Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Top rated Ephesos (AD 217-218) AE 29 - Macrinus517 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE29 (14.28g). Bust right / Artemis aiming bow right. (11 votes) Germanikopolis (AD 193-217) AE 30 - Julia Domna769 viewsJulia Domna, 193-217 AD. AE30 (12.39g), 209-210. Draped bust right / ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC ΓEΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΠΟΛ / EΤ CCΓ (= year 215) / Emperor (?) in military uniform and spear galloping right. Decentered, very fine. (15 votes) Autophradates (BC 380-355) AE 111134 viewsIonia/Lydia, uncertain mint, Autophradates, Persian satrap in Lydia ca 392-388 BC, and in Ionia and Lydia ca 380-355 BC. AE11 (1.25g). Head of bearded Persian Satrap in tiara right / Fish hook-like symbol. Very fine, rare. (18 votes) Tion (AD 130-138) AE - Antinous1706 viewsAntinous, favorite of Hadrian, died 130 AD. AE44 - Medallion (41.12g), struck 130-138 AD. ΑΝΤΙΝΟΩΙ ΗΡΩΙ, Bare-headed and draped bust left / Antinous, as Dionysos, riding on panther right, TIANOI below. Dark green patina, VF. Very rare. (18 votes) Abydos (AD 193-211) AE 38 - Septimius Severus2116 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE38 (23.74g). Fl. Ba. Prokles. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠI APC ΦΛ BA ΠP-OKΛOY / ABYΔHN, Leander accompanied by dolphins, swimming in the Hellespont towards a turret, from which Hero hold out a lighted lamp. Very rare. Interesting mythological depiction. Black green patina. (14 votes) Prusa ad Olympum (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla727 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 (9.51g). Laureate head right, AVT K M AVP ANTWNEINOC CEB / Ajax the Telamonian falling upon his sword left; pile of stones before, shield below, PRO-UCAEW-N above. EF, dark green patina. Rare Trojan War reference. Simpson Coll. Ajax led the warriors of Salamis to Troy, and was regarded as the second greatest Greek warrior, after Achilles. When he failed to win Achilles' armor after the latter's tragic death, Ajax went mad and, after creating turmoil amidst the Greek ranks, finally committed suicide by falling on his sword. (14 votes) Phokaia (BC 477-388) B62 - EL 1/6 Stater1446 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.54g). Head of nymph left, hair in sphendone; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Superb EF. The second known from these dies, and the finest. Ex Tkalec Auc. 2005 (5/2005), lot 79. (10 votes) Flaviopolis (AD 81-96) AE19 - Domitian455 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE19 (4.02g, 12h). Laureate head right / Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Good VF, nice two-toned green patina. (8 votes) Aigeai (AD 222-235) AE 30 - Severus Alexander536 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE30 (15.22g, 7h). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Crown surmounted by turreted head of Tyche right. Near VF, brown patina. "This type apparently imitates the Ciliarch crown of Tarsos with abbreviated city-titles attached to it." (8 votes) Phokaia (BC 477-388) B90 - EL 1/6 Stater1262 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Head of nymph left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. (8 votes) Marion (BC 4th cent) AE 12713 viewsTimocharis, King of Marion, 4th cent BC. AE12 (1.92g). Head of Aphrodite right / BA and Cypriot syllabics (Marieus) flanking thunderbolt. aVF. Scarce. (8 votes) Tityassos (AD 202-211) AE - Plautilla576 viewsPlautilla, 202-211 AD. AE (5.82g). ΦΟVΛ ΠΛΑVΤΙΛΛΑ CΕΒΑ, draped bust right / ΤΙΤΥΑCCΕΩΝ, tetrastyle Temple decorated with snake in pediment. Ex Aufhäuser 6, 1989, Nr.463. Brown patina. Good very fine. (8 votes) Phokaia (BC 521-478) B41 - EL 1/6 Stater805 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Helmeted head of Athena left; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare, only seven specimens listed by Bodenstedt. (8 votes) Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 211228 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE22 (8.41g). Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Cista mystica, panther skin, diadem and thyrsos; monogram to left, ΑΜΙΣΟΥ below. Good style. Brown patina, gVF. (8 votes) Aigeai (AD 68/69) AE467 viewsPseudo-autonomous, 68-69 AD. AE (13.83g). Bust Perseus with Hapa over shoulder right, Helm like big Gorgoneion / AIGEWN EIR, Bust Athena in Attic helmet, and spear left. Green patina, very fine. (8 votes) Sinope (BC 333-322) Drachm - Ariarathes I786 viewsca 365-322 BC, in name of Satrap Ariarathes I of Cappadocia. AR Drachm (5.28g). Head of nymph Sinope left, hair in sphendone, aplustre in front, Aramaic letters ('m) behind / Aramaic legend (Arydrt), dolphin and sea-eagle left. Deep cut, toned very fine. (8 votes) Knidos (BC 530-520) Trihemiobol802 viewsca 530-520 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.74g). Head of roaring lion right / Archaic head of Artemis right, in dotted square border, within incuse square. VF. (8 votes) (BC 377-353) Maussollos - Tetradrachm1886 viewsMaussollos, Satrap, 377-353 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.10g). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right / ΜΑΥΣΣΩΛΛΟ, Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding double axe (labrys) and lotus-tipped sceptre; ME monogram behind. Good VF, minor flan flaw on eye. (8 votes) (BC 284-263) Philetairos I - Tetradrachm1636 viewsPhiletairos I, 284-263 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.70g). Diademed head of Seleukos I right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, Athena enthroned left, holding shield and spear, ivy leaf before, bow behind, A on throne. Good VF, reverse a little rough, with scrapes and light graffiti. Rare. When Lysimachos established the mint of Pergamon, he entrusted its treasury to the eunuch Philetairos. In the latter 280s BC, Philetairos changed his allegiance to Seleukos I. Shortly thereafter in 281 BC, Lysimachos was defeated by Seleukos at the Battle of Korupedion. Although Seleukos was assassinated the following year, Philetairos continued to acknowledge Seleukid primacy. This coinage, commemorating Seleukos I, was struck while Pergamon was still loyal to the Seleukids, under their king Antiochos I. Houghton & Lorber (SC), citing Le Rider and Newell, assign this coinage to the aftermath of Antiochos' victory over the Galatians, circa 269/8 BC. (8 votes) Mallos (BC 425-400) Hemiobol1065 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.38g). Astragalos / "Ankh" symbol. Very fine.1 comments (8 votes) Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) boar/dog - Hemiobol622 views5th cent BC. AR Hemiobol (0.31g, 7mm, 2h). Forepart of winged boar right / Head and neck of dog (hound) left on leash and collar, within incuse square. (6 votes) Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-194) AE 29 - Pescennius Niger697 viewsPescennius Niger, 193-194 AD. AE29 (11.67g, 8h). Laureate head right / Zeus(?) standing left, holding long sceptre. Fine, brown surfaces, centering holes. Extremely rare. Ex Sullivan Coll. (6 votes) Lampsakos (BC 45) AE 23 - Julius Caesar888 viewsJulius Caesar, ca 45 BC. AE23 (9.76g). Laureate head of Caesar right / Priest plowing right with two oxen. Near VF, green patina. (6 votes) Neokaisareia (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla893 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (13.17g), dated CY 146 (209/10 AD). Laureate and draped bust right / Tetrastyle temple of Ma / Zeus with wall visible in background, statue standing on cippus within; ET PMR (date) in exergue. VF, olive patina, earthen encrustation. Wagner Coll.1 comments (6 votes) Gordos-Iulia (AD 177-192) AE 19443 viewsTime of Commodus, ca 177-192 AD. AE19 (3.64g). Draped bust of Senate right / ΓΟΡΔΗΝΩΝ ΙΟΛΙΕΩΝ, Dionysos standing left, holding cantharos and filleted thrsos. VF, brown surfaces. Drewry Coll. (6 votes) Pergamon (AD 161-180) AE Medallion - Marcus Aurelius919 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE Medallion (35.58g, 41mm). A. Tullius Cratippus, strategus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Helios in quadriga galloping left. Good VF, green patina, repaired small pits in obverse field, minor smoothing in reverse fields, minor enhancement to portrait. Rare. Ex Drewry Coll. (CNG 69, 6/2005), lot 984. (6 votes) Tarsos (BC 164-27) Drachm634 views164-27 BC. AR Drachm (3.42g, 11h). Turreted head of Tyche right / Sandan standing right on mythical animal; monograms behind. VF, toned, small delamination on obverse. Very rare. (6 votes) Saitta (AD 198-209) AE 40 - Geta, as Caesar526 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE40 (31.05g). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / ΕΠΙ CΟC CΑΡ−ΙΚΛΕΟΥC ΑΠXΟΝ Α, CΑΙΤΤΗ/ΩΝ, Herakles slaying Geryon. Fine, dark green patina, numerous pits, fields smoothed, some details strengthened. Apparently unique. Drewry Coll.; Ex Mabbott Coll. (Schulman, 6/1969), lot 1831; Rhousopoulos Coll. (Hirsch Auktion XIII, 5/1905), lot 4063.1 comments (6 votes) Apollonis (BC 200-0) AE 19861 views2nd-1st century BC. AE19 (5.96g). Macedonian shield with central star / ΑΠΟΛΛΩ-ΝΙΔΕΩΝ, club in dotted circle. Fine green patina, EF. Very rare. Gutknecht coll. (6 votes) Aigai (AD 41-54) AE 20 - Claudius829 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE20 (5.31g), ca 43-48 AD. TI KΛAYΔIOC KAICAP CEBACTOC, laureate head right / AIΓEΩN, εΠI AΠOΛΛOΔΩPOY ΠΟ YIOY XAΛεEOY TO B, Apollo standing right, holding taenia and laurel branch. Nice very fine. (6 votes) Nagidos (BC 410-360) Hemiobol511 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.40g). Amphora, wine leaf to left / Kantharos, NAΓ to right. Good very fine. Nice dark toning. Rare. (6 votes) Tyana (AD 193-211) AE 28 - Septimius Severus842 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE28 (15.19g, 1h). Dated RY 4 (196/7 AD). Laureate bust right / Brahma bull standing right; date below. Good VF, green patina. (6 votes) Adramytteion (BC 350) AE 111078 viewsafter 350 BC. AE11 (1.51g). Laureate, three-quarter facing head of Zeus, slightly right / Eagle standing left on pediment. VF, glossy brown patina under light earthen encrustation. Rare. (6 votes) Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-194) AE 29 - Pescennius Niger860 viewsPescennius Niger, 193-194 AD. AE29 (14.17g, 7h). Laureate head right / Apollo standing left, holding phiale and laurel branch. (Artemis[?]). Good VF, brown-black surfaces with orichalcum highlights, two flan cracks. Extremely rare. (6 votes) Tyana (AD 161-169) AE 22 - Lucius Verus738 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE22 (8.43g). Laureate bust of Lucius Verus right / ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΠΤΙΕΡΑΣΥΑΥΤ ΕΤ ΘΙ, Tyche seated left, upper part of River God swimming left, below. (6 votes) Rhodes (BC 188-84) Diobol476 viewsca 188-84 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 0.93g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios right / P-O, rose with bud to left; caduceus to right. Superb EF, toned. (6 votes) Soloi (BC 385-350) Stater463 viewsca 385-350 BC. AR Stater (9.95g, 23mm). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet adorned with griffin / ΣΟΛΕΩΝ, bunch of grapes on stalk with two tendrils and vine leaf. Dark toning, good VF. (6 votes) Xanthos (BC 450-420) Stater863 viewsUncertain Dynast, ca 450-420 BC. AR Stater (8.39g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Laureate head of Apollo right, diskeles to right. Toned VF. (6 votes) Anazarbos (AD 222-235) AE 32 - Severus Alexander389 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE32 (18.47g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter, table with prize crown and palm before him. VF, green patina. Extremely rare games-related type; only one specimen cited in Ziegler's corpus. Hardy Coll. (6 votes) Abydos (BC 175-70) Tetradrachm1149 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.51g). Diademed bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, within dotted circle / Eagle standing right, helmeted head of Athena to right; ΑΒΥ-ΔΗ-ΝΩΝ above, ΜΙΛΗΘΙ (magistrate) in exergue, all within laurel wreath. This form of the magistrate's name not recorded in the standard works. Toned VF, light porosity, some smoothing on the reverse. (6 votes) Kaisareia (AD 101/102) AE 181142 viewsunder Roman rule, time of Trajan, dated 100/101 AD. AE18 (3.17g). Turreted head of Tyche right / Pyramid or baitylos; in field, date ET - Δ (=year 4 of Trajan). Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. (12 votes) Olba (AD 193-211) AE 31 - Septimius Severus, Julia Domna and Caracalla534 viewsSeptimius Severus, with Julia Domna and Caracalla, 193-211 AD. AE31 (19.77g). Confronted busts of Septimius, on right, and Domna, on left; c/m: Nike(?) / Caracalla standing left, holding Nike and spear. VF, brown surfaces. (11 votes) Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/6 Stater6865 viewsca 625-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.60g). Head of seal left; small seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF. Rare. (25 votes) Elaia (BC 460-400) Hemiobol1340 viewsca 5th cent BC. AR Hemiobol (7-9mm, 0.43g, 11h). Head of Athena left, wearing crested helmet / ΕΛΑΙ (E retro), olive wreath around; all within incuse square. (36 votes) Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater1334 viewsca 500-460 BC. EL Stater (15.98g). Naked man half-kneeling holding a tunny by the tail in each hand. Pleasant VF. (13 votes) Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 222903 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE22 (7.33g). Aegis / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, Nike walking right, holding palm tied with fillet over left shoulder; monograms flanking. EF, glossy green patina on the obverse, reverse a dark brown, well centered and about as well struck as these come. (22 votes) Savatra (AD 138-161) AE 25 – Antoninus Pius806 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE25 (11.14g) Laureate head right / CΑΟΥΑ ΤΡεΩΝ, Water-god standing with ears of corn, fish at his feet. (11 votes) Kromna (BC 340-300) Drachm905 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.59g, 10h). Laureate head of Zeus left / Turreted head of Hera left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; monogram to left, moon above, star and ΚΡΩΜΝΑ to right. Toned EF. Rare variant. Ex J. W. Garrett Collection, Part II, Numismatic Fine Arts - Bank Leu AG, Auktion 16 (10/1984, Zurich), lot 248. (11 votes) Amaseia (AD 198-217) AE 31 - Caracalla819 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE31 (16.34g), 209 AD. Draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / Altar aflame, tree at left. Good VF. (11 votes) Halikarnassos (BC 150-50) Drachm724 views2nd-1st century BC. AR Drachm (4.35g). Facing head of Helios / Helmeted bust of Athena right; ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΩΣ (magistrate) to left, ΑΛΙ to right. Finely toned EF. Unpublished variant? (9 votes) Ankyra (AD 253-260) AE 29 - Valerian I832 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE29 (13.35g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Three prize urns with palms. Near VF. (9 votes) Nikomedeia (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian970 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.67g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / COM BIT, tetrastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, ROM S P AVG across frieze, no pellet in pediment; within, draped male figure standing right, holding sceptre and Victory. VF, trace of porosity on reverse. Attractive portrait. (9 votes) Arneai (AD 238-244) AE 31 - Gordian III615 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE31 (16.66g). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Îœ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΑΡΝΕΑ−ΤωΝ, Pan standing left, holding pedum. gVF, dark green patina. Very rare. (9 votes) Kaisareia (AD 218-222) AE 26 - Elagabalus639 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE26 (11.83g) Radiated, draped and cuirassed bust left / Mount Argaeus on altar, ETR below. (9 votes) Mylasa (BC 520-490) 1/6 Stater792 viewsca 500 BC. AR 1/6 Stater (1.80g). Forepart of lion left, Carian monogram on shoulder / Irregular incuse punch. Cleaned, very fine. (9 votes) Ankyra (AD 130) AE 35 - Antinous912 viewsAntinoos, favorite of Hadrian, died 130 AD. AE35 (25.11g). Julius Saturninus, magistrate. QEOC ANTINOOC, bare head right / IOUL CATOPNINOC ANKVPANOIC, the god Men standing left, wearing cloak and cap, crescent on shoulder, holding anchor and sceptre. Near VF, glossy black patina. (9 votes) Nikomedeia (BC 62-59) AE 252927 viewsC. Papirius Carbo, Proconsul, 62-59 BC. AE25 (8.62g, 12h). Dated year 224 (59 BC). NIKOMHDEWN, laureate head of Zeus right / EPI GAIO[U] PAPIRIOU KARBWN[OS], RWMH in exergue, Roma seated left on pile of shields, holding Nike in right hand, spear in left; monogram in inner left field, DKS (date) below shields. EF, dark green, almost black patina. Ex Freedman Coll. (Triton V, 1/2002), lot 421; Numismatic Fine Arts V (2/1978), lot 313. (30 votes) Mopsos (AD 253-260) AE 33 - Valerian I414 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE33 (20.11g, 6h), dated CY 321 (253/4 AD). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Hercules standing left, strangling Nemean Lion; date to left. VF, dark brown surfaces, overall roughness, pit on obverse at edge. Cain Coll. (7 votes) Nikomedeia (AD 41-54) AE 37 – Claudius1409 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE37 (10.59g, 8h). C. Cadius Rufus, proconsul and patron. Struck circa 43-48 AD. Laureate head left / EΠI ΓAIOY KAΔIOY POYΦOY ANΘYΠATOY ΠATPONOΣ, veiled and draped bust of Demeter right, wearing grain ear wreath(?); [poppy] before, monograms in left and [right] fields. VF, green and red patina, soft strike on reverse. Struck on an oversized flan. Rare. Ex Drewry Coll.; ex Freeman & Sear 7 (2/2002), lot 245. (7 votes) Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 25918 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE26 (20.90g). Male head left (Mithradates VI?), wearing Persian leather cap (bashlyk) / 8-rayed star; bow to left, monogram to right. aEF. (7 votes) Trapezopolis (AD 193-211) AE 29 – Julia Domna521 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, died 217 AD. AE29 (11.50g, 6h). IOVΛIA ΔO - MNA CЄBACT, draped bust right / APT AΔPA -C -TOV KЄ ZЄVXI - ΘЄOV/ T - P/ AΠ-Є/ ZO-Π/ O/ ΛI-T/ Ω-N, Kybele enthroned to left with Polos, holding patera in right and scepter in left; to left at her feet, lion left with turned head. Very fine. Ex Karl coll. (7 votes) Attuda (AD 193-211) AE 37 - Septimius Severus786 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE37 (26.05g). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΛΟΥ ΧΕΠ CΕVΗΡΟC ΠΕΡ, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΓΥΘΙΚΟ-Î¥ Δ ΑΤΤΟΥΔΕΩΝ, Cybele standing facing in long chiton long, kalathos on head, spreading her hands above the heads of two lions seated facing to left and right; star and crescent in upper fields. Unique. Beautiful style, excellent, deep olive-brown patina and in exceptional condition. Bank Leu Auc. 48 (Zurich, 1989), 368 (this coin), otherwise unpublished. (7 votes) (BC 351-344) Hidrieios - Tetradrachm904 viewsHidrieios, Satrap, 351-344 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.20g). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right / Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding double axe (labrys) and lotus-tipped sceptre/ ΙΔΡΙΕΩΣ, Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys and lotus-tipped sceptre, E to right. Fine style and high relief, EF. (7 votes) Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater1578 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/12th Stater - Hemihekte (7mm, 1.06g). Milesian standard. Lion's head right / Quadripartite incuse, dot at center and ends connected by lines. Good VF, Scarce. (7 votes) Antandros (BC 400-350) Diobol1397 viewsEarly-mid 4th cent BC. AR Diobol (12mm, 1.32g). Head of Artemis Astyrene right / Goat standing right; grapes above. VF. Scarce. (7 votes) Hieropolis-Kastabala (AD 193-211) AE 31 - Septimius Severus474 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE31 (15.79g, 6h). Draped bust of Dionysos right, wearing ivy-leaf crown, thrysos over shoulder, grapes on vine to right / Emperor standing left, in military dress, holding Nike and spear. VF, glossy dark green patina, some smoothing. (7 votes) Flaviopolis (AD 177-192) AE 25 - Commodus420 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE25 (8.81g, 7h). Dated year 114 (186/7 AD). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Asklepios standing facing, head left, holding caduceus set on ground and Hygieia standinghalf right, holding wreath; ΔIP (date) in reverse legend. VF, nice two-toned green patina, deposits obverse. (7 votes) Stratonikeia (AD 244-249) AE 44 - Philip I and Otacilia Severa520 viewsPhilip I & Otacilia Severa, 244-249 AD. AE44 - Medaillon (25.38g). Confronted busts of Philip I and Otacilia Severa / Nike standing left holding wreath. Very fine. (7 votes) Mopsos (AD 253-260) AE 32 - Valerian I454 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE32 (14.92g, 6h), dated year 323 (255/6 AD). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. / Tyche standing right, presenting prize crown to the seated emperors, Valerian and Gallienus. Games related issue. Good very fine. (7 votes) Phokaia (BC 600-522) B21 - EL 1/6 Stater1244 viewsca 600-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Head of bull left, dotted truncation; seal (fwkh) above the forehead / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, sharp strike and nicely centered. (7 votes) Kos (BC 350-345) Tetradrachm465 viewsca 350-345 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.94g, 5h). Alkimachos, magistrate. Head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin / Crab; ΑΛΚΙΜΑΧΟΣ and club below; all within incuse square with border of dots. VF, toned, struck with worn obverse die. From the John F. Sullivan Collection. Ex Pixodarus Hoard (CH 9, 421). (7 votes) Synnada (AD 253-268) AE 34 - Gallienus521 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE34 (16.88g, 6h). Laureate and draped bust right / Octastyle temple; statue of Zeus Nikephorus within. EF, choice turquoise patina, some encrustation. Wonderful late architectural type. (7 votes) Masikytes (BC 27-20) Hemidrachm604 viewsLycian League, ca 27-20 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.89g). Laureate head of Apollo right, Λ-Î¥ / Lyre; M-A, tripod to right, within incuse square. Superb EF. (7 votes) Smyrna (BC 42) AE 21 - C. Cassius Longinus2657 viewsC. Cassius Longinus, 42 BC. AR Denarius (3.82g). Military mint, probably at Smyrna. Lentulus Spinther, propraetor. Veiled and draped bust of Libertas right / Ewer and lituus. Toned VF. (7 votes) Philadelphia (AD 235-238) AE 35 - Maximinus I385 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE35 (20.72g). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. VF, pale greenish-brown patina. (7 votes) Rhodes (BC 88) AE 28617 viewsca 88 BC, Siege of Mithradates VI. AE28 (14.61g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios right / P-O, rose; helmet to left, thunderbolt to right. VF, dark brown patina. Good strike on a broad flan, much superior most published specimens in the series. Struck during Mithradates VI's failed 6-month siege of Rhodes in 88 BC. Unable to produce enough silver for military expenditures, the Rhodians resorted to a fiduciary bronze coinage. (See R. Ashton, Rhodian Bronze Coinage and the Siege of Mithradates VI, in NumChron 2001.) (7 votes) Zela (AD 193-217) AE 29 - Julia Domna961 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, 193-217 AD. AE29 (16.11g). Dated 206/7 AD. Draped bust right / ZΗΛΙΤ-ω-Ν ΤΟ-Î¥ ΠΟΝ six-column temple; in exergue, EΤ ΡΜΓ (= year 143 of local era). Rare, attractive very fine. (7 votes) Xanthos (BC 425-400) Drachm - Kherei780 viewsKherei, Dynast, ca 425-400 BC. AR Drachm (4.21g). Head of Athena right / Head of Kherei right; Lycian letters 'Arnnahe' to left, 'Kherei" to right, within shallow incuse square. VF/aEF. Rare. (7 votes) Kromna (BC 340-300) Drachm953 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.37g). Laureate head of Zeus left / Turreted head of Hera left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; ΗΓ monogram to left, ΚΡΩΜΝΑ to right. Toned EF. Rare. (7 votes) Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Aristokrates813 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.56g). Laureate head of Apollo right, K[IA] below / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΑΡΙΣΤΟ-ΚΡΑΤΗΣ (magistrate) above and below. Lightly toned, good VF, light porosity. Apparently an unrecorded denomination for this magistrate. (7 votes) Methymna (BC 500-450) Tetrobol900 viewsca. 