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(BC 390-370) Mithrapata - Stater550 viewsMithrapata, ca 380-375 BC. AR Stater (9.64g, 4h). Facing lion's scalp / Triskeles; facing head of Herakles to left; all within incuse square. EF.Jun 20, 2005
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(BC 390-370) Mithrapata - Stater520 viewsMithrapata, ca 380-375 BC. AR Stater (9.69g, 12h). Facing lion's scalp / Triskeles; dolphin to left; all within incuse square. EF. Jun 20, 2005
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(BC 425-400) Kherei - Stater701 viewsKherei, Dynast, ca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (8.66g, 6h), Xanthos mint. Helmeted head of Athena right / Head of Kherei right within incuse square. Good VF, typical soft obverse, die break on reverse.Jun 20, 2005
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Rhodes (AD 96) AE 32440 viewsfrom 96 AD. AE32 - Didrachm (12.86g, 2h). Radiate head of Helios right / Female figure standing facing between thymiateria and beneath billowing veil supported on either side by Nike; ΔΙΔΡΑ[ΧΜΟ]Πaround. VF, green patina. Drewry Coll.; Ex CNG 57 (5/2001), lot 816.Jun 20, 2005
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Rhodes (BC 31-AD 60) AE 35465 viewsca 31 BC-60 AD. AE35 (24.39g, 1h). Damaratos, magistrate. Radiate head of young Dionysos left, wearing ivy wreath / Nike standing right on prow, holding [aplustre]; EPI DA-MARA/MTOU/TO (sic) across fields. Near VF, mottled brown patina, reverse double struck. Drewry Coll.; Purchased from A.H. Baldwin, June 1978.Jun 20, 2005
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Rhodes (BC 31-AD 60) AE 34388 viewsca 31 BC-60 AD. AE34 (19.26g, 1h). Hierokles, magistrate. Radiate head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Nike standing left on globe, holding [aplustre or wreath]; IERO/[KL]E(o)U[C] in right field. Near VF, mottled brown patina with green overtones, partial flat strike on reverse. Drewry Coll.; Purchased from A.H. Baldwin, June 1978.Jun 20, 2005
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Rhodes (BC 31-AD 60) AE 34433 viewsca 31 BC-60 AD. AE34 (31.33g, 12h). Teimostratos, magistrate. Radiate head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Nike standing right on prow, holding aplustre; TEI-M[O]-CTPA/TOY around. Near VF, mottled brown patina with traces of green on obverse, minor pitting on reverse. An apparently unique and unpublished variety. Drewry Coll.; Purchased from A.H. Baldwin, June 1978.Jun 20, 2005
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Rhodes (BC 88) AE 301405 viewsca 88 BC. AE30 (17.59g, 11h). Radiate head of Helios right / Rose; headdress of Isis to left, thunderbolt to right. VF, attractive dark green patina with earthen highlights, slight roughness on reverse. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.
