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Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor

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Kotiaeion (AD 79-81) AE 27 - Domitian565 viewsDomitian, 79-81 AD. AE27. Laureate head of Domitian right / Nike advancing left, holding shield and palm branch. VF.22222
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Pergamon (BC 25) Sestertius - Augustus1594 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. Pergamum mint, struck ca 25 BC. AE30 - Sestertius (24.11g). AVGVSTVS, bare head R / CA within laurel wreath. Untouched light green patina, EF.22222
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Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Janiform - Obol837 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Obol (0.86g). Janiform head with male (Zeus?) left and female (Hera?) right within dotted circle / Triple-faced head of bearded male (Silenos?). aEF. Very rare.22222
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Germe (AD 238-244) AE 17 - Gordian III408 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE17 (3.15g). Bust right / ΓEPMHNON, Herakles standing facing, holding club in his right hand and lion skin in his left. 22222
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Sardeis (AD 14-37) AE 17 - Tiberius1529 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE17 (5.28g) Togate figure of Emperor raising kneeling figure of Tyche of Sardis / Livia seated right with scepter and ears of corn.22222
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(BC 101-87) Ariarathes IX - Tetradrachm1680 viewsAriarathes IX, 101-87 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.62g). Year 213 (85/84 BC). Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ above, ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ below, Pegasos grazing left; star and crescent to left, monogram to right; all within a border of cable and grape leaves. EF. Rare, only 14 specimens of 2 die combinations listed by De Callatay, 7 of which are in permanent museum collections.22222
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Aspendos (BC 325-250) Stater683 viewsca 325/300-250 BC. AR Stater (10.26g). Two wrestlers grappling; E between / Slinger standing right; ΕΣΤFΕΔΙY to left, triskeles and club to right, O between legs. Attractively toned, near EF. Ex Muenzen und Medaillen 54 (10/1978), lot 336; Triton IV (12/2000), lot 286.22222
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Mylasa (BC 392-376) Hemiobol553 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.22222
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Syedra (AD 254-268) AE 29 - Salonina349 viewsSalonina, 254-268 AD (wife of Gallienus). AE29 (11.69g). Bust right / Dionysos standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther to left. Unpublished (?).22222
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Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 221045 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE22 (7.66g). Bust of Amazon right, wearing wolf's scalp / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, Nike walking right, holding wreath in right hand, palm over left shoulder. VF/F, dark green patina. Rare type. Gutknecht coll.22222
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Herakleia Pontika (AD 198-217) AE 31 - Caracalla677 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE31 (17.81g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Herakles seated left on rocks covered with lion's skin, resting club on ground in left hand, right hand extended holding cantharus. Near VF, glossy dark green patina, flan bent slightly, some smoothing in fields.22222
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(BC 282-263) Philetairos I - Tetradrachm3219 viewsPhiletairos I, 282-263 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.85g). Diademed head of Philetairos right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, Athena enthroned left, holding shield and spear, left elbow resting on sphinx, ivy leaf above knee, A on throne, bow to outer right. Good VF, scattered light porosity, more so on the reverse. Rare.

Westermark attributed this issue to Eumenes I. However, a more recent analysis of hoard evidence has indicated that this coinage is actually struck during the lifetime of Philetairos, near the end of his reign, following the limited issue of tetradrachms bearing the portrait of Seleukos I. A. Davesne, G. Le Rider, Gulnar II. Le tresor de Meydancikkale (Paris, 1989), cf. pp. 334-339.
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Ankyra (AD 161-169) AE - Lucius Verus591 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE (25.41g).
ΑVΤ Κ ΑVP-ΗΛ ΟVΗPΩC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΑΝΚΥΡΑC, youth, chest bare, chlamys around waist, stepping onto prow of ship, reaching backwards with his right arm.