500-460 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.69g). Hoplite with round shield and spear at ready left / Protome of horse galloping with rider right, in dotted square, within incuse square. About EF. Rare. (7 votes) Samos (BC 404-394) Tridrachm3888 viewsca 404 or 394 BC. AR Tridrachm or Double Siglos (11.29g, 12h). The infant Herakles, nude but for a baldric over his left shoulder, kneeling to right on ground line, strangling a serpent with each hand, ΣΥΝ / Lion's mask facing, ΣΑ below; all within circular incuse. Extremely rare. Toned EF. From the collections of C. Gillet, 1138, R. Jameson, and the Reverend H.V. Elliott, SWH 2/1908, purchased in Asia Minor 1818-1819. This rare coin was struck to celebrate an alliance (syn = synmachikon = a coin of allies) between cities in western Asia Minor (Byzantion, Ephesos, Iasos, Knidos, Kyzikos, Lampsakos, Rhodes and Samos), which all used the common type of infant Herakles/snakes on obv with rev bearing normal city badge. It was thought that this alliance came about in 394 after the defeat of the Spartan fleet, but Karweise, Lysander as Herakliskos Drakonopnigon ('Herakles the snake-strangler'), NC 1980, has made a good case for it having taken place 10 years earlier, when the cities threw off Athenian domination with the help of the Spartan Lysander. In many ways this seems a better choice, but hoard evidence is inconclusive. (19 votes) Ankyra (AD 196-198) AE 28 - Caracalla696 viewsCaracalla, as Caesar, 196-198 AD. AE28 (16.75g, 2h). Bare-headed and draped bust right / She-wolf standing right, head left, suckling the twins; anchor in exergue. Good VF, dark olive patina. (12 votes) Sinope (BC 330-250) Drachm998 viewsca 330-300. AR Drachm (5.05g). Head of Nymph Sinope left, hair in sakkos / Sea eagle on dolphin left; ΣΙΝΩ below, ΦΑΓΕ (magistrate) in field to right. EF. (12 votes) Herakleia Pontika (BC 337-305) Didrachm - Dionysios1223 viewsca 337-305 BC, time of Tyrant Dionysios. AR Didrachm (9.64g). Head of Dionysos left, wreathed in ivy / Naked Herakles left, with lion skin and club, erecting trophy of arms. aVF. Rare. Dionysios was the unelected overlord of Heraclea Pontica and its surrounds - a tyrant. He managed to keep his domain relatively independent within the Persian Empire. The Macedonian invasion of Asia Minor in 333 BC did not disturb the area and Dionysus remained, even whilst Antigonus Mono. monitored Alexander's lines of communications. After 323 BC, as Ariarathes I of Cappadocia struck North into Sinope and much of the surrounds, still Dionysus prevailed even whilst Perdiccas and Eumenes restored order. He married Amastris the niece of the deceased King Darius III (divorced from Craterus having been wedded at Susa in 324 BC by Alexander) and she bore him 3 sons. He died in 305 BC and she ruled on with her sons. Soon Lysimachos was making advances and they married in 302 BC. VF. (12 votes) Nikomedeia (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian3703 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.25g), struck after 128 AD. IMP CAES TRA HADRIANO AVG P P, laureate head right / COM-BIT across field, octastyle temple, ROM S P AVG across frieze, pellet in pediment. Choice EF. (32 votes) Elaia (AD 180-192) AE 24 - Commodus819 viewsCommodus, 180-192 AD. AE24 (7.31g). K. Scheinos Magistrate. Laureate head right/ CTR C - CЄI-NOV ЄΛA/ITWN, Amphora (ballot box) on stage in between two torches with snake coiled around. Unique (?). Dark green patina. Flan crack and adjustment marks. Very fine. (10 votes) Apameia (BC 49) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1515 viewsC. Fannius, Propraetor, 49 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.16g). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / C. FAN PONT PRO, two serpents on either side of tetrastyle temple with a draped standing figure holding a patera and sceptre; ΜΑΝΤΙΘΕΟΣ ΜΑΝΤΙΘΕΟΥ below, two flutes right. Toned VF. Rare. (10 votes) Diokaisareia (AD 198-217) AE 32 - Caracalla507 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE32 (21.15g). Laureate bust of Caracalla right, AVTOK KAI M AV ANTΩNEINOC CEB / Athena, riding quadriga, holding thunderbolt and snake-fringed shield, AΔP ΔIOKAICAPEΩN. (See # 406 for same two countermarks.) Attractive very fine. (10 votes) Arykanda (BC 200-0) AE 14589 views2nd-1st century BC. AE14 (2.82g) Radiate head of God (Sozon?) / Apollo standing to front, holding bow, leaning at column; city monogram to left. VF. (10 votes) (BC 619-561) Alyattes II - EL 1/3 Stater1873 viewslate 7th century BC. EL Trite (4.36g, 10,5mm). Head of roaring lion right; retrograde legend (WALWET) downward on right / Double incuse square punch. Light deposits, obverse scratch, VF. (5 votes) Persian Kings (BC 530) AV Stater1584 viewsStruck in Sardeis, ca 530 BC. Light AV Stater (8.04g). Confronted foreparts of lion (on left) and bull (on right), each with stretched foreleg / Two incuse squares of different sizes. Rare. Extremely fine. Struck under Achaemenid rule. (5 votes) Ephesos (AD 253-268) AE 26 - Gallienus387 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE26 (6.70g, 6h). AV K ΠO ΛI ΓA-ΛΛIHNOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right / EΦECIΩN Δ NEΩKOPΩN, Artemis Phosporus standing right, quiver over shoulder, holding long torch in both hands. Very fine. (5 votes) Iuliopolis (AD 193-211) AE 26 - Septimius Severus599 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE26 (11.28g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus seated left, holding uncertain object and scepter. VF, brown patina. Wagner Coll. (5 votes) Eikonion (AD 41-54) AE 20 - Annius Afrinus1008 viewsEikonion as Klaudeikonion. Claudius, 41-54 AD. AE20 (3.15g, 12h). Annius Afrinus, legate. ANNIOC (Ns ligate) AΦPEINOC, bare head of Annius Afrinus right / KΛAUΔEIKONI EωN, Perseus standing left, holding harpa in outstretched right hand and head of Medusa in left at side. Good VF, brown patina, light pitting on reverse. Extremely rare. Ex Villemur Coll.; ex Kovacs FPL 17 (1982), lot 151. (5 votes) Kyme (AD 54-68) AE - Nero1847 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE (5.67g, 11h). 54-59. ΘEΟΝ ΝEΡΩΝΑ CEΒΑCΤΟΝ; laureate head right / ΚΥΜΗ ΑΙΟΛΙC; Kyme as Amozone standing left, holding trident inleft and globe in right. Good very fine. (5 votes) Nikomedeia (AD 138-161) AE 18 - Antoninus Pius702 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE18 (3.81g). Laureate head right / Terminal figure of Hermes facing, caduceus at left. Good VF, dark green patina. (5 votes) Epiphaneia (AD 251-253) AE 32 - Trebonianus Gallus570 viewsTrebonianus Gallus, 251-253 AD. AE32 (27.83g, 1h), dated CY 319 (251/2 AD). [AV]T TPEBWNIOC GALLOC EV EV CEB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / EPIFANEWN, Dionysus in chariot drawn by two panthers, holding thyrsus in left hand and reins in right, guided by satyr who holds a lagobolon; QIT (date) across field, cista and amphora in exergue. Good VF, dark green patina with earthen encrustation. (5 votes) Kolone (BC 400-300) AE 11947 views4th century BC. AE11 (1.40g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / 9-ray star, ΚΟΛΟΝΑΩΝ between rays. Rare. (5 votes) Selinos (AD 193-211) AE 33 - Septimius Severus490 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE33 (14.07g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus seated left on low basis, holding thunderbolt and scepter, within tetrastyle temple façade; ΘЄ/OV TPAI[A] in pediment . Good VF, black and olive patina, light overall roughness on reverse. Bold portrait. Ex Empire Coins 8 (12/1987), lot 188. (5 votes) 2178 coins on 22 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22