This coinage was struck during Mithradates VI's failed six-month siege of Rhodes in 88 BC. Unable to produce enough silver for military expenditures, the Rhodians resorted to a fiduciary bronze coinage.Jun 20, 2005
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Rhodes (BC 31-AD 60) AE 34415 viewsca 31 BC-60 AD. AE34 (24.35g, 12h). Antipatros, magistrate. Head of young Dionysos left, wearing ivy wreath / Nike standing right on low basis; ΑÎΤΙ-ΠΑ-ΤΡΟΥ in right field. Near VF, mottled brown patina, partial flat strike on the reverse. Drewry Coll.; Purchased from A.H. Baldwin, June 1978.Jun 20, 2005
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Rhodes (BC 31-AD 60) AE 36412 viewsca 31 BC-60 AD. AE36 (23.39g, 1h). Chareinos, magistrate. Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Nike standing left on prow, holding aplustre; rose in left field, ΕΠΙ/XΑΡ[ΕΙÎ]/ΟΥ in right. Near VF, mottled brown patina. Drewry Coll.; Purchased from A.H. Baldwin, June 1978.Jun 20, 2005
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Rhodes (BC 230-205) Tetradrachm677 viewsca 230-205 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.53g, 1h). Eukrates, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; thunderbolt to left, ΕΥΚΡΑΤΗΣ below. Superb EF. Exceptional strike with fresh dies. Jun 20, 2005
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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.Jun 20, 2005
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Lindos (BC 450) Stater492 viewsca 450 BC. AR Cut Stater (14.82g, 8h). Forepart of bridled horse right / Lion's head left within incuse square. VF, toned, light encrustation on obverse, granular surfaces. Apparently unpublished denomination. Jun 20, 2005
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Kos (BC 395-350) Tetradrachm539 viewsca 395-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.82g, 8h). Phase 1, circa 395-390 BC. Persias, magistrate. Head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin / Crab; club and [ΠΕΡΣΙΑΣ] below; all within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned, light surface corrosion on reverse. Ex CNG Auc. 63 (5/2003), lot 555; Hecatomnus Hoard, 19b.Jun 20, 2005
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(BC 340-334) Pixodaros - Didrachm922 viewsPixodaros, Satrap, 341-336 BC. AR Didrachm (7.04g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right / ΠΙΞΟΔΑΡΟΥ, Zeus Labraundos standing right. EF, light golden toning around devices. Ex Gorny & Mosch 107 (4/2001), lot 197.Jun 20, 2005
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Mylasa (BC 6th cent) EL 1/48 Stater613 viewsMid 6th century BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.28g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Facing head of lion / Scorpion within incuse square. Good VF. Jun 20, 2005
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Stratonikeia (BC 88-55) Drachm569 viewsMithradatic War, ca 88-85 BC. AR Drachm (1.85g, 12h). Gaios, magistrate. Laureate head of Hekate right, crescent on forehead / Nike advancing right; ΓΑΙΟC above, serpent-staff to right; all in incuse square. Near EF, small flan crack.Jun 20, 2005
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Alabanda (BC 197-188) Tetradrachm801 viewsca 197-190/188 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.75g, 11h). Struck under Antiochos III of Syria. Symmacheos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Pegasos flying right; ΣΥΜΜΑΧΗΟΣ below. VF, toned, slight roughness.Jun 20, 2005
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Uncertain Satrap (BC 350-341) Tetradrachm916 viewsAchaemenid Period, circa 350-334 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.07g, 12h), struck ca 341-334 BC in Caria? Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Satrap on horseback right, thrusting spear; to left, bearded male head right. Good VF, toned, minor porosity. Unpublished variety of an extremely rare type with symbol on reverse. Ex Gorny & Mosch 117 (10/2002), lot 335 (where it realized EUR 4200).Jun 20, 2005
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Uncertain Satrap (BC 350-341) Tetradrachm2074 viewsAchaemenid Period, ca 350-334 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.10g, 5h), struck ca 350-341 BC in Caria? Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Satrap on horseback right, thrusting spear. VF, attractive dark iridescent toning, flat strike. Rare. Ex CNG 36 (12/1995), lot 2079; Spink America (5/1995), lot 230; Pixodarus Hoard, 23.
The archer-horseman tetradrachms are one of the most enigmatic Persian coinages struck in Asia Minor prior to the invasion of Alexander the Great. Though various symbols and letters occur in the fields, no inscription exists to help us identify the issuer, mint, or purpose of issue. Konuk, however, identified two series, with and without subsidiary symbols on the reverse. Also, analysis of the Pixodarus Hoard has allowed the coinage to be dated from the decade beginning circa 350 BC. Additionally, as only the earlier, non-symbol, type is represented, Meadows concluded that the date of deposit of the hoard, 341 BC, served as a tentative divider between the two series.Jun 20, 2005
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(BC 560-525) Kroisos - AV 1/24 Stater1935 viewsTime of Kroisos to Cambyses, Kings Of Lydia, ca 560-525 BC. AV 1/24 Stater (0.44g). Kroisid type, heavy series. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Double incuse square punch. Fine. Extremely rare.Jun 20, 2005
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(BC 600-550) Uncertain King - EL 1/12 Stater7713 viewsearly 6th cent BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.16g). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse square punch. VF, choice centering and strike. Jun 20, 2005
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Tripolis (AD 100-200) AE 25489 views2nd cent AD. AE25 (7.49g, 6h). Draped bust of the Roman Senate right / Demeter standing left, holding grain ears and poppy, and grain stalk. Good VF, black-green patina with beige overtones, slight shift-strike on reverse.Jun 20, 2005
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Tripolis (AD 100-200) AE 30445 views2nd cent AD. AE30 (15.92g, 7h). Draped bust of the Roman Senate left / Artemis standing right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow, and Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch. VF, dark olive patina with trace of beige overtones. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk Auc. 130 (1/2003), lot 839.