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Taulara (BC 100-85) AE 21830 viewsca 100-85 BC. AE21 (8.08g). Head of Mithradates VI as Ares / ΤΑΥΛΑ-ΡΩΝ, Sword in sheath. VF. Rare. Ex Auktion Muenzhandlung Schulten + Co. GmbH (Koln, 3/1990), lot 145.22222
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Anazarbos (AD 98-117) Assarion - Trajan619 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE Assarion (9.13g), 107/108 AD. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟC CΕ ΓΕΡ ΔΑ, Laureate head right / KAISAREWN - Monogram - ΑΝΑZΑΡΒΩ ΕΤΟΥΣ ΣΚΠ (year 126), Bust of Zeus Olybris before the Akropolis of Anazarbos with temple. Dark-green patina, almost extremely fine. 22222
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Chabakta (BC 100-85) AE 241279 viewsca 100-85 BC. AE24 (11.58g). Head of Perseus right, wearing Phrygian helmet / Pegasos standing left, drinking, ΧΑΒΑΚΤΩΝ in exergue, monogram below. EF, dark green patina, some light roughness.22222
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Smyrna (AD 238-244) AE 35 - Gordian III732 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE35 - Medallion (23.20g, 6h). (Claudius) Rufinus Sophistes, strategus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Three neocorate temples, the central one in elevation, with statue of Zeus, the two side tetrastyle temples in perspective; ΠOVΦINOV COΦI in two lines in exergue. VF, brown surfaces.22222
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Amastris (AD 235-260) AE 22710 viewsImperial Times, ca 3rd cent AD. AE22 - 3 Assaria (3.60g). Draped bust of Homer right, wearing taenia; c/m: head of Gordian III right / Hades-Serapis seated left holding scepter; Cerberus seated before. Near VF, brown patina with some green highlights.22222
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Alexandreia (AD 217-218) AE 20 - Macrinus526 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE20 (5.26g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Statue of Apollo Smintheus right on cippus, holding bow and patera. Rare. VF.22222
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Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 201374 viewsca 125-100 BC. AE20 (7.53g). Helmeted head of Ares right / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, sword in sheath. VF.22222
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Adana (AD 202-205) AE 42 - Plautilla683 viewsPlautilla, wife of Caracalla. Augusta, 202-205 AD. AE42 - Medallion (40.96g, 6h). Draped bust right; star to left; crescent above star to right; countermark: Nike standing left within incuse circle / Plautilla and Caracalla clasping hands.22222
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Uncertain (AD 14) AE 25 - Augustus806 viewsDivus Augustus, died 14 AD. AE25 (10.20g, 12h). Bare head right / ΘEON AYTOKP A [TOPA], capricorn right, holding globe, bearing cornucopia on back. VF, black-green patina. Ex Villemur Coll.; ex Freeman & Sear 3 (12/1996), lot 724 .

While Grant in Essays Mattingly posited a mint in Cilicia for this coin’s origin, his hypothesis is far from conclusive. The similarity between this coin and RPC 5448 suggests they are part of the same issue, possibly struck shortly after the accession of Tiberius to the throne and the deification of Augustus, as evidenced by the legend, ΘEON AYTOKP A [TOPA].
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Aigeai (AD 41-54) AE 25 - Claudius592 viewsClaudius I, 41-54 AD. AE25 (10.50g, 12h). Laureate head right / AIΓE/AIΩN / CTPA in three lines across field; all within wreath. VF, dark green patina, minor porosity.22222
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Korykos (BC 100-30) AE 19455 views1st cent BC. AE19 (3.80g). Bust of Artemis, quiver and bow over shoulder, AK / KΩPVKIΩΤΩΝ, Apollo, holding laurel-branch and resting on column. About extremely fine.22222
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Kaisareia (AD 96-98) Didrachm - Nerva797 viewsNerva, 96-98 AD. AR Didrachm (6.68g). Dated COS IIII (98 AD). Laureate head right / YΠATOY TETAPTOY, mount Argaeus. Toned very fine.22222
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Ankyra (AD 98-117) AE 19 - Plotina625 viewsPlotina, wife of Trajan. 98-117 AD. AE19 (3.65g). Diademed and draped bust right. / ΑΝΚΥΡ-Α-ΝΩΝ, statue of Artemis Ephesia facing flanked by two stags. Very rare. Grey green patina. Light edge damage. Very fine.22222
