Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Last additions Alabanda (BC 197-189) AE 20196 viewsas Antiocheia, ca 197-190/88 BC. AE20 (4.16g). Simos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ / ΣΙΜΟΣ, Pegasos flying right; boukranion below. gVF. Rare.Jun 06, 2019 (BC 400-350) Uncertain Satrap - Tetartemorion333 views4th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.18g). Uncertain mint, possibly Mylasa. Head of the Persian Great King right / Stellate pattern of Milesian style within incuse square. gVF. Extremely rare.Jun 06, 2019 Synnada (BC 133) AE 18170 views2nd-1st century BC. AE18 (4.61g). Uncertain magistrate. Turreted head of Tyche right, wearing grain wreath / ΣYNNA / [...], Zeus standing left, holding thunderbolt and scepter. VF.Jun 06, 2019 Kibyra (BC 166-84) AE 13128 views2nd-1st centuries BC. AE13 (1.97g). Helmeted head of Athena right / KI, eagle standing right on thunderbolt. gVF.Jun 06, 2019 Kibyra (BC 166-84) Drachm217 viewsca 166-84 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 2.74g). Helmeted male head right / KIBYPATΩN, warrior, holding spear, on horse rearing right; monogram below. gVF.Jun 06, 2019 Bruzos (AD 193-211) AE 19116 viewsTime of Septimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE19 (3.33g). Rufinos, magistrate. BPOVZOC, elaborate half-length, draped and turreted bust of Tyche to left, holding sceptre and cornucopia / POVΦINOC BPOVZHNΩN / ANЄΘH, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. VF.Jun 06, 2019 Tralleis (BC 49/48) Tetradrachm162 viewsC. Fannius, Praetor, 49/8 BC. AR Cistophor (27mm, 11.93g). Menander and [...], magistrates. Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / C FAN PONT P R / MENANΔPOC / [...]EPEVC[...], bowcase between two serpents; TPA to left. Controls: At center, hexastyle temple surmounted by statue of Athena; to right, eagle standing left, head right. VF.Jun 06, 2019 (BC 138-133) Attalos III - Cistophoric Tetradrachm257 viewsAttalos III (King of Pergamon), 138-133 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (30mm, 12.78g), struck at Ephesos, dated RY 2 (138/7 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Bowcase between two serpents; EΦΕ to left. Controls: To right, B (date) above facing bust of Artemis Ephesia with headdress. gVF.Jun 06, 2019 (BC 133-130) Eumenes III - Cistophoric Tetradrachm261 viewsEumenes III Aristonikos (pretender to the throne of Pergamon), 132-130 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.83g), struck at Thyateira, dated year 1 (of his revolt, 133/2 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Bowcase between two serpents; ΘVA to left. Controls: BA-EY across field, horizontal winged thunderbolt above, A (date) below to left; to right, head (of Dionysos?) right. gVF. A pretender to the Pergamene throne following the death of Attalos III, Aristonikos, adopting the name Eumenes III and claiming to be the son of Eumenes II, secured the kingdom for a brief period, issuing a series of Cistophoroi from Thyateira, Apollonis and Stratonikeia. Attalos had bequeathed the kingdom to the Romans, but they were slow to recognize this fact, and Aristonikos took advantage. Though dated coinage is known for years 2-4, years 1 and 5 are extremely rare, with just a couple specimens known.Jun 06, 2019 Teos (BC 478-449) Trihemiobol131 viewsca 460-420 BC. AR Trihemiobol (11mm, 1.31g). Griffin seated right, raising forepaw; astragalos below forepaw / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.Jun 06, 2019 Teos (BC 478-449) Trihemiobol112 viewsca 544-494 BC. AR Trihemiobol (13mm, 1.31g). Griffin seated right, raising