiobol1031 viewsca 550-530 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.46g). Head of bear left, holding tunny fish in mouth / Quadripartite incuse square ("mill-sail" pattern). Extremely rare. EF.1 comments11111
(9 votes)
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Adramytteion (BC 350) AE 101186 viewsmid 4th cent BC. AE10 (0.89g) Head of Zeus right / Forepart of winged horse right, ΑΔΡΑ above. VF.11111
(9 votes)
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 3 - Tetartemorion689 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.19g, 5mm) Head of eagle right / circular symbol (wreath or diadem?) or monogram within incuse square.11111
(9 votes)
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Gryneion (BC 350-250) AE 12860 viewsBefore 306 BC. AE12 (1.51g). Laureate head of Apollo 3/4 facing left / mussel-shell. VF, porous, brown patina. Rare.11111
(9 votes)
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Tabai (AD 81-96) AE 18 - Domitia470 viewsDomitia, wife of Domitian. Augusta, 82-96 AD. AE18 (5,86g, 12h), ΔOMITIA - CЄBACTH, head right / OPΘΠI - O - [Y IЄ]PΩNOC / [T]ABH / NΩN, Nike advancing right, holding wreath in right and palm branch in left. Very rare. Very fine. Ex Hauck and Aufhäuser, Auc 17 (3/2003), Nr. 267. Ex Karl coll.11111
(8 votes)
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Kyzikos (BC 300-200) AE 25828 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AE25 (12.48g). Prow right / KY/ZI and monogram within wreath. Near VF, patina stripped. Very Rare!

The type is completely missing from the published collections in Copenhagen, Paris and the British Museum. Only one low grade specimen illustrated in von Aulock and another double struck specimen in von Fritze.
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(8 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30 - EL 1/6 Stater1098 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Helmeted head left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare.11111
(8 votes)
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Side (AD 251-253) AE 33 - Trebonian Gallus394 viewsTrebonian Gallus, 251-253 AD. AE33 (12.48g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Price-crown on table. Very fine.11111
(8 votes)
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Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 18625 viewsca 4th century BC. AE18 (4.74g). Three-quarter facing head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested helmet / Forepart of ram right; ΚΛΑΞΟΜΕ/ΝΙΩΝ above, [A]ΠΟΛΩ/ΝΙΔΗΣ (magistrate) below.11111
(8 votes)
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Parion (BC 350-300) AE 19651 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE19 (6.20g). Bull butting right, grapes above / Π-Α/Ρ-Ι, altar of Parion; amphora standing in front.11111
(8 votes)
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Komana (AD 193-211) AE 32 - Caracalla828 viewsCaracalla, 197-217 AD. AE32 (13.66g), struck 205/6 AD. Youthful laureate head right / IERO - KAIC - KO-MANE, frontal view of tempel; inside, Nike standing on pedestal, holding wreath and palm; date in exergue ET BOR (= year 162 of local era). Green patina, good VF.11111
(8 votes)
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - maenad1299 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.38g, 3h). Head of a Maenad left, hair flying, wearing ivy wreath, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / Forepart of Pegasos right in shallow incuse. Good VF, a few minor marks.11111
(8 votes)
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Knidos (BC 411-405) Obol557 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.11111
(8 votes)
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(BC 377-353) Maussollos - Stater904 viewsMaussollos, Satrap, 377-353 BC. AR Stater (13.11g), struck 377-367 BC in Miletos. Forepart of lion left, MA above / Stellate pattern (star?). Very rare denomination, VF.11111
(8 votes)
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Amathos (BC 350) 1/3 Stater - Rhoikos1048 viewsRhoikos, King of Amathos, ca 350 BC. AR 1/3 Stater - Tetrobol (2.18g). Head of lion right, in dotted circle / Forepart of lion right, head facing. EF. 11111
(8 votes)
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Tenedos (BC 450-387) Obol703 viewsca 450-387 BC. AR Obol (0.56g). Janiform head, female on left, male on right (Hera and Zeus) / Double-axe, T-E over crossing line; within incuse square. VF, typical porosity. Rare.11111
(8 votes)
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Herakleia Salbake (AD 100-200) AE 18562 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.11111
(7 votes)
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Aphrodisias (AD 253-268) AE 25 - Gallienus453 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE25 (6.92g, 6h). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΟ ΛI ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC, radiate, cuirassed and draped bust right / A-Φ-POΔ-I-/CIЄΩ-N, emperor with radiate crown on horseback left throwing spear. Good very fine. Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser, Auc 11 (3/1995), Nr. 343. Ex Karl coll.11111
(7 votes)
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Trajanopolis (AD 100-200) AE 20436 viewsImperial Times, 2nd century AD. AE20 (3.62g). Draped bust of Demos right / Kybele seated l. with patera and tympanon. Green patina, good very fine.11111
(7 votes)
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Lyrbe (AD 253-268) AE 32 - Salonina388 viewsSalonina, wife of Gallienus. AE32 - 11 Assaria (16.61g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right / Zeus seated left, eagle at feet, holding sceptre and thunderbolt. Good VF, green and brown patina.11111
(7 votes)
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Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 19621 viewsca 386-301 BC. AE19 (4.51g). Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly right / Ram walking right; trophy to right. VF, dark brown patina with some red and green encrustation.