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Eumeneia (BC 189-133) AE 12454 viewsca 189-133 BC. AE12 (1.05g, 12h). Draped female bust right / EYME-[NE]ΩN, double axe. Black patina, VF. Extremely rare.22222
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Bageis (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla634 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE27 (13.03g). Gaios Asklionos, magistrate. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Tyche of Bagis standing left, holding two grain-ears, rudder and cornucopiae. VF, brown patina.22222
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Pompeiopolis (AD 251-253) AE 29 - Trebonianus Gallus408 viewsTrebonianus Gallus, 251-253 AD. AE29 - 6 Assaria (13.71g, 1h). Radiate and draped bust right / Dionysus standing left, holding sceptre; panther standing left, looking back. VF, green-brown patina. The obverse die is the same for Tarsus, SNG Levante 1173.22222
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Sagalassos (BC 36-25) Drachm671 viewsca 36-25 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.36g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Cornucopiae; A to left. Near VF, toned. Rare. Drewry Coll.; Ex Hans von Aulock Coll., 5154.22222
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Komama (BC 100-0) AE 14526 views1st cent BC. AE14 (2.29g, 12h). Laureate heads of two bearded men right / Lion springing right, KO in exergue. Dark green-brown patina, VF/aEF. 22222
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Eumenia (BC 300-100) AE 11584 views3rd-2nd cent BC. AE11 (1.74g). Head of Men right, wearing laureate Phrygian hat; crescent on shoulders / Ε-Υ-Μ-Ε-Ν-Ε-Ω-Ν between rays of 8-rayed star. Unique and unpublished. Dark green patina, EF. Gutknecht coll.22222
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Flaviopolis (AD 225/6) AE 25 - Orbiana468 viewsOrbiana. Wife of Severus Alexander. AE25 (10.00g, 12h). Dated CY 153 (225/6 AD). Daidemed and draped bust right / Hercules standing facing right, holding club and apple, lion skin draped over arm. VF, heavy green and earthen patina. Levante does not mention an object on Hercules' out-stretched hand, but it is probably intended to be the apple of the Hesperides.22222
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Mopsos (BC 200-0) AE 23691 viewsca. 2nd-1st century BC. AE23 (6.70g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Circular altar on legs. Very fine.22222
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Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian694 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.76g, 6h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Cult statue of Diana (Artemis) Leucophryne(?) crowned with wreaths by flanking Nikai; eagles at sides. VF. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus. Extremely rare, only three specimens cited by Metcalf.22222
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Teos (BC 478-465) Stater513 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 221.22222
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Synnada (AD 138-161) AE 24 - Antoninus Pius480 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE24 (9.91g). Titus Claudius Peison Tertulleinos, prytanis. Laureate head right / Athena standing left, holding phiale and spear; shield behind. VF, glossy black patina, worn at high points.22222
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(BC 450-420) Teththiveibi - Stater738 viewsTeththiveibi, Dynast, ca 450-420 BC. AR Stater (8.54g, 18mm). Forepart of boar left / Tetraskeles; Lycian letters 'tetthiweibi', within incuse square. Toned, EF. Very rare. Ex Glendining's sale (1961), Lockett part IV, lot 2466; NAC 4 (1991), lot 154 and 7 ( 1994), lot 250. From the von Aulock collection.22222
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Tarsos (AD 238-244) AE 35 - Gordian III501 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE35 (18.82g). Radiate and cuirassed bust right, holding spear and shield / TAP-COV M-H-TP-O-P-O, A/M/K/G-B, Gordian on horseback galloping right, thrusting spear at lion below. Very fine.