forepaw; to right, head of griffin right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.Jun 06, 2019 Phokaia (BC 521-478) B15 - EL 1/24 Stater319 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (5mm, 0.66g). Helmeted head right; below, small seal right / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF.Jun 06, 2019 Magnesia (BC 350-250) Hemidrachm115 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Diobol? (12mm, 1.55g). Laureate and draped bust of Apollo facing slightly left / MAΓ (partially retrograde), lyre. gF. Very rare.Jun 06, 2019 Ephesos (BC 150-140) Cistophoric Didrachm156 viewsca 150-140 BC. AR Cistophoric Didrachm (20mm, 5.55g). Club draped with lion skin; all within wreath / Grape bunch within leaves; ΕΦΕ to left, control: bow to right. nVF. Very rare.Jun 06, 2019 Chios (BC 478-431) Tetrobol136 viewsca 435-425 BC. AR 1/3 Stater or Tetrobol (11mm, 2.60g). Sphinx seated left; to left, grape bunch above amphora / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.Jun 06, 2019 Ionia Uncertain (BC 500-400) Hemiobol260 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.51g). Archaic female head right, wearing helmet or close fitting cap / Stellate or floral pattern within incuse square. EF. Very rare.Jun 06, 2019 Ionia Uncertain (BC 500) Obol504 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol(?) (8mm, 0.65g). Helmeted head left / Ant within incuse square. gVF. Very rare.Jun 06, 2019 Kyme (BC 480-450) BI Trihemiobol224 viewsca 5th century BC. BI Trihemiobol (10mm, 1.40g). Head of eagle right / Incuse square. gVF. Very rare.Jun 06, 2019 Autokane (BC 400-300) AE 13244 views4th century BC. AE13 (2.62g). Head of Zeus facing slightly right / Barley grain within wreath. VF. Rare.Jun 06, 2019 Pyrrha (BC 4th cent) AE 10163 views4th century BC. AE10 (1.45g). Female head left, wearing sphendone / ΠΥΡ, filleted goat standing left. gVF. Very rare.Jun 06, 2019 Methymna (BC 520-460) Hemiobol342 viewsca 500/480-460 BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.33g). Facing head of Silenos / Quadripartite incuse square. EF.Jun 06, 2019 Chalke (BC 4th cent) AE 8114 views4th century BC. AE8 (0.95g). Head of Artemis right, wearing stephane / X-A, spearhead. VF.Jun 06, 2019 Miletopolis (BC 200-0) AE 20183 views2nd-1st century BC. AE20 (6.60g). Helmeted head of Athena right / MIΛΗΤΟΠOΛITΩN, double-bodied owl standing facing. gVF.Jun 06, 2019 Miletopolis (BC 200-0) AE 16121 views2nd-1st century BC. AE16 (3.56g). Facing gorgoneion / MIΛHTOΠOΛITΩN, owl standing right, head facing. gVF.Jun 06, 2019 Ophryneion (BC 350-300) AE 11121 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE11 (1.40g). Laureate head of Zeus right / OΦΡΥ, warrior, wearing crested helmet, crouching left, holding shield and spear. nVF.Jun 06, 2019 Kebren (BC 520-480) Hemidrachm231 views5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 2.39g). Ram’s head left; small bird left below / Quadriartite incuse square. nEF. Very rare denomination.Jun 06, 2019 Gergis (BC 350-241) AE 11142 views4th century BC. AE11 (1.00g). Laureate head of the sibyl Herophile facing slightly right / ΓΕΡ, double-bodied sphinx seated facing. VF. Extremely rare with a double-bodied sphinx and apparently unpublished.Jun 06, 2019 Achilleion (BC 400-300) AE 9326 views4th century BC. AE9 (1.06g). Helmet left / City monogram; c/m: triangular incuse.Jun 06, 2019 Abydos (BC 200-100) AE 18141 views2nd century BC. AE18 (6.26g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΑΒΥ-ΔΗΝΩΝ, Artemis standing left, holding torch and patera; stag in front, club (?) to right. VF.Jun 06, 2019 Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 22255 viewsTime of Mithradates VI Eupator, ca 95-90 or 80-70 BC. AE22 (6.31g). Draped bust of Amazon right, wearing wolf skin / AMI-ΣOY, figure advancing left, holding shield and uncertain object. nVF. Very rare.Jun 06, 2019 Kios (BC 330-300) AE 11154 views3rd century BC. AE11 (1.71g). Head of Mithras right, wearing a laureate tiara / KIA, bunch of grapes within grain wreath. VF.Jun 06, 2019 Uncertain (BC 440-390) Wheel - Hemiobol107 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.3g, 6mm). Eagle standing left / Four-spoked wheel.Jun 06, 2019 Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-194) AE 16 - Pescennius Niger183 viewsPescennius Niger. 193-194 AD. AE16 (2.7g). AYT K Π ΠЄC NIΓPOC, laureate head right / KAICAPЄIAC, eagle standing left on bucranium, head right, wings spread. Extremely Rare. VF.Jun 05, 2019 Ankyra (AD 177-192) AE 32 - Commodus140 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE32 - Tetrassarion (18.56g, 7h). AYT•K•M•AYP KOMMOΔOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ANKYPA MHTPO, Amazon standing facing, head to left and with her right foot set on prow, raising her right hand and holding anchor in her left. Of the highest rarity. VF.Jun 05, 2019 Koinon of Galatia (AD 98-117) AE 31 - Trajan189 viewsTrajan, 98-117. AE31 - Tetrassarion (21.87g, 7h). T. Pomponius Bassus, presbeutes. AYTOKPA NEPOYAΣ TPAIANOΣ KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣ ΓEPMA, laureate head right / KOINON ΓAΛATIAΣ EΠI ΠΟΜΠONIOY BAΣΣOY, Mên standing front, head to left, wearing Phrygian cap and with crescent on his shoulders, holding patera in his right hand and apple in his left. Somewhat smoothed, VF.Jun 05, 2019 Anazarbos (AD 218-225) AE 19 - Julia Maesa166 viewsJulia Maesa, Augusta, 218-224/5 AD. AE19 - Assarion (5.05g, 6h). IOYΛIA MAICA CЄB, draped bust right / AN-AZ/APBOY, opposing capricorns, shield above globe between. Very rare. Minor deposits, gVF.Jun 05, 2019 Anazarbos (AD 218-225) AE 33 - Julia Maesa152 viewsJulia Maesa, Augusta, 218-224/5 AD. AE33 - Hexassarion (21.47g, 1h). Dated CY 238 (218/9 AD). ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ, draped bust right / ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ЄΤ ΗΛϹ - Γ - Β ΑΜ / Κ, Apollo, nude, standing facing, head to left, holding laurel-branch in his right hand; to right, coiled serpent on tripod. Very rare. Very fine.Jun 05, 2019 Tityassos (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla138 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE23 - Diassarion (8.91g, 6h). Circa 202-205 AD. M AY ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / TITYACCЄΩN, tetrastyle temple with disk in pediment. Of the highest rarity. VF.Jun 05, 2019 Pednelissos (AD 138-161) AE 19 - Antoninus Pius104 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161. AE19 - Assarion (5.68g, 6h). ΑYΤΟ ΚΑΙСΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟС, laureate head right / ΠЄΔΝΗΛΙССЄ/ИΩ (sic!), Zeus seated left, holding eagle in his right hand and scepter in his left. Very rare/ aVF.Jun 05, 2019 Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 139-161) AE 26 - Marcus Aurelius108 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE26 - Diassarion (8.27g, 7h). Circa 147-161 AD. AYPHΛI KAIC, bare head right / AΠΟΛΛƱNI ΛYKIƱ, Apollo standing front, head to left, holding bow in his left hand and drawing arrow from quiver with his right. Apparently unpublished and unique. Slightly rough, gVF.Jun 05, 2019 Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 139-161) AE 24 - Marcus Aurelius85 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE24 - Diassarion (10.00g, 12h). Circa 147-161 AD. ΑΥΡΗΛ ΚΑΙ, bare head left / ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑ ΛΥΚΙΩ, Tyche standing front, head to left, holding rudder with her right hand and cornucopiae with her left. Very rare. VF.Jun 05, 2019 Perge (AD 238-244) AE 25 - Gordian III190 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE25 - Diassarion (9.77g, 12h). AY KAI MAP ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust set on globe to right / ΠЄPΓAIΩN, three-legged chest with folding doors, with three purses upon it. Light scratches and minor deposits, gVF.Jun 05, 2019 Attaleia (AD 198-217) AE 24 - Caracalla142 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE24 - Diassarion (7.61g, 11h). AY K M AY ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ATTAΛЄΩN, Harpokrates standing facing, head to left, raising his right hand to mouth and holding cornucopiae in his left. Rare. VF.Jun 05, 2019 Attaleia (AD 193-211) AE 36 - Septimius Severus177 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE36 - Hexassarion (?) (27.88g, 6h). AYT KAI Λ CЄΠ CЄOYPOC ΠЄPTINAΞ CЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ATTAΛЄΩN, winged Nemesis standing front, head to left, holding wheel in her right hand and rod in her left; at feet to left, griffin. Very rare. VF.Jun 05, 2019 Temenothyrai (AD 244-249) AE 2084 viewsTime of Philip I Arabs, 244-249 AD. AE20 - Assarion (4.20g, 7h). Nikomachos, archon. Bust of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis and holding spear over her right shoulder / NЄIKOMAXOC APX / ΘЄMЄNO-ΘY/PЄYCI, lion walking right. VF.Jun 05, 2019 Hierapolis (AD 178-182) AE 20 - Crispina193 viewsCrispina, Augusta, 178-182 AD. AE20 - Assarion (6.14g, 6h). ΚΡΙСΠЄΙΝΑ СЄΒΑСΤ, draped bust right / ΙЄΡΑΠOΛЄΙΤΩΝ, Asklepios standing facing, head to left, leaning right on serpent-entwined staff. Rare. Earthen deposits, VF.Jun 05, 2019 Hierapolis (BC 27-AD 14) AE 18 - Augustus181 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-AD 14. AE18 - Hemiassarion (4.73g, 12h). Meniskos, son of Diphilos, magistrate (archon?) for the third time. ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, bare head right / MENΙΣΚΟΣ / ΔΙΦΙΛΟΥ / ΤΟ - Γ – ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Apollo standing front, head to left, holding patera in his right hand and double-axe over his left shoulder. Apparently unpublished. Somewhat smoothed, gVF.Jun 05, 2019 Kotiaeion (AD 253-260) AE 25 - Valerian I152 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE25 - Diassarion (6.46g, 1h). P. Ailios Demetrios, hipparchos. AYT K Π ΛIK OYAΛEPIANO, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield decorated with gorgoneion / EΠI Π AI ΔHMETPIANOY IΡΠ-APX KOTIA/EΩN, Cybele seated left on car drawn by two lions. Very rare. Light doubling on the reverse, gVF.Jun 05, 2019 Kibyra (AD 235-238) AE 33 - Maximinus I & Maximus128 viewsMaximinus I, with Maximus Caesar, 235/6-238 AD. AE33 - Tetrassarion (17.01g, 1h). Dated CY 212 (236/7 AD). AY•K•Γ•IOYH MAΞIMЄINOC•K•Γ•IOYH MAΞIMOC - KAICAP / CЄBB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus I, on the left, facing bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximus, on the right / ЄTOYC•BIC•KAICAPЄωN•KIBYPATωN, Hekate standing facing, head to left, holding flaming torch in her right hand and supporting, with her left, a basket on her head. Very rare. Light doubling on the reverse, VF.Jun 05, 2019 Kibyra (AD 217-218) AE 44 - Macrinus144 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE44 - Medallion (44.78g, 6h). AYTO KAI M ΟΠЄΛ• CЄB MAKPЄINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / KIBYPATΩN KAICAPЄΩN, Amazon standing front, head to left, holding patera in her right hand and double-axe and long spear in her left; to lower left, sphinx standing left on tripod; to upper left, wicker basket. Extremely rare. Areas of weakness, aVF.Jun 05, 2019 Amorion (AD 198-209) AE 28 - Geta129 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE28 - Assarion (8.46g, 1h). CЄΠ ΓЄTAC KAICAP, bare-headed and draped bust right, seen from behind / AMOPIANΩN, Zeus seated left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and scepter in his left. Rare. VF.Jun 05, 2019 Aizanis (BC 15-AD 19) AE 16 - Germanicus & Agrippina I233 viewsGermanicus, as Caesar with Agrippina Senior, 15 BC-AD 19. AE16 - Hemiassarion (3.38g, 12h). Straton Medeos, struck under Gaius (Caligula), 37-41 AD. ΓЄPMANIKOC, laureate head right. Rev. AΓPIΠΠINA AIZANITωN ЄΠI MHΔHOY, draped bust right. gVF.Jun 05, 2019 Attuda (AD 198-217) AE 28 - Caracalla & Plautilla164 viewsCaracalla, with Plautilla, 198-217 AD. AE28 - Tetrassarion (13.20g, 1h). 202-205 AD. AYT•KAI ANTΩ[.] ΠΛAYΤIΛ[...], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, on the left, facing, draped bust of Plautilla, on the right; between them, countermark: laureate head to right / ATTOYΔЄΩN, Herakles standing front, head to left, leaning with his right hand on club and holding lion's skin over his left arm. Apparently unpublished and unique. A bit rough, VF.Jun 05, 2019 Thyateira (AD 238-244) AE 43113 viewsTime of Gordian III, 238-244 AD. AE43 - Medallion (29.16g, 7h). Homonoia with Smyrna, T. Fab. Alfenus Apollinarios, strategos. ΙЄΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ, draped bust of the Roman Senate to right / ϹΤΡ Τ ΦΑΒ ΑΛΦΗ ΑΠΟΛΙΝΑΡΙΟΥ // ΘΥΑΤЄΙΡΗΝΩ / K CMYPN, the Tyche of Thyateira, on the left, standing right, holding figure of Apollo Tyrimnacos and scepter, clasping hands with the Amazon Smyrna, on the right, standing left, holding double-axe and the two Nemeses. Very rare. Somewhat smoothed, gVF.Jun 05, 2019 Sardeis (AD 253-268) AE 37 - Gallienus92 viewsGallienus, 253-268. AE37 - Hexassarion (?) (24.57g, 1h). Domitianos Roufos, asiarch, son of a twice-asiarch and the most powerful first archon, circa 253-254/260 AD. AYT K Π ΛIK ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC AY, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ЄΠΙ ΔΟΜ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΑCIAPX Κ ΥIOY B ACIAPX K KPAT APX A, three agonistic urns, each containing palm, on table; below table, amphora and inscription CAP-ΔI/AN-ΩN / ΔIC / NЄΩKOPΩN. Very rare. Somewhat smoothed and slightly rough, otherwise, VF.Jun 05, 2019 Briula (AD 139-161) AE 21 - Marcus Aurelius59 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE21 - Assarion (5.75g, 6h). Circa 139-144 AD. •M•AYPHΛI OYHPOC KAI, bare-headed and draped bust left, seen from behind / BPIOYΛITΩN, Dionysos standing front, head to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and thyrsos in his left; at feet to left, panther reclining left, looking up. An extremely rare issue from a very rare mint, apparently the second known example. VF.Jun 05, 2019 Blaundos (AD 138-161) AE 31 - Antoninus Pius135 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE31 - Tetrassarion (20.90g, 6h). ΑΥ ΚΑΙСΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟС, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ΒΛΑΥΝΔЄΩΝ ΜΑΚЄΔΟΝΩΝ, Zeus Labraundos (?) riding on horseback to right, holding double-axe over his left shoulder. Of the highest rarity. Minor cleaning scratches, gVF.Jun 05, 2019 Ephesos (AD 41-54) AE 