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(7 votes)
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Mallos (AD 222-235) AE 26 - Julia Mamaea549 viewsAE2611111
(7 votes)
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Rhodes (BC 175-150) Hemidrachm748 viewsca 175-150 BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 1.41g). Dexikrates, magistrate. Head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud right; Isis crown to left, ΔΕΞΙΚΡΑΤΗΣ above; all within incuse square. VF.11111
(7 votes)
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Nikomedeia (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian1132 viewsHadrian. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.43g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Laureate head right / COM BIT, octastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, ROM S P AVG across frieze, pellet in pediment. VF.11111
(7 votes)
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Sinope (BC 410-375) Trihemiobol777 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (12mm, 1.52g). Head of Nymph Sinope facing slightly left / ΣΙ-ΝΩ, sea eagle standing facing, wings spread, head turned left. gVF.11111
(7 votes)
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Lystra (BC 27-AD 14) AE 26 - Augustus789 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE26 (13.04g). Head left, cornucopiae behind / COL IVL / FEI CEM/ LVSTRA Founder plowing left. Black patina. Very fine/ good very fine. Righetti coll.; ex Auktion Muenzhandlung Schulten + Co. GmbH, Koln (10/19880, 599.11111
(7 votes)
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Smyrna (AD 37-41) AE 21 - Caligula2011 viewsGaius (Caligula), with Agrippina Sr. and Germanicus, 37-41 AD. AE21 (6.35g), struck 37-38 AD. C. Calpurnius Aviola, proconsul, and Menophanes, civic magistrate. Laureate head of Caligula right / Draped bust of Agrippina facing bare head of Germanicus. Good VF, brown patina, with exceptional fine style portraits.11111
(7 votes)
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Kaisareia (AD 177-192) Didrachm - Commodus678 viewsCommodus, 177-192. AR Didrachm (4.22g, 12h) undated. Cos III. Laureate head right / Berg Argeus with statue. Very fine.11111
(7 votes)
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B95971 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of Artemis right, hair in sphendone, within linear square; serpent behind. EF.11111
(7 votes)
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Bow case on Pamphylia, Side610 viewsPamphylia, Side. ca 200-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.18g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; countermark: bow in bowcase with TOP to left / Nike advancing left, holding wreath; pomegranate above DEI (magistrate) to left. Fine, bold countermark. The TOP counterstamp was applied by an unidentified authority.11111
(7 votes)
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Silandos (AD 81-96) AE 17 - Domitia527 viewsDomitia, 81-96 AD. AE 17 (2.50g). Draped bust of Domitia right, ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΑ / God Men standing left, holding pine-cone and staff, CΙΛΑΝΔΕΩΝ. Good very fine.11111
(7 votes)
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Mallos (BC 425-385) Tetartemorion664 viewsca 425-385 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.20g). Swan left / Head of man-headed bull right. Toned, good VF. Rare.11111
(7 votes)
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Mylasa (BC 520-490) Stater824 viewsca 500 BC. AR Stater (9.60g). Forepart of lion right, Carian monogram on shoulder / Two slightly off-set incuse punches. Toned, good VF. Very rare. 11111
(7 votes)
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Rhodes (BC 188-170) Drachm511 viewsca 188-170 BC. AR Drachm (2.90g, 14.51mm). Radiate head of Helios right / P-O flanking Rose; bud to right; APIΣTOKPITOΣ (magistrate) above; cornucopiae to left; within shallow incuse square. Nice very fine.11111
(7 votes)
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Pergamon (BC 450-400) Triobol1896 views5th century BC. AR Diobol (1.53g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bearded head of satrap right, wearing Persian tiara, ΠΕΡΓ to left, within incuse square. EF, but flan chipped on edge from 4:00 to 6:00. Very rare.