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Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/3770 viewsca 546-500 BC. AR Diobol (1.02g). Bee with straight wings, E-Φ, withinf dotted circle / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF.22222
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Smyrna (AD 130) AE 38 - Antinoos980 viewsAntinous, favorite of Hadrian, died 130 AD. AE38 - Medallion (46.40g, 12h). Polemon, magistrate. ANTINOOC HRΩC, bare head left / ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ ΑΝΕΘ ΗΚΕ CΜΥPΝΑΙΟC, bull standing right. VF, red-brown patina, some smoothing, outlines of letters and portrait strengthened. Extremely rare, one of three known, two of which are in museums (Berlin and Gotha). From the David A. Dowdy Collection. Ex Waddell I (12/1982), lot 216; Muenzen und Medaillen 52 (6/1975), lot 651; E.S.G. Robinson Collection (Hess-Leu 17, 3/1961), lot 182; Vicomte de Sartiges Collection (Ars Classica 18, 10/1938), lot 228; Consul Weber Collection (Hirsch XXIV, 5/1909), lot 1484.22222
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Kolossai (AD 177-192) AE 34 – Commodus570 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE34 (22.43g). Homonoia with Aphrodisias. Claudius Priscus, magistrate. Struck 180-181 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust R / The Tyches of Colossae and Aphrodisias standing facing each other, clasping hands. Near VF, two-tone brown patina.22222
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Stratonikeia (AD 0-200) AE 241104 views1st-2nd cent AD. AE24 (7.15g). CTRATONI-KEWN, Zeus Panamaros, radiate with sceptre over shoulder, on horseback right / YHFICAMENOU FLAUBIOU DIOMH DOUC, Hekate, with veil billowing overhead, seated side-saddle on a lion, radiate with a dog's tail, running left. EF, attractive olive green patina with a dusting of light earthen encrustation, unusually well struck for this issue.22222
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(BC 380-370) Zagaba - Stater739 viewsZagaba, Dynast, ca 380-375 BC. AR Stater (9.87 gm, 9h). Facing lion's scalp / Triskeles, T in center; Lycian letters 'zag' around, tunny to left. Superb EF, lightly toned, well centered and fully struck. Very rare. 22222
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Chios (BC 431-412) Drachm839 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Drachm (3.68g). Sphinx seated left, amphora to left / Quadripartite incuse square, granules in quarters. Good VF.22222
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Skepsis (BC 350-300) AE 19500 viewsca 350-310 BC. AE19 (6.56g). Forepart of Pegasos left / Fir-tree, Σ-Κ, in linear square. VF, yellow-green to black patina.22222
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Kolophon (BC 389-350) Diobol629 viewsca 389-350 BC. AR Diobol (0.98g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Lyre of five strings, ΚΟΛOΦΩ to left, [ΠΥ]ΘΟΔΩΡΟ[Σ] (magistrate) to right. Light corrosion, VF.22222
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Halikarnassos (BC 300-200) AE 12538 viewsca 3rd-2nd cent BC. AE12 (1.28g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Eagle standing left with open wings, lyre before, A[ΛΙ] above. EF, glossy dark green, almost black, patina.22222
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Sinope (BC 120-100) AE 17892 viewsca 120-100 BC. AE17 (4.33g). Draped bust of Perseus right / Cornucopiae between two pilei of the Dioskouroi, each surmounted by a star, ΣΙΝΩ−ΠΗΣ below. Near EF, glossy black patina, old scratch behind head. 22222
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Birytis (BC 350-250) AE 11762 viewsca 300 BC. AE11 (1.23g). Head of beardless Kabeiros left, wearing pilos, two stars / Club, B-I/P-Y, within wreath. Near EF, choice patina.22222
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Lyrbe (AD 238-244) AE 32 - Gordian III389 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE32 (17.54g, 12h). AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [Λ]YPBЄITΩ[N]. Zeus seated RIGHT, eagle at feet, holding sceptre and thunderbolt. Roughness, very fine.22222
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Aigeai (AD 198-217) AE 33 - Caracalla642 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE33 (21.13g), dated CY 262 (215/216 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Hygieia standing right, holding serpent which she feeds from a phiale, facing Asklepios standing left, leaning on a serpent-staff; Telesphoros standing between; in exergue, goat kneeling right. VF, dusty green and brown patina with some earthen highlights, a little rough.22222
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/6 Stater989 viewsca 600-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Seal (fwkh) swimming along to left, looking back over its shoulder; annulet below / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare; the only coin in Bodenstedt's corpus illustrated with a line drawing! Bodenstedt identifies the device below the seal as a theta, but there is no evidence it is a letter.22222
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Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-194) AE 28 - Pescennius Niger859 viewsPescennius Niger, 193-194 AD. AE28 (13.27g). [ΑVΤ-] Κ-Γ- ΠΕPT ΝΙ[Γ]ΠΟC- ΙΟV[ΤΟC-CΕΒ], laureate head right / KAICAPEIAC G-EPMANIKHC, Nike walking left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left. Good VF, brown patina with traces of green, small flan crack. Extremely rare. Ex Dr. Busso Peus 360 (4/1999), lot 607.22222
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Geometric bee - EL 1/31097 viewsca 7th-6th cent BC. EL 1/3 Stater - Trite (4.69g). Milesian standard. Bee / Ornamented quadripartite incuse square. EF. Extremely rare.22222
(9 votes)
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Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian649 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.73g, 12h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Aesculapius standing left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. VF, light scratches in fields.22222
(6 votes)
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Pergamon (AD 198-217) AE 43 - Caracalla1204 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE43 - Medallion (43.91g). M. Caerelius Attalos, magistrate. AVT KPAT K MAPKOC AVP ANTWNEINOC, laureate and cuirassed (with gorgoneion) bust right / ΕΠΙ CΤΡ Μ ΚΑΙΡΕΛ ΑΤΤΑΛΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, adventus of the emperor into Pergamum: Caracalla on horseback right, receiving acclamation, soldier walking behind, statue of Asclepius on garlanded column before. VF, dark green patina with red highlights, fields smoothed.