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Oinoia (BC 340-300) Drachm838 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.43g, 12h). Head of Artemis facing slightly right / Bull butting right, OINAI in exergue. VF, toned. Very rare. Jun 20, 2005
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Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm887 viewsca 375-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.70g, 10h). Heridanos, magistrate. Sphinx seated left, amphora surmounted by grape-bunch before / Quadripartite incuse square, ΗΡΙΔΑÎΟΣ across horizontal band; vertical striations within each quarter. Good VF, toned. Very rare. Ex Hess-Leu 45 (5/1970), lot 277; Hess-Leu 31 (1966), lot 499; Henri de Nanteuil Coll., 628; Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich Coll. (Naville IV, 6/1922), lot 872; Sir Hermann Weber Coll., 6257; W. Talbot Ready Coll.Jun 20, 2005
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Spithradates (BC 334) AE 10632 viewsSpithridates, Satrap in Lydia and Ionia, ca 334 BC. AE10 (1.13g, 2h). Head of satrap right, wearing Persian headdress / Protome of horse right; monogram in upper left field. EF, black patina with trace of orange in obverse crevices.Jun 20, 2005
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Ram - EL 1/241063 viewsca 6th century BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.58g). Milesian standard, figural type. Ram's head left / Incuse square punch. Near EF.Jun 20, 2005
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Man - EL 1/61267 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.35g). Milesian standard, figural type. Male bust left on a striated field / Two rough incuse square punches. Good VF. The third known example. This coin was struck from the same obv die as the hemistater, and the same obv die and one rev punch as third stater, in Triton VIII (lots 444 and 445, respectively).Jun 20, 2005
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) Hemidrachm1078 viewsca 387-326 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.12g, 2h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Head of griffin left; ΑΓ monogram below. Good VF, minor porosity. Rare.Jun 20, 2005
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B38 - EL 1/6 Stater807 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Roaring lion left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, struck with worn obverse die. Extremely rare, only four specimens listed by Bodenstedt, all in museum collections. Jun 20, 2005
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B41 - EL 1/6 Stater828 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. Jun 20, 2005
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Miletos (BC 480-450) Hemidrachm917 views5th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.07g). Lion crouching right / Stellate pattern within incuse square. Good VF for type, toned, minor porosity. Very rare. Jun 20, 2005
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Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater867 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.11g). Lion's head left / Punch with four pellets connected to central pellet. VF.Jun 20, 2005
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Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater943 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.15g). Lion's head right / Punch with four pellets connected to central pellet. VF.Jun 20, 2005
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(BC 37-25) Amyntas - Tetradrachm1013 viewsAmyntas, 36-25 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.62g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena right / ΒΑΣΙ-ΛΕΩ[Σ] ΑΜΥÎ-ΤΟΥ, Nike advancing left, holding sceptre adorned with diadem. Good VF, toned, light cleaning marks in field on reverse. Rare.Jun 20, 2005
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Nysa (BC 134) Tetradrachm1140 viewsafter 134 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.83g), dated year 1 (134/133 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / ΝΥΣΑ, bow-case with serpents; A (date) to left, MO above, jugate busts (Pluto and Kore?) to right. VF. Apparently unpublished, possibly unique.Jun 20, 2005
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Nysa (AD 117-138) Tetradrachm - Hadrian2535 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (36mm, 10.13g). HADRIANVS - AVGVSTVS P P., head right / COS - III. Hades with scepter, holding stolen Persephone, protecting from her from the wind with mantle, driving quadriga of halloping horses, basket of flowers below. Fine toning, aEF. Extremely rare, possibly unique. From the von Aulock collection and Bank Leu AG, Auktion 30 (4/1982, Zurich), lot 363.
