Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


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Ephesos (BC 405-390) AE 8327 viewsca 405-390 BC. AE8 (0.41g, 11h). Bee / Head of stag right. VF, black patina with earthen deposits. Whorton Coll.
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Ephesos (BC 405-390) AE 8267 viewsca 405-390 BC. AE8 (0.46g, 10h). Bee / Head of stag right. VF, green patina. Whorton Coll.
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Ephesos (BC 48-27) AE 25249 viewsca 50-27 BC. AE25 (9.75g). Jason, magistrate. Artemis advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow; to right, hound springing right / ΙΑΣΩΝ, cock standing right, with palm over wing; all within laurel wreath. VF.
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Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/12586 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.31g). Bee / Cock's head(?) right in incuse square. VF, a little porous. Unpublished.
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Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/24513 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Milesian 1/64th or Persic 1/48 Stater (0.17g). Bee within dotted border / Head of eagle right, ΕΦ above. Lightly toned, Good VF.
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Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/24935 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Milesian 1/64th or Persic 1/48 Stater (6mm, 0.18g). Bee with curved wings / Eagle’s head right. Good VF, typical light porosity.
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Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/24570 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Milesian 1/64th or Persic 1/48 Stater (0.25g, 7mm). Bee / [E]Φ, eagle head right. aEF.
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Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/24549 viewsca 500 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.15g, 6mm). Bee within dotted border / Head of eagle left, ΕΦ above. aEF.
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Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/3788 viewsca 546-500 BC. AR Diobol (1.02g). Bee with straight wings, E-Φ, withinf dotted circle / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF.
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Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/3624 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 1.07g). Bee with straight wings, E-Φ, within dotted circle / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned, light porosity.
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Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/48621 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemitetartemorion (0.07g, 5mm). Bee / Forepart of lion right. aEF.
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Ephesos (BC 500-420) Didrachm440 viewsca 420-400 BC. AR Didrachm (18mm, 7.14g). Bee with curved wings; E-Φ flanking / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned, a little weakly struck. Rare. Koppersmith Coll.; ex Berk BBS 176 (9/2011), lot 138.
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Ephesos (BC 500-420) Drachm584 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Drachm (3.30g). Bee, ΕΦ-ΕΣΙ-Ο-Ν around / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, light porosity. Struck on a broad flan.
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Ephesos (BC 500-420) Drachm814 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Drachm (3.29g). Bee, ΕΦ-ΕΣΙ-Ο-Ν around / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned, light porosity. Struck on a broad flan.
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Ephesos (BC 500-420) Drachm484 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Drachm (12mm, 3.58g). Bee / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned, slightly granular surfaces. Whorton Coll.; ex Peus 398 (4/2009), lot 260; Münzen und Medaillen Liste 441, lot 13; Ariadne Galleries/Galerie Des Monnaies of Geneva, Ltd. Auction (New York, 12/1981), lot 202.
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Ephesos (BC 500-420) Drachm356 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 3.49g). Bee / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned, slightly granular surfaces, traces of an undertype or double striking. Whorton Coll.
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Ephesos (BC 500-420) Drachm - lion heads252 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.37g). Bee; lion head to left and right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare.
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Ephesos (BC 500-450) 1/12373 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR 1/48th Stater (0.30g, 7mm). Bee with straight wings / 8-ray star. VF.
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Ephesos (BC 500-450) 1/12309 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Hemiobol or 1/64 Stater (7mm, 0.27g). Bee / Star of eight rays within incuse square. VF, toned, minor porosity, slightly granular surfaces. Whorton Coll.
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Ephesos (BC 500-450) 1/12348 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Hemiobol or 1/64 Stater (7mm, 0.27g). Bee / Star of eight rays within incuse square. VF, toned, minor porosity. Whorton Coll.
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Ephesos (BC 500-450) 1/12231 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR 1/64th Stater (6mm, 0.26g). Bee / Star with fourteen rays. VF, toned, a bit porous. Lee Coll.
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Ephesos (BC 500-450) 1/48335 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Hemitetartemorion (?) (0.09g). Bee / 8-ray star within square incuse. Very rare variant. VF. R. Mueller Coll.
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Ephesos (BC 500-450) 1/48288 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Hemitetartemorion(?) (0.08g, 5mm). Bee / Star of eight rays within linear border within incuse square. VF, toned, slightly granular surfaces. Rare. Whorton Coll.