In the fall of 214 AD, Caracalla visited the shrine of Asclepius at Pergamum to seek the god's help in curing his various diseases that he had succumbed to while in Germany (probably physiological more so than psychological). Caracalla must have received some respite from his illnesses as he then ordered the reconstruction of the temple of Asclepius as well as the temples of Roma, the deified Augustus, Zeus Philus and the deified Trajan. Of course, these acts would have endeared Caracalla to the Pergamenes who then struck a special series of medallions commemorating this historic visit.
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Aigeai (AD 253-254) AE 28 - Aemilian501 viewsAemilian. 253-254 AD. AE28 (14.81g). Dated year 299 (253 AD). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Alexander the Great (?) standing left, holding spear and patera; recumbent bull left, city gate with towers above. Near VF, brown patina with some green encrustation around devices. Rare foundation scene.22222
(13 votes)
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Kaunos (BC 450-430) Stater828 viewsca 450-430 BC. AR Stater (11.68g, 7h). Iris running left, her head turned back, holding kerykeion (caduceus) in right hand and wreath in left / Triangular baetyl with handle on either side of the apex; to left and right, granulated patterns in the form of stylized birds; all within incuse square. Attractively toned, perfectly centered and of splendid classical style, an exceptional coin of great beauty. EF.22222
(13 votes)
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Nakrasa (AD 161-180) AE - Marcus Aurelius783 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE (30.61g). Menophilos, magistrate. Bust left / Herakles standing facing, head turned right, holding club and lion skin. Multicolor patina, VF. Extremely rare.22222
(7 votes)
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Lyrbe (AD 241-244) AE 24 - Tranquillina452 viewsTranquillina, wife of Gordian III, Augusta, 241-244 AD. AE24 (8.22g). Diademed and draped bust right, crescent on shoulders / Artemis standing right, holding bow, drawing arrow from quiver over right shoulder. VF, dark grayish-green patina under light earthen encrustation, slightly rough surfaces.22222
(8 votes)
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Ephesos (AD 238-244) AE 22 - Gordian III574 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE22 (5.23g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Artemis subduing a stag, grasping it by its antlers, left knee on its back; star in exergue. VF, thick green and brown patina, light roughness. Wagner Coll.22222
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Geometric - EL 1/12785 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.47g). Euboic standard. Geometric type. Three-sided square with central projection, surrounded by radiate lines / Rough incuse square punch. Good VF. Very rare. Struck from the same obverse die as the Boston specimen, and the same die and punch as the others and the following lot.22222
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/96 Stater2688 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/96 Stater (0.14g). Head of stag right / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. VF. Extremely rare, the second recorded.22222
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Kolybrassos (AD 218-222) AE 35 - Elagabalus392 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE35 (17.28g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / KOLVBPA-CCEWN, Athena standing facing, head right, holding patera and transverse spear. VF, dark brownish-green patina, rough surfaces. Apparently unrecorded for Elagabalus. Drewry Coll.22222
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Xanthos (BC 360) Diobol - Maussollos?765 viewsafter 360 BC. AR Diobol (1.60g). Head of lion right / 8-rayed star; Lycian letters 'ARN' (Arnna = Xanthos) between. VF. Unique?