According to Homer, the abduction of Persephone took place somewhere in the "Nysion pedion." It mattered little that Lydian Nysa was a forth century foundation; a cult of the underworld grew up there. The town had a Plutonium, and in later times a festival called the Theogamia celebrated the abduction itself." (W. E. Metcalf, a. O., p. 50). Jun 20, 2005
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Nysa (BC 200-100) AE 192030 viewsca 2nd cent BC. AE19 (4.64g). Veiled bust of Kore right, wearing wreath of grain / ΝΥΣΑΕΩΝ, slinger standing right, left arm extended, holding sling overhead in right hand; magistrate [..]ROS, monogram upper right. VF, glossy green patina. Jun 20, 2005
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Mostene (AD 253-268) AE 28 - Gallienus504 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE28 (10,84 g), Aur. Zeuxis Plutiades, magistrate. Draped, laureate and cuirassed bust right / ΕΠΙ CΤΡ ΑΥΡ Z(retrograde) /ΕΥΞ-ΙΔΟΧ ΠΛΟΥΤΙ/Α-ΔΟ/Υ / ΜΟCΤΗΝ, rider on horse right, being led by naked Hermes, cypress tree in background. Dark brown patina, VF. Rare.Jun 20, 2005
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Mostene (AD 50-54) AE - Claudius457 viewsClaudius and Agrippina Junior. 41-54 AD. AE20 (5.49g), struck ca 50-54 AD. Conjoined busts of Claudius and Agrippina right / Hero on horseback right. VF, corrosion.Jun 20, 2005
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Mostene (AD 49-54) AE - Claudius639 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD, with Agrippina Jr. Pedanius, magistrate, 49-54 AD. AE (5.08g). ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΠΚΑΙCΑΡ [ΘΕΑΠΑΓΡΙΠΠΙÎΑÎ], laureate head of Claudius right, draped bust of Agrippina right / ΕΠΙ ΠΕΔΑÎΙΟΥ ΚΑΙCΑΡΕΩΠ/ ΜΟCΤΗÎΩÎ, Hero with helmet and double-axe on galloping horse right. Dark green patina, VF. Rare.Jun 20, 2005
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Mostene (AD 50-54) AE - Nero447 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD, for Nero. AE (4.98g). struck 50-54 AD, Magistrate Pedanius. Head of Nero right / Goddess sitting on throne left, holding ears of wheat and double-axe. Dark brown patina, VF. Rare.Jun 20, 2005
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Mostene (AD 177-192) AE - Commodus579 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE - Medallion (30,61g), magistrate N. Maternus. Bust right / Helios with torch in quadriga, beside Hermes. Black patina, EF. Very rare.Jun 20, 2005
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Mostene (AD 79-81) AE - Titus446 viewsTitus, 79-81 AD. AE (5.33g). Busts right / Horse rider with double-axe. Black patina, VF. Very rare.Jun 20, 2005
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Mastaura (AD 54-68) AE 14 - Nero415 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE14 (2.29g). NEPΩN KAIΣAP, beardless head right / ΜΑΣΤΑΥ-ΡΕΙΤΩÎ, cornucopiae. VF.Jun 20, 2005
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Mastaura (AD 200-300) AE447 viewsca 3rd century AD. AE (3.65g). Bust of Nymph Mastaura right / Cyprus tree and altar. Dark green patina, VF. Rare.Jun 20, 2005
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Mastaura (AD 54-68) AE - Nero454 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE (4.88g). NEPΩN KAIΣAP, head right / ΜΑΣΤΑΥ-ΡΕΙΤΩÎ, goddess standing left, hold torch and patera. Green patina, VF. Very rare.Jun 20, 2005
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Hypaipa (AD 198-217) AE 37 - Caracalla1640 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE37 - Medallion (23.88g, 6h). Damas and Lucius, magistrates. AVT M AVP CE ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / EPI AVR DAMA KAI LOUKIOU CTPA VPAIPHN WN, nude Helios, radiate, standing left, holding torch illuminating cult statue of Artemis Anaitis to left. Near EF, dark brown patina. Extremely rare. Drewry Coll.; ex Triton II (12/1998), lot 631; Sternberg XIV (5/1984), lot 382.Jun 20, 2005
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Hypaipa (AD 50-59) AE 14 - Agrippina Jr.792 viewsAgrippina Jr., mother of Nero, Augusta, 50-59 AD. AE14 (2.33g). Draped bust of Agrippina right / Cult statue of Artemis. VF, dark brown patina. Extremely rare; only two specimens cited by RPC. Jun 20, 2005
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Hypaipa (AD 66-68) AE 24 - Nero530 viewsNero & Statilia Messalina. 66-68 AD. AE24 (6.49g). Confronted busts of Statilia Messalina and Nero / Cult statue of Artemis. Good Fine, light green patina. Rare.Jun 20, 2005
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Abydos (BC 500-480) Obol525 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Diobol? (1.07g). Eagle standing left / Quadripartite incuse square.Jun 20, 2005