15466 viewsTime of Claudius, 41-54 AD. AE15 - Hemiassarion (3.47g, 6h). Kousinios, episkopos for the fourth time, circa 49/50 AD. E-ΦE Bee / KOYΣI/NIOΣ / TO – Δ, stag standing right. Apparently unpublished. gVF.Jun 05, 2019 Elaia (AD 249-251) AE 30 - Herennius Etruscus189 viewsHerennius Etruscus, as Caesar, 249-251 AD. AE30 - Tetrassarion (10.80g, 7h). Aur. Dorylaos, strategos. KYIN ЄPЄN ЄTPOYCKOC ΔЄKI, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ЄΠI ΔOPYΛAOY ЄΛAЄI/ΤΩN, male figure standing front, head to left, holding patera over lighted altar with his right hand and sword in his left; to left, tree. Rare. Somewhat smoothed, VF.Jun 05, 2019 Elaia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 19 - Augustus282 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE19 - Assarion (6.50g, 11h). Markias, magistrate. EΛAITΩN, bare head right / EΠI / MAPKIAΣ, poppy between two grain ears. Unpublished except for the incomplete Naumann piece, and hence the second known. VF.Jun 05, 2019 Ilion (AD 166-177) AE 27 - Commodus135 viewsCommodus, as Caesar, 166-177 AD. AE27 - Diassarion (11.87g, 7h). Circa 175-177 AD. Λ ΑY ΚΟΜΟΔΟС ΚΑΙ ΓЄΡ СЄ Υ, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΙΛΙ[ЄΩΝ], on the left, cult statue of Athena Ilias standing right on cippus, wearing kalathos and holding Palladium in her left hand and a transverse spear in her right; before her, emperor standing left on low base, raising his right hand and holding scroll (?) is his left; behind, Nike standing left on garlanded cippus, crowning emperor. VF.Jun 05, 2019 Alexandreia (AD 177-192) AE 25 - Commodus178 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE25 - 'As' (8.35g, 7h). IMP CAI (sic!) M AVR COMMODVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / COL AVG TROAD, Marsyas standing left on base, raising his right hand and holding wine-skin over his left shoulder. Minor smoothing, gVF.Jun 05, 2019 Alexandreia (AD 177-192) AE 25 - Commodus221 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE25 - 'As' (7.43g, 7h). IMP CAI (sic!) M AVR COMMOD AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / COL AVG / TROAD, horse grazing right. Green patina. Partially filled reverse die, aEF.Jun 05, 2019 Alexandreia (AD 177-192) AE 23 - Commodus175 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE23 - 'As' (8.21g, 1h). IMP CAI (sic!) M AVR COMMOD AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / COL AVG / TROA, on the left, cult-statue of Apollo Smintheus standing right on a low column, holding patera and bow and with quiver over his shoulder; on the right, Alexander 'the Great' on horseback left, raising his right arm in salute. Green patina. VF.Jun 05, 2019 Alexandreia (AD 177-192) AE 22 - Commodus182 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE22 - 'As' (5.25g, 7h). IMP CAI (sic!) M AVR COMMODVS, laureate head right, with slight drapery on his left shoulder / GEN•COL•AVG•TROAD, Genius standing front, head to left, holding cult statue of Apollo Smintheus in his right hand and cornucopiae in his left. An apparently unpublished variety. Somewhat smoothed, gVF.Jun 05, 2019 Alexandreia (AD 177-192) AE 25 - Commodus135 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE25 - 'As' (7.19g, 7h). IMP CAI (sic!) M AVR COMMODVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / GEN COL AVG TROA, Genius standing front, head to left, holding cult statue of Apollo Smintheus in his right hand and cornucopiae in his left. EF.Jun 05, 2019 Hadrianotherai (AD 117-138) AE 27 - Hadrian127 viewsHadrian, 117-138. AE27 - Tetrassarion (15.29g, 7h). M. Ner. Longinos, strategos. AY KAI