The lion/star motif is usually representative of the Carian Hekatomnid Dynasty. However, the Lycian letters identifying Xanthos is a mystery. The coin may have been struck following the fall of Perikle in the failed Revolt of the Satraps (361 BC), when Lycia lost its independence and Maussolos may have inherited jurisdiction over it.
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(BC 340-334) Pixodaros - Didrachm839 viewsPixodaros, Satrap, 340-334 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 6.98g). Laureate head of Apollo, facing slightly right / ΠΙΞΟΔΑΡΟΥ, Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding double axe (labrys) and lotus-tipped sceptre. EF, toned.22222
(5 votes)
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Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/48603 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemitetartemorion (0.07g, 5mm). Bee / Forepart of lion right. aEF.22222
(15 votes)
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) Octobol702 viewsca 288-280 BC. AR Octobol (5.54g). Goneus, magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram and [Γ]ΟΝΕΥΣ to left, bee to upper right. VF. Rare.

Lysimachos made himself master of Ephesos in 295 and shortly thereafter changed the city's name to Arsinoeia in honor of his wife, the daughter of Ptolemy I. After the death of Lysimachos in 280, Arsinoe married her half brother Ptolemy Ceraunus and finally her full brother Ptolemy II. She became the first Ptolemaic ruler to enter the Egyptian temples as "temple-sharing goddess" and was revered by the later Ptolemies.
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(11 votes)
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Side (AD 255-258) AE 29 - Valerian II379 viewsValerian II, Caesar, 255-258 AD. AE29 - 11 Assaria (14.89g). Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right resting on an eagle’s wings; IA before / CIΔHTΩN N-EΩKOPΩN, Apollo standing facing, head left, holding patera and scepter. VF, thin green patina. Drewry Coll.22222
(7 votes)
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Kotiaeion (AD 244-249) AE 27 - Philip I530 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE27 (15.91g). C. Julius Ponticus, archiereus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear forward and shield decorated with gorgoneion / Kybele seated left on cart being drawn by two lions. Fine, patina stripped. Ex Cooper Coll. (CNG E73), lot 75.22222
(7 votes)
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Mallos (BC 375-360) Stater737 viewsca 375-360 BC. AR Stater (10.59g). Head of Kronos right / Demeter with torch and ear of grain walking right, ΜΑΛ to right. Toned, VF/EF.22222
(7 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B82 - EL 1/6 Stater1053 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Head of Hermes left, wearing Petasos; seal to right / Quatripartite incuse square. aEF.22222
(7 votes)
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Lampsakos (AD 117-138) AE 23 - Hadrian1135 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE23 (5.16g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Diademed bust of Priapos right. VF, green patina.22222
(7 votes)
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Aigeai (BC 47-29 BC) AR Tetradrachm549 viewsca 47-29 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.16g). Dated year 16 (31/0 BC). Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right / Athena standing left, holding Nike and resting hand on shield; spear to right and club to left, IC in exergue, all within wreath. Toned VF, some minor reverse encrustation. Very rare.22222
(7 votes)
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Kolophon (BC 525-500) Tetartemorion1708 viewslate 6th cent BC. AR Persic Tetartemorion (0.19g). Archaic style head of Apollo left / Rough incuse square. Good VF.22222
(7 votes)
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Philadelphia (BC 100-0) AE 15936 views1st century BC. AE14.94 (3.77g) Macedonian shield / Thunderbolt; ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ, monogram to right. Good very fine.22222
(7 votes)
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/24 Stater859 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL Hemihekte - 1/12 Stater (1.14g). Forepart of stag left, head reverted; three pellets to left / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. VF. Very rare.22222
(7 votes)
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Seleukeia (AD 238-244) AE 33 - Gordian III327 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE33 (17.53g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; c/m: ΔO monogram / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae, being crowned by emperor standing left, holding spear. Near VF, brown patina.22222