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Aninetos (AD 193-211) AE - Septimus Severus1001 viewsSeptimus Severus, 193-211 AD. AE (24.06g). AY-KAI-L-CE- - CEYHPOC-P. Laureate cuirassed bust right / EPI [. . . ]NDP - OY [...]APIWNOC / ANINHCIWN. God Men in phrygian cap riding on horse right, holding double-axe. Dark green patina with light highlights, aEF/VF. Very rare, unpublished.Jun 20, 2005
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Laranda (AD 244-249) AE - Philip I821 viewsPhilip I Arab, 244-249 AD. Bust right / Herakles standing left with club and lion skin. Dark green patina, VF/EF.Jun 20, 2005
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Ephesos (BC 550-500) 1/6475 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Obol (0.55g). Bee / Irregular incuse punch. VF. Rare.Jun 19, 2005
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) Octobol625 viewsca 288-280 BC. AR Octobol (5.50g). Veiled head of Arsinoe right / Bow and quiver; monogram left, bee right. VF. Very rare.Jun 19, 2005
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) Octobol743 viewsca 288-280 BC. AR Octobol (5.54g). Goneus, magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram and [Γ]ΟÎΕΥΣ to left, bee to upper right. VF. Rare.
Lysimachos made himself master of Ephesos in 295 and shortly thereafter changed the city's name to Arsinoeia in honor of his wife, the daughter of Ptolemy I. After the death of Lysimachos in 280, Arsinoe married her half brother Ptolemy Ceraunus and finally her full brother Ptolemy II. She became the first Ptolemaic ruler to enter the Egyptian temples as "temple-sharing goddess" and was revered by the later Ptolemies.Jun 19, 2005
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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.Jun 19, 2005
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Ephesos (BC 550-500) Drachm711 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Drachm (3.34g). Bee / Irregular incuse punch. VF. Rare.Jun 19, 2005
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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.Jun 19, 2005
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Ephesos (BC 258-202) Didrachm2040 viewsca 258-202 BC. AR Didrachm (6.52g). Zoes, magistrate. Head of Artemis right; bow and quiver behind / Forepart of kneeling stag right, head turned back; Ε - Φ, ZΩΗΣ (magistrate) to left, bee in field to right. VF.Jun 19, 2005
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Ephesos (BC 280-258) Octobol850 viewsca 280-258 BC. AR Octobol (5.06g). ...lios, magistrate. Head of Artemis right; bow and quiver behind shoulder / Forepart of kneeling stag right, head turned back; Ε - Φ, palm to left, bee in field to right, ΛΙΟΣ (magistrate) to right. Good style, EF. Ex Auktion Hess 257 (Luzern, 1986), lot 122.Jun 19, 2005
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Ephesos (BC 280-258) Octobol1049 viewsca 280-258 BC. AR Octobol (5.05g). Aristagoras, magistrate. Head of Artemis right; bow and quiver behind / Forepart of kneeling stag right, head turned back; Ε-Φ, palm to left, bee in field to right, ΑΡΙΣΤΑΓΟ[ΡΑΣ] (magistrate) to right. Good style, EF. Unpublished variant (?) of a rare type.Jun 19, 2005
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Ephesos (BC 390-330) Diobol923 viewsca 387-295 BC. AR Diobol (1.02g). Bee with straight wings within dotted circle / Two stag heads confronted, ΕΦ above. EF.Jun 19, 2005
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Ephesos (BC 390-330) Diobol809 viewsca 390-330 BC. AR Diobol (1.09g). Bee with straight wings within dotted circle / Two stag heads confronted, ΕΦ above. VF.Jun 19, 2005
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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.Jun 19, 2005
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Ephesos (BC 245-202) Obol457 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37g, 7mm). Bust of Artemis right, bowcase behind shoulder / Forepart of stag right, head reverted. Dark toning, VF. Extremely rare.Jun 19, 2005
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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.Jun 19, 2005
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Erythrai (BC 520-480) EL Hekte1283 viewsLate 6th-mid 5th century BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare early issue of Erythrai. Jun 19, 2005