The satrapal portrait cannot be positively identified, but stylistically it should be placed under either Eurysthenes or Gongylos, both administrators of the mid-late 5th century BC.
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(7 votes)
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Tabai (AD 98-117) AE 24 - Trajan 477 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE24 (10.38g, 12h). AV KA TPAIN (!) - OC API ΓЄ ΔA, laureate head right / TABHNΩN, Demeter standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos holding scepter, grapes and corn ears. Very rare. Good very fine. Ex Lanz, Auc 80 (5/1997), Nr. 366. Ex Karl coll.11111
(6 votes)
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Kaisareia (AD 69-79) AE 22 - Titus962 viewsTitus, as Caesar, 69-79 AD. AE22 (6.9g). Legate M. Hirrius Fronto Neratius Pansa, 77/78 AD. Laureate bust right / EΠI/ ΠANCA / ΠPECBEY / TOY / ET I, legend within wreath. A very nice bronze with hard green patina.11111
(6 votes)
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Mallos (BC 200-0) AE 17625 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE17 (4.51g). Statue of Athena Megarsis wearing triple-crested helmet and long chiton with fringes of serpents on each side / MAΛΛΩ TΩN; eagle flying right; above, monogram. Very fine.11111
(6 votes)
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 1 - EL 1/61448 viewsca 600 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.42g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of roaring lion right on striated background / Double incuse square punches. Unpublished. Good VF. Apparently unique.

A few very rare issues of electrum have a lion forepart on a horizontally-striated field (cf. CNG 69, lots 444 and 447), but this is apparently the first appearance of lion’s head on a vertically-striated field.
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(6 votes)
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Phellos (AD 238-244) AE - Gordian III615 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE (20.90g). AUT KAI M AN GORDIANOS SEB, Cuirassed and laureate bust right / ΦΕΛΛΕΙΤωΝ, Elpis(?) holding flower. Brown patina, VF. Rare. 11111
(6 votes)
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Mopsos (AD 138-161) AE 24 - Antoninus Pius428 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE24 (9.24g, 5h), dated CY 208 (140/1 AD). Bare head right, slight drapery at shoulder / Athena standing left, holding Nike, spear and shield at side. Good VF, brown patina.11111
(6 votes)
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(BC 344-326) Ada or Orontobates - Drachm612 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.11111
(6 votes)
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Aigeai (AD 217/8) AE 26 - Diadumenian443 viewsDiadumenian, 217-218 AD. AE26 (14.48g, 12h), dated CY 263 (217 AD). Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Galley under sail right; [ΓΞ]C date in legend. Near VF, dark brown patina, a little rough, some deposits.11111
(6 votes)
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Dalisandos (AD 161-169) AE24 - Lucius Verus775 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE24 (9.73g). AVTOK KAIΣ Λ AYPH OYHPOΣ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right/ ΔΑΛΙΣΑΝΔΕΩΝ, Zeus enthroned left, holding scepter and phiale. Rough spot on obv., very fine.11111
(6 votes)
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Hieropolis-Kastabala (AD 217-218) AE 23 - Macrinus419 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE23 (9.38g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Prize-crown between two palms. Near VF, dark green patina.11111
(6 votes)
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Eumeneia (AD 54-68) AE 19 - Nero475 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE19 (4.25g), struck 54-59 AD. Jovius Kleon, archon. Bare-headed and draped bust right / ΕΥΜΕΝΕΩΝ ΙΟVΙΟΣ ΚΛ−ΕΩΝ ΑΡΧ ΕΡΕΥΣ ΑΣΙΑΣ, Apollo standing left, holding bipennis and raven. Fine, brown patina. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Malloy XXIII (10/1987), lot 74.11111
(6 votes)