(7 votes)
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(BC 52-42) Ariobarzanes III - Drachm1419 viewsAriobarzanes III, Eusebes Philoromaios, 52-42 BC. AR Drachm (4.18g). Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΟΒΑΡZΑΝΟΥ ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΟΡΩΜ, Athena holding Nike standing left, monogram to right, star and crescent to left. About EF.22222
(7 votes)
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Pergamon (BC 19-18) Aureus - Augustus13751 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AV Aureus (8.03g). Pergamum mint, struck 19-18 BC. AVGVSTVS, bare head right / Sphinx, with wings raised, seated left. Very rare and unusually well-preserved for this issue. Minor marks on obverse and a light scratch on reverse, otherwise EF. Ex CNG 36 (1995), lot 2343. 22222
(35 votes)
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Kindya (BC 510-490) Tetrobol850 viewsca 510-490 BC. AR Samian Tetrobol (2.06g). Head of Ketos left / Incuse geometric pattern. Superb EF. 22222
(10 votes)
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Mallos (BC 425-385) Hemiobol671 viewsca 380-370 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.48g). Winged male running right, holding solar disc in both hands / Swan standing left, wings spread, M above. Very fine.22222
(10 votes)
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Herakleia Pontika (AD 222-235) AE 28 - Severus Alexander668 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE28 (10.12g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Herakles standing left, nude, raising club far over his shoulder, about to beat to death the Hydra. Near VF, dark brown surfaces, some light smoothing. This type not recorded for Severus Alexander from this mint.22222
(16 votes)
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(BC 380-370) Trbbenimi - 1/3 Stater826 viewsTrbbenimi, Dynast, ca 380-370 BC. AR Tetrobol (3.17g), Limyra mint. Triskeles, Lycian letters 'zemu' (Limyra) / Triskeles, Lycian letters 'trbbenimi.' Toned, EF. Rare.22222
(9 votes)
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Nysa (AD 117-138) Tetradrachm - Hadrian2463 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (36mm, 10.13g). HADRIANVS - AVGVSTVS P P., head right / COS - III. Hades with scepter, holding stolen Persephone, protecting from her from the wind with mantle, driving quadriga of halloping horses, basket of flowers below. Fine toning, aEF. Extremely rare, possibly unique. From the von Aulock collection and Bank Leu AG, Auktion 30 (4/1982, Zurich), lot 363.

According to Homer, the abduction of Persephone took place somewhere in the "Nysion pedion." It mattered little that Lydian Nysa was a forth century foundation; a cult of the underworld grew up there. The town had a Plutonium, and in later times a festival called the Theogamia celebrated the abduction itself." (W. E. Metcalf, a. O., p. 50).
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(9 votes)
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Kelenderis (BC 425-400) Stater652 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.83g). Nude youth, holding whip, dismounting from rearing horse right / Kneeling goat right with head reverted, ΚΕΛ above. Toned, good VF, fine style.22222
(9 votes)
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Taulara (BC 100-85) AE 21897 viewsca 100-85 BC. AE21 (7.53g). Head of Mithradates VI as Ares / ΤΑΥΛΑ−ΡΩΝ, Sword in sheath, monogram to L. Light patina, VF.22222
(9 votes)
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Sinope (BC 333-322) Drachm - Ariarathes I762 viewsca 365-322 BC, in name of Satrap Ariarathes I of Cappadocia. AR Siglos/Drachm (5.36g). Head of nymph Sinope left, hair in sphendone, aplustre in front, Aramaic letters behind / Eagle on top of dolphin left, Aramaic legend ('Arydrt' - Ariarathes) below. Very rare. EF.22222
(9 votes)
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Teos (BC 150) Hemidrachm790 viewsca mid 2nd century BC. AR Triobol (1.85g). Laureate head of Dionysos right; thyrsos behind / Lyre, ΤΗΙ-ΩΝ. VF. Rare.22222
(7 votes)
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Ephesos (AD 218-222) AE 28 - Elagabalus541 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE28 (11.38g). Fourth neocorate. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Bust of the emperor right within wreath. Near Fine, brown patina.

An interesting type showing that Elagabalus had bestowed upon Ephesus the neocorate four times. For this sort of outlandish behavior Elagabalus was assassinated, and the city which had received this special privilege was stripped of its title.