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Ephesos (BC 122-121) Tetradrachm837 viewsC. Atinius C.f., Praetor, 122-121 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.55g, 12h). Dated CY 13 (122/1 BC). Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Bow case between two serpents; IG and caduceus above, torch to left. Near VF. Extremely rare, fewer than ten known.
The earliest Roman cistophoric tetradrachm. T.R.S. Broughton, in The Magistrates of the Roman Republic 3. Supplement (1986), identified this praetor as C. Atinius Labeo, who is best known for attempting to have the censor (and hero of the Fourth Macedonian War) Q. Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus thrown off the Tarpeian Rock for expelling him from the Senate (see Livy, Per. LIX.10).Jun 19, 2005
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Ephesos (BC 500-420) Drachm584 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Drachm (3.30g). Bee, ΕΦ-ΕΣΙ-Ο-Πaround / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, light porosity. Struck on a broad flan. Jun 19, 2005
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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.Jun 19, 2005
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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.Jun 19, 2005
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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.Jun 19, 2005
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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.Jun 19, 2005
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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. Jun 19, 2005
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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.Jun 19, 2005
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/6 Stater1372 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).Jun 19, 2005
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B911124 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 12h). Veiled head of Demeter right / Tripod tied with filet in linear square. Good VF.Jun 19, 2005
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B901175 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 12h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Facing satyr's head in linear square. Good VF.Jun 19, 2005
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B58666 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g, 7h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Hen walking right in linear square within incuse square. Fine. Very rare, only five examples noted by Bodenstedt. Jun 19, 2005
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B56763 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Cow's head right in incuse square. VF.Jun 19, 2005
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B101085 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 12h). Forepart of winged boar right / Incuse head of roaring lion left. Good VF, well centered. Very rare, only five examples noted by Bodenstedt.Jun 19, 2005
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Abydos (BC 320-280) Drachm1179 viewsca 320-280 BC. AR Drachm (2.42g, 3h). Anaxikles, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Eagle standing left; kantharos and ABY to left, ΑÎΑΞΙΚΛΗΣ and ivy leaf to right above. Good VF.Jun 19, 2005
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Kelenderis (BC 400-350) Obol505 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Obol (0.73g, 5h). Horse rearing right / Goat kneeling right, head reverted. EF. Jun 19, 2005
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Kelenderis (BC 400-375) Hemiobol436 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.29g, 9h). Forepart of Pegasos right / Goat kneeling right, head reverted. EF.Jun 19, 2005
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Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Janiform - Obol719 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.74g). Janiform (bicephalic) head, the left face bearded, the right not / Tricephalic bearded head. Good VF, hoard patina. Rare.Jun 19, 2005
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Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Athena - Obol370 views4th century BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.65g). Helmeted head of Athena left / Diademed female head left. VF, toned, light porosity with a hairline flan crack.Jun 19, 2005
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Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Janiform - Obol564 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.68g). Janiform head of Athena(?), wearing earrings / Bust of youthful Herakles left, lion's skin tied around neck. Good VF, light porosity.Jun 19, 2005
