Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Hemiobol544 viewsThrako-Makedonian? 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (ca 0.20g). Head of ram left / Kantharos in deep incuse square.
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Hemiobol457 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol(?) (5mm, 0.27g, 12h). Kantharos / Amphora within dotted square border within incuse square. VF, porous. Alighieri Coll.1 comments
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Hemiobol441 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol(?) (6mm, 0.25g, 6h). Kantharos / Grape-bunch within dotted square border within incuse square. VF, porous. Alighieri Coll.1 comments
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Uncertain (BC 470-440) Hemiobol181 viewsThraco-Macedonian, Uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.35g). Facing head of a lioness / Quadripartite incuse square with pellet in each quarter. VF.
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Uncertain (BC 470-440) Tetartemorion667 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion? (0.17g). Scorpion viewed from above, tail curling left / Quadripartite incuse square with pellet in each quarter. Apparently unpublished. Fine, extremely rare. The scorpion type is well established for Caria, but only as a reverse.1 comments
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Uncertain (BC 470-440) Tetartemorion597 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.1 comments
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Uncertain (BC 480-470) Hemiobol681 viewsPantikapaion (?). ca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.61g). Head of panther facing / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.
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Uncertain (BC 480-470) Hemiobol292 viewsPantikapaion, ca 480-470 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.57g). Head of lioness, seen from above / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned, a bit porous.
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Uncertain (BC 480-470) Hemiobol254 viewsPantikapaion, ca 480-470 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.58g). Facing lion’s head / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned. Alighieri Coll.
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Uncertain (BC 480-470) Hemiobol258 viewsPantikapaion, ca 480-470 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.46g). Facing lion’s head / Quadripartite incuse square. Near VF, toned, light porosity. Lee Coll.
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Uncertain (BC 480-470) Tetartemorion225 viewsPantikapaion, ca 480-470 BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.24g). Facing lion's head / Quadripartite incuse square, with two pellets. Good VF, toned, a bit rough.
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Uncertain (BC 480-470) Tetartemorion417 viewsSamos (?), 6th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.29g, 5mm). Lion's head facing / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare.
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Uncertain (BC 490) Drachm512 viewsafter 490 BC. AR Drachm (4.00g). Head of boar right / Irregular incuse punch. VF. Ex Hirsch 33 (Munchen 1913), lot 865.
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Uncertain (BC 490) Drachm328 viewsafter 490 BC. AR Drachm (4.06g). Head of boar right / Irregular (?) incuse punch. VF.
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Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol115 viewsThraco-Macedonian region, uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.57g). Calf’s head right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned.
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Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol105 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.
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Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol108 viewsMacedon, Akanthos. ca 480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.48g, 6mm). Head of calf right / Quadripartite incuse square. aVF.
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Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol91 viewsMacedon, Akanthos. ca 480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37g, 7mm). Head of calf right / Quadripartite incuse square. aVF.
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Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol105 viewsThraco-Macedonian region, uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.51g). Calf’s head right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.
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Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol113 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.
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Uncertain (BC 520-470) Tetartemorion216 viewsThraco-Macedonian, Uncertain. Late 6th-early 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.19g). Head of lion right with protruding tongue / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. An apparently unique and unpublished type.
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Uncertain (BC 520-470) Tetartemorion227 viewsThraco-Macedonian, Uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.16g). Head of a roaring lion right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, lightly toned, typical light porosity.
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Uncertain (BC 550-500) Hemiobol85 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.36g, 5-7mm). Head of Bull left / Incuse square. gVF. Rare.
 
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