The Kayhan specimen has a slightly different star which appears to have rays all of roughly equal length. Additionally, it lacks the linear border around the star.
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Ephesos (BC 525-475) 1/2458 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.64g). Bee / Stellate pattern in incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Nice VF, toned. Very rare.
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Ephesos (BC 525-475) 1/2333 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Hekte (1.63g, 9mm). Bee / Stellate pattern within incuse square. VF, toned. Extremely rare.
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Ephesos (BC 525-475) 1/2240 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Hemidrachm (9-10mm, 1.60g) Bee / Floral ornament(?). Very fine. Nice toning. Reverse slightly off-center. Very rare.
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Ephesos (BC 525-475) 1/4382 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Trihemiobol (?) (0.81g). Bee / Star within square incuse. Very rare variant. Good VF. Mueller Coll.
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Ephesos (BC 525-475) 1/4295 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Trihemiobol or Hemihekte (8mm, 0.80g). Bee / Stellar or floral pattern within incuse square. VF, toned, minor porosity. Whorton Coll.; ex Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 30 (5/2009), lot 447.
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Ephesos (BC 525-475) 1/4230 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Trihemiobol or Hemihekte (8mm, 0.82g). Bee / Stellar or floral pattern within incuse square. VF, dark hoard patina, lightly granular. Whorton Coll.; ex Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 30 (5/2009), lot 448.
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Ephesos (BC 550-500) 1/3589 viewsca 550 BC. AR Diobol (1.02g). Bee with straight wings / Incuse punch. Good VF, nicely centered.
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Ephesos (BC 550-500) 1/3149 viewsca 500 BC. AR Diobol (9mm, 1.13g). Bee / Incuse punch.
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Ephesos (BC 550-500) 1/6965 viewsca 550 BC. AR Obol (0.51g). Bee / Quadripartite incuse. Good VF, typical light porosity.
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Ephesos (BC 550-500) 1/6674 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Obol (0.54g). Bee / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned, EF. Rare.
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Ephesos (BC 550-500) 1/6475 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Obol (0.55g). Bee / Irregular incuse punch. VF. Rare.
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Ephesos (BC 550-500) 1/8?295 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Tritetartemorion or 1/24th Stater (6mm, 0.40g). Bee / Rough incuse punch. VF, toned, a bit porous. Whorton Coll.; ex Rauch Summer Auc. (9/2010), lot 204.
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Ephesos (BC 550-500) 1/8?426 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Tritetartemorion or 1/24th Stater (6mm, 0.44g). Bee / Incuse with geometric pattern. VF, darkly toned. Whorton Coll.; Ex Gorny & Mosch 186 (3/2010), lot 1380.
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Ephesos (BC 550-500) 1/8?302 viewsca 545-494 BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.40g). Bee with straight wings / Irregular incuse square. VF.
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Ephesos (BC 550-500) Drachm711 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Drachm (3.34g). Bee / Irregular incuse punch. VF. Rare.
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Ephesos (BC 550-500) Drachm834 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Drachm (3.34g, 13mm). Bee / Irregular incuse punch. Toned good very fine.
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Ephesos (BC 550-500) Drachm631 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Drachm (12mm, 3.37g). Bee / Rough incuse punch. VF, toned, very minor surface granularity. Whorton Coll.; ex Rauch Summer Auc. (9/2009), lot 222.
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Ephesos (BC 550-500) Drachm463 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 3.49 g). Bee / Rough incuse punch. VF, lightly toned, minor porosity. Whorton Coll.; ex Hirsch 263 (9/2009), lot 2381.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/12 Stater1475 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.15g). Forepart of stag right, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. VF, well centered and struck. Very rare.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/12 Stater908 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.10g). Forepart of stag left, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Near VF. Extremely rare, possibly the second known.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/12 Stater871 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.17g). Forepart of stag left, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. VF. Extremely rare, only a handful known.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/12 Stater897 viewsPhanes, ca 600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater or Hemihekte (1.09g). Forepart of stag running right, head reverted / Incuse square with irregular surface. VF.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/24 Stater914 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.58g). Forepart of stag right, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. VF. Rare.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/24 Stater789 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.56g). Forepart of stag right, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Near VF. Rare.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/24 Stater597 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.57g). Forepart of stag left, head reverted; 3 dots to left / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Triton VIII, 405; otherwise unpublished. Fine. Very rare.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/24 Stater891 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.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/3 Stater3979 viewsPhanes, ca 620-600 BC. EL Trite - 1/3 Stater (4.67g). ΦΑΝΕΟΣ (retrograde), spotted stag grazing right / Two square incuse punch marks, each textured with pattern of short raised lines. Nearly complete legend. Nose of stag off flan, otherwise good very fine.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/48 Stater924 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.29g). Head of stag right / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Good VF. Very rare, fewer than a dozen known.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/48 Stater1344 viewsPhanes. Circa 625-600 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.28g). Head of stag right / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Near VF. Very rare, fewer than a dozen known.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/48 Stater968 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.29g). Head of stag right; three pellets to left / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Unpublished variety with pellets, for type without see: VF, well centered strike. Unique.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/48 Stater1011 viewsPhanes, ca 600 BC. EL 1/48th Stater (0.29g). Head of stag right / Incuse square with irregular pattern. Well struck. About EF.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/6 Stater1373 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.31g). Forepart of stag right, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Good VF. Extremely rare, one of only eight known hektes of Phanes. This hekte shares its reverse punch with a Phanes stater (Tkalec [2000], lot 114) and two trites (CNG 66, lot 446, and Tkalec [2001], lot 116).
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/6 Stater2178 viewsPhanes, ca 600 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.34g). Forepart of stag right, head reverted / Square incuse with irregular edges. EF.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/6 Stater2417 viewsPhanes, ca 620-600 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.33g). Forepart of stag kneeling right, head reverted
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/96 Stater2766 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.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL Stater4563 viewsPhanes, ca 620-600 BC. EL Stater (14.10g). ΦANOΣ EMI ΣEIMA (retrograde), spotted stag grazing right / three square incuse punch marks, each textured with pattern of short raised lines. Extremely rare. EF. Ex Rosen coll., New York.
 
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