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Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Herakles - Obol477 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.78g). Wreathed head of Zeus left / Head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin headdress. Toned, good VF.Jun 19, 2005
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Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Gorgon - Obol480 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.66g). Gorgoneion / Sphinx seated left, wearing kalathos. Toned, good VF. Rare.Jun 19, 2005
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Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Persian King 3 - Obol568 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Obol (0.71g). Turreted and bearded head left / Bearded facing head surmounting facing head of lion. EF, light porosity. Jun 19, 2005
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Pessinos (BC 100-0) AE 241497 views1st century BC. AE24 (15.69g, 12h). Jugate draped busts right of Attis, wearing Phrygian cap, and Kybele Agditis, wearing turreted crown; crescent to lower right / Lion seated left, right paw placed on tympanon; caps of the Dioskouroi flanking, uncertain object to right. Near VF, brown patina with earthen highlights. Very rare. Jun 19, 2005
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Kibyra (AD 147-175) AE 35 - Faustina Jr.938 viewsFaustina Jr., wife of Marcus Aurelius. Augusta, 147-175 AD. AE35 (22.56g, 6h). Homonoia with Hierapolis. Claudius Philocles, magistrate. FAVCTEI NA CEBACTH, draped bust R, hair tied back in chignon / KIBVPATWN K IERAPOLITWN EPI KL FILOKLEOC OMONOIA, female figure, draped and veiled, holding two children, standing R before Zeus, enthroned L, who holds Pegasus in outstretched R hand and sceptre in L. EF, dark brown patina, flan flaws on reverse and edge. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex CNG 63 (5/2003), lot 1015.
The identity of the female on rev is uncertain in references; Franke & Nolle describe her as Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis; BMC simple calls her a goddess. Neither describe Pegasus being held by Zeus, and this may be the clue to her identity and the relevance of the scene. Pegasus, born of Medusa and tamed by Bellerophon, later throws off his mortal master and ascends to heaven, where he becomes the horse of Zeus and symbol of immortality, associated with the apotheosis of semi-divine mortals. The veiled female figure may be Faustina herself, presenting to Zeus her twin children, Aelius Aurelius and Aurelius Antoninus, who died shortly after their birth in 149.Jun 18, 2005
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Kibyra (AD 222-235) AE 35 - Severus Alexander549 viewsIn alliance with Ephesus. Severus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE35 (29.01g). Draped and cuirassed bust right, viewed from behind / Hekate as civic goddess of Kibyra, at left standing right, holding basket of Kibyra upon her head and clasping the hand of Artemis Ephesia, at right standing facing, supported by two stags; OMONOIA in exergue. VF, tan patina with muted brown highlights, glossy on obverse and slightly granular on reverse. Quite attractive.Jun 18, 2005
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Kibyra (BC 166-84) Drachm790 viewsca 166-84 BC. AR Drachm (2.48g). Male head right, wearing crested helmet / Horseman galloping right, holding couched spear and shield; symbol or monogram behind, IC and ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΠbelow. VF.Jun 18, 2005
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Kibyra (BC 166-84) Drachm704 viewsca 166-84 BC. AR Drachm (2.93g). Draped male bust right, wearing crested helmet / Horseman galloping right, holding couched spear and shield; caps of the Dioskouroi behind, OC-AI and ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΠbelow. Good VF, toned, reverse strike a little soft.Jun 18, 2005
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Parion (AD 14-37) AE 19 - Drusus1265 viewsDrusus, 14-37 AD. AE19 (6.60g). Bust right / Two priests driving bull right. F.Jun 18, 2005
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B222057 viewsca 479 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Head of ram right, cock below standing left / Incuse bull's head left. EF.Jun 18, 2005
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B091306 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Forepart of a winged lion left / Incuse head of cock left. EF, lightly toned. Very nice.Jun 18, 2005
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