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(6 votes)
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Nikaia (AD 253-260) AE 35 - Valerian I, Gallienus & Valerian II769 viewsValerian I, with Gallienus and Valerian II Caesar, 253-260 AD. AE35 - Medallion (19.32g, 12h). AYT K OYAΛЄPIANOC/ΓAΛΛIHNOC •/OYAΛЄPI/ANOC, CЄBBB in exergue, laureate and draped bust of Valerian I right vis-à-vis laureate and draped bust of Gallienus left; between them, laureate and draped bust of Valerian II right / MЄΓIC/TΩN APIC/T Ω N above, NIKAIЄΩN in exergue, three agonistic crowns, each containing two palms, set on ornate table top. VF, dark green patina, light overall roughness. Unique as a medallion. Ex Wagner Coll., Ex Mabbott Coll. (Part I, Hans Schulman, 6/1969), lot 1164; Münzen und Medaillen XIII (6/1954), lot 878.22222
(6 votes)
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Tabai (AD 81-96) AE 20 - Domitia434 viewsDomitia, wife of Domitian. Augusta, 82-96 AD. AE20 (4.21g, 12h), ΔOMITIA - CЄBACTH, head right / ΔIA OPΘΠ•TAB-H / NΩN, Nike advancing left, holding wreath in right and palm branch in left. Very rare. Very fine. Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser, Auc 17 (3/2003), Nr. 267; Ex Hauck and Aufhäuser, Auc 12 (10/1996), Nr. 516; Ex Karl coll.22222
(6 votes)
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Uncertain (BC 500) Bull 3 - Obol617 viewsLate 6th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.56g). Head of cow left / Incuse punch with rhombus and central pellet. VF, some encrustation.22222
(6 votes)
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Tarsos (AD 241-244) AE 28 - Tranquillina516 viewsTranquillina, 241-244 AD. AE28 (10.05g). Diademed and draped bust right / Altar of Sandan on raised platform, figure standing at either side. VF, green patina.22222
(6 votes)
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Ephesos (BC 138) Tetradrachm689 viewsca 166-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.70g, 1h), dated RY 2 of Attalos III of Pergamon (138/7 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / ΕΦΕ, bow-case with serpents; to right, B above bust of Artemis Ephesia. EF.22222
(6 votes)
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Syedra (AD 235-238) AE 30 - Maximus359 viewsMaximus, Caesar, 235-238 AD. AE30 (12.70g). Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Zeus standing between uncertain goddess and Demeter. VF, green patina. Ex Waddell I (12/1982), lot 518.22222
(6 votes)
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(BC 562) Uncertain King - EL 1/3 Stater2271 viewsUncertain King, before 561 BC. EL 1/3 Stater - Trite (4.71g). Head of boar with prominent tusk right / Double incuse punch with rough stellate pattern. Good VF.

The Spier coin proves the obverse die shows two boar heads confronted; the small flan causes the right handed boar to be lacking. Conceivably, there existed a full stater with the complete type present.
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(6 votes)
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Aigeai (AD 138-161) AE 34 - Antoninus Pius409 viewsAntoninus Pius, with Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 138-161 AD. AE34 (22.69g). Pius standing left, holding sceptre and phiale over lighted altar / Bare-headed and draped bust of Aurelius left. Near VF, glossy brown patina with minor roughness. Rare. Ex von Aulock Collection, 5452.22222
(6 votes)
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Nikomedeia (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian and Sabina904 viewsHadrian, with Sabina, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.61g, 6h), struck after 128 AD. Laureate head of Hadrian right / Draped bust of Sabina right, hair drawn up in elaborate plaiting. VF, toned with areas of purple iridescence. Extremely rare. Only one cistophorus with the busts of Hadrian and Sabina is published (Leo Benz Collection [Lanz 94, 11/1999, lot 531 = Lanz 30 [11/1984], lot 548 [realized 15,000 DM]) and stylistically belongs to Metcalf's Unattributed Mint (Cistophori, pl. 27, 393-404). Our coin, however, was clearly struck at Nicomedia, based on its obverse die link to Metcalf's type B19, no. 43 (obv. die O30). The presence of Sabina's imperial title dates the coin to after 128 AD, the year in which she was made Augusta.22222
(6 votes)
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