TPAIANOC AΔPIANOC AYΓO, laureate head right / ЄΠI CTP M NЄP ΛONΓINOY AΔPIANOΘHPITΩN, Hadrian on horseback to right, brandishing javelin at bear running right. Very rare. Minor deposits and light scratches, VF.Jun 05, 2019 Kyzikos (AD 198-235) AE 19127 viewsTime of Caracalla to Severus Alexander, 198-235 AD. AE19 - Assarion (4.04g, 1h). KOPH CΩTЄIPA, draped bust of Kore Soteira to right, wearing wreath of grain ears / KYZIKHNΩN / NEOKO / •B•, panther walking right, placing left forepaw on jug. Patina stripped and with a thin flan crack, gVF.Jun 05, 2019 Nikomedeia (AD 235-238) AE 24 - Maximus89 viewsMaximus, Caesar, 235/6-238 AD. AE24 - Diassarion (7.19g, 1h). Γ OPY OYH MAΞIMOC KAI, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / NIKOMHΔЄΩ/N ΔIC NЄΩKOP/ΩN, Demeter seated to left on modius (?), holding grain ears in her right hand and long scepter with her left. An apparently unpublished variety. Green patina. VF.Jun 05, 2019 Kios (AD 138-192) AE 17138 viewsTime of the Antonines, 138-192 AD. AE17 - Hemiassarion (3.09g, 1h). Lyre / KIA-NΩN Club. Very rare. Minor cleaning marks, otherwise, very fine.Jun 05, 2019 Germanikopolis (AD 193-217) AE 30 - Julia Domna149 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE30 - Tetrassarion (14.90g, 7h). Dated CY 214 (208/9 AD). IOYΛIA ΔOMNA AY, draped bust right / ΓЄΡMANIKO-ΠOΛЄΩC ЄT CЄI, Artemis advancing right, shooting arrow from bow; at feet, stag standing right. Extremely rare. Some deposits and encrustations, gVF.Jun 05, 2019 Amastris (AD 161-180) AE 25 - Marcus Aurelius189 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE25 - Diassarion (10.87g, 7h). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙСΑΡ Μ ΑΥΡH ΑΝΤΩΝЄINOC, laureate head right, with slight drapery on his left shoulder / ΑΜΑСΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ, ram standing right; behind, a raven standing right on a tree. An unpublished variety of an exceedingly rare type. Minor cleaning marks, gVF.Jun 05, 2019 Neokaisareia (AD 198-217) AE 32 - Geta213 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE32 - Tetrassarion (15.64g, 12h). Dated CY 146 (209/10 AD). [Π CЄΠTI] ΓЄTAC KAICA, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / KOIN ΠO NЄOKAIC MHTPO / ЄT PMR, tetrastyle temple with wall in background; within, a statue of a male standing on a pedestal. Patina stripped, gVF.Jun 05, 2019 Sebastopolis-Herakleiopolis (AD 253-268) AE 27 - Gallienus190 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE27 - Tetrassarion (?) (12.18g, 1h). Dated CY 266 (263/4 AD). AΥT KAI ΠO ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / [HPAKΛЄO] CЄBACTOΠOΛIC / ЄT - [ςIC], Herakles standing facing, holding lion skin with his left hand and leaning right on club. Rare. VF.Jun 05, 2019 Amaseia (AD 161-180) AE 37 - Marcus Aurelius160 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE37 - Hexassarion (?) (26.38g, 7h). Dated CY 164 (161/2 AD). AYT•KAIC•M•AYP•ANTΩNINOC•CЄB, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / AΔP•AMAC•NЄΩK K MHT•K•ΠΡΩ•ΠΟN, Marcus Aurelius, togate on the left, and Lucius Verus, togate on the right, standing facing each other and clasping their right hands; in his left hand, Marcus Aurelius holds a scroll. Unpublished with a bare-headed bust. VF.Jun 05, 2019 Ankyra (AD 193-217) AE 28 - Julia Domna149 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193- 211 AD. AE28 (16.13g). IOYΛIA CЄBACTH, diademed and draped bust right / MHTΡOΠ-ANKYΡA-C, Tyche, turreted, seated left, holding patera with right hand and cornucopiae with left, resting left hand. Nice brown patina, gVF.Jun 05, 2019 Hyrkaneis (AD 105-123