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(BC 128-94) Nikomedes III - Tetradrachm929 viewsNikomedes III, 128-94 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.14g, 32mm). Dated CY 203 (95/94 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus standing left, holding wreath and sceptre; eagle on thunderbolt above monogram and date to left. Nice VF, small flan flaw behind head.11111
(6 votes)
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion paw - EL 1/241056 views6th century BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.55g). Lion's paw seen from above / Stellate pattern within incuse square. VF. Very rare.11111
(6 votes)
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Elaiousa-Sebaste (BC 100-0) AE 25597 views1st century BC. AE25 (14.67g, 12h). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right; ΘA to left / Nike advancing left; to outer left, monogram above ΥΛ above aphlaston. Good VF, dark green patina, areas of minor roughness.11111
(6 votes)
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Aigeai (AD 117-138) Tridrachm - Hadrian537 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. BI Tridrachm (9.63g, 1h). Dated CY 164 (117/8 AD). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Amaltheia standing left, head right, holding cornucopiae and cradling infant Zeus, holding wreath; at feet, goat recumbent right, head left; date in legend. Fine, lightly toned, light scratches on neck, obverse a little soft at edge.11111
(6 votes)
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Tarsos (AD 98-117) Tetradrachm - Trajan781 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.73g). Dated Cos. V (103-111 AD). Laureate head right / Tyche seated right on rocks, holding palm; river-god swimmin; below, monogram before. Toned VF, obverse scratch.11111
(6 votes)
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Cock - EL 1/241480 viewsca 6th century BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.61g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Cock's head right / Incuse square punch. VF, well-centered.11111
(6 votes)
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(BC 480-440) Kuprilli - Stater565 viewsKuprilli, Dynast, ca 480-440 BC. AR Stater (8.62g, 11h). Winged man-headed bull walking to right / Lycian letters 'KO-P-R,' triskeles within dotted incuse square. Toned, aEF. Extremely rare. Ex Hess-Leu 316 (12/1966), lot 480.11111
(6 votes)
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B1041265 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 9h, 12mm). Head of young man with horn of Ammon right / Eagle standing right, head reverted, in linear square. aEF.11111
(6 votes)
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Prusias ad Hypium (AD 197-212) AE - Geta625 viewsGeta, 197-212 AD. AE (10.78g), Π CΕΠΤΙ ΓΕΤΑC Κ, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΠΡΟΥΣΙΕΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΨΠΙΩ, Heracles pointing arrow at Stymphalic bird. Very fine.11111
(6 votes)
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Iuliopolis (AD 222-235) AE 23 - Severus Alexander659 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE23 (6.21g, 1h). M AVP CEVH ALEXANΔPOC AVG, laureate head right / IΟΛΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, three standards. EF, choice dark blue-green patina.11111
(6 votes)
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Aigeai (AD 217-218) AE 28 - Diadumenian436 viewsDiadumenian, 217-218 AD. AE28 (16.66g, 12h). Dated Caesarean Era Year 264 (217/8 AD). Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Goat kneeling right, [date in exergue]. Black-green with orange overtones, near very fine.11111
(6 votes)
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Mallos (AD 222-235) AE 22 - Alexander Severus620 viewsAlexander Severus, 222-235 AD. AE22 (7.40g). IMP ES SEV ALEXANΔPOC, Cuirassed, draped and laureate bust right / MALO COLONIA FELIX, She-wolf right suckling twins. Rough, about very fine.11111
(6 votes)
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B911070 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 12h). Veiled head of Demeter right / Tripod tied with filet in linear square. Good VF.11111
(6 votes)
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