Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


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Rhodes (BC 275-250) Diobol820 viewsca 275-250 BC. AR Diobol (0.93g). Head of Helios right / Two rosebuds, helmet above. VF.1 comments
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Rhodes (BC 304-275) Didrachm460 viewsca 304-275 BC. AR Didrachm (6.64g). Head of Helios facing slightly to right / Rose, grape bunch to left, bud to right, E-Y. Nice VF.
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Rhodes (BC 304-275) Didrachm671 viewsca 304-275 BC. AR Didrachm (6.86g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / ΡΟΔΙΟΝ, rose with bud to right; grape cluster and EY to left. Good VF, toned, reverse slightly double struck.
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Rhodes (BC 305-275) Didrachm543 viewsca 305-275 BC. AR Didrachm (6.41g). Radiate head of Helios right / Rose with bud to right; EY and cornucopiae to left. Lightly toned VF. The profile head of Helios is quite different from the usual facing heads and can be taken as a representation of the head of the famous Colossus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, which was under construction at the time this coin was struck.
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Rhodes (BC 305-275) Didrachm598 viewsca 305-275 BC. AR Didrachm (6.43g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios right / Rose with two buds flanking; A to left, caduceus to right. Good VF, toned, minor porosity, light scratch on obverse. Rare. Ashton suggests that this issue of profile-head didrachms from 305-275 BC was produced to finance the construction of the Colossus, and that because the head is strikingly different from the usual portrait of Helios, it may actually portray the head of the Colossus.
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Rhodes (BC 305-275) Didrachm479 viewsca 305-275 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 6.64g). Head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; jug and EY left. VF.
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Rhodes (BC 316-305) Didrachm405 viewsca 316-305 BC. AR Didrachm (18mm, 6.64g). Three-quarter facing head of Helios, head turned slightly right / Rose; bud and E to right, grapes attached to rose stalk by tendril to left. VF, toned, some roughness and horn silver, attractive style. David Herman Coll.
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Rhodes (BC 340-316) Didrachm413 viewsca 340-316 BC. AR Didrachm (19mm, 6.80g, 1h). Head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; grape bunch and E to left; all within incuse square. Good VF, toned, some porosity. Fine style.
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Rhodes (BC 340-316) Hemidrachm328 viewsca 340-316 BC. AR Hemidrachm (11mm, 1.70g, 12h). Head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; club to left; all within incuse square. Good VF, toned, minor porosity. Fine style and well centered. Rare. Ex CNG Inventory 859240 (11/ 2009).
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Rhodes (BC 350) Drachm576 viewsca 350 BC. AR Drachm (3.68g). Three-quarter facing head of Helios, head turned slightly right / ΡΟΔΙΟΝ, rose, bud on either side; I above right bud. Superb EF, great style. Rare.
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Rhodes (BC 350) Tetradrachm749 viewsca 350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.14g). Head of Helios facing 3/4 right / ΡΟΔΙΩΝ, half-blown rose; Δ and bud to left, dolphin swimming downwards to right. Struck in very high relief, superb iridescent tone and EF. Ex Leu sale 42 (1987), lot 308.
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Rhodes (BC 350-300) AE 12587 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE12 (1.27g). Head of Nymph Rodos right / P-O, rose with bud right; trident in field to left. Fine green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.
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Rhodes (BC 385-360) Tetradrachm786 viewsca 385-360 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.11g, 12h). Head of Helios facing, turned slightly to right / Rose, bud to left, caduceus to right. Very rare. Attractively toned. An impressive coin in high relief. EF. From the collection of H.S. von Aulock.
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Rhodes (BC 385-360) Tetradrachm425 viewsca 385-360 BC. AR Tetradrachm (20mm, 13.91g, 12h). Head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose; bud and Σ to left, owl to right; all within incuse square. VF, toned, porous. Very Rare issue.
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Rhodes (BC 400) Tetradrachm868 viewsca 400 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 15.14g). Head of Helios facing 3/4 right, hair in separate curly locks falling outwards and downwards / ΡΟΔΙΩΝ, half-blown rose; eagle with closed wings to right, within incuse square. Struck in very high relief and unusually well-centered for this issue. A portrait of expressive classical style, lightly toned and good EF.
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Rhodes (BC 400-350) Didrachm538 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Didrachm (6.54g). Head of Helios facing, turned slightly right / Rose with bud to right, grapevine to left, E below, within shallow incuse square. Toned, good VF.
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Rhodes (BC 404-375) Tetradrachm869 viewsca 404-375 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.06g). Head of Helios, framed by flowing hair, facing, slightly right / [Ρ]ΟΔ−ΙΟΝ, large rose with bud to left; small F and ivy leaf to right; within incuse. Lightly toned EF, well centered and in high relief, very minor roughness on chin which does not in any way detract form the overall beauty of the coin. The die-engraver's masterwork, and a beautiful example of Classical Greek art.
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Rhodes (BC 404-390) Hemidrachm459 viewsca 404-390 BC. AR Hemidrachm (11mm, 1.86g). Three-quarter facing head of Helios, head turned slightly right / Rose; P to left, helmet to right. VF, surfaces a little grainy. Rare early issue. Herman Coll.
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Rhodes (BC 405/404) Tridrachm739 viewsca 405/404 BC. AR Tridrachm or Disiglos (11.09g). Infant Herakles wrestling with two snakes / P-O, rose. Toned VF. Very rare, and listed in Sear's Greek Coins and Their Values, vol. 2, no. 5031, at EUR 4000.
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Rhodes (BC 405/404) Tridrachm721 viewsca 405/404 BC. AR Tridrachm or Disiglos (11.21g). Infant Herakles wrestling with two snakes / P-O, rose. VF. Extremely rare. Ex Lanz Auc. 40 (Muenchen 1987), lot 291.
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Rhodes (BC 408-390) Hemidrachm431 viewsca 408/7-390 BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 1.69 g). Three-quarter facing head of Helios, head turned slightly right / PO, head of the nymph of Rhodes right, in incuse circle. VF, darkly toned, light proosity. Very rare, only five specimens recorded by Ashton. David Herman Coll.
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Rhodes (BC 408-400) Hemidrachm760 viewsca 408-400 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 1.87g. 12h). Head of Helios facing, turned slightly right / P-O, head of Nymph Rhodos right, hair in sphendone, wearing earring. within shallow incuse square. aEF. Very rare.
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Rhodes (BC 408-404) Hemidrachm1012 viewsca 408-404 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.86g). Head of Helios facing, turned slightly right / Rose, P-O, in shallow incuse square. aVF. Rare.
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Rhodes (BC 408-404) Tetradrachm1056 viewsca 408/407-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.12g, 12h). Head of Helios facing, turned slightly to right / Rose; scallop shell to left. Very rare. Toned, and with an unusually expressive head of Helios of great emotional power. Some deposits on the reverse, otherwise, nearly EF.
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Rhodes (BC 408-404) Tetradrachm1142 viewsca 408/7-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.55g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / ΡΟΔΙΟΝ, rose; pecten to lower left. VF, heavy find patina. Rare.
     
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