Random coins - Asia Minor General
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Uncertain (BC 550-520) Hemiobol304 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.3g, 6mm). Radiate head of lion facing / Incuse punch. EF.
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Uncertain (AD 14) AE 25 - Augustus823 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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Uncertain (BC 460-400) owl - Tetartemorion293 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (5mm, 0.12g). Head of Apollo left / Owl standing left, head facing. aVF. Very rare.
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(BC 500-300) Lead weight - hemihekte673 viewsca 500 BC. Hemihekte lead weight (1.31g, 13.3x8.6mm). Head of Silenos facing / Incuse scallop shell. gVF. Carr coll.
This lead piece appears to be a coin weight for an electrum hemihekte of Phocaic standard. The facing head of Silenos types are commonly found on coins from Sicily, Macedonia, Lesbos, Mysia and Ionia. The scallop shell, while a common type for Italy and Sicily, was used as a control symbol across the Greek world. The weight is appropriate for an electrum hemihekte of standard and type struck in Asia Minor. This appears to be the first recorded specimen, but is consistent with those anticipated by Lang and Crosby, “The Athenian Agora - Volume X: Weights, Measures and Tokens†(1964).
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 2 - Hemiobol147 views5th-4th century BC. AR Fraction (7mm, 0.36g, 2h). Male head left / Grain ear; pseudo-legend(?) to right; all within incuse circle. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, porous, off center.
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Uncertain (BC 470-440) Tetartemorion602 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.16g). Head of lion (of fine style) right / Quadripartite incuse square with 4 pellets in center of each quarter.
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Uncertain (AD 76) Denarius - Domitian254 viewsDomitian, as Caesar, struck 76 AD. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.092g, 6h). CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS, laureate head right, small 'o' below neck truncation (out of flan) / COS IIII, Eagle standing facing on garlanded basis, wings open, head right, F. Rare. Tricarico coll.
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Uncertain (BC 500) Trihemiobol?197 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Diobol (1.37g, 10mm). Lion seated right, head facing / Rough incuse punch. gVF. Very rare.
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Persian Kings (BC 420-375) Daric262 viewsXerxes II to Artaxerxes II, ca 420-375 BC. AV Daric (16.88mm length, 15.10mm width, 3.49mm profile, 8.39g). Sardeis mint, Lydo-Milesian standard. Persian king wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling running stance right, holding spear in right hand and bow in left / Rectangular wave-like patterned incuse. EF with luster, well centered and unusually well struck. Carr coll.
The reverse punch of this coin is uncommon for a Daric, but similar to that used for a Double Daric with its rectangular ‘wave-like’ patterned incuse.Jun 28, 2019
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Uncertain (BC 440-390) Star - Hemiobol 4159 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.29g). Head of Athena right, wearing corinthian helmet / Star within incuse square. VF.Jun 19, 2019
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Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol124 viewsGaul, Massalia. ca 500-475 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.55g), Milesian standard. Head of a calf to right / Rough incuse square. Beautifully toned, gVF. Massalia Coll., formed over the past 25 years.Jun 15, 2019
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Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol117 viewsThraco-Macedonian region, uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.51g). Calf’s head right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.Jun 15, 2019
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Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol103 viewsMacedon, Akanthos. ca 480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37g, 7mm). Head of calf right / Quadripartite incuse square. aVF.Jun 15, 2019
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Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol118 viewsMacedon, Akanthos. ca 480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.48g, 6mm). Head of calf right / Quadripartite incuse square. aVF.Jun 15, 2019
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Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol119 viewsThraco-Macedonian region, uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Obol or Hemiobol (7mm, 0.53g). Head of calf right / Rough incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned, light porosity. Rare. Belgica Coll.; ex Rauch 76 (10/2005), lot 243.
A quantity of these have appeared on the market over the past few years, usually erroneously attributed to Akanthos, a city that never depicted a calf on its coinage. Moreover, the style of the calf, as well as the form of the incuse, is unlike any other coins attributed to that city.Jun 15, 2019
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Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol127 viewsThraco-Macedonian region, uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.57g). Calf’s head right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned.Jun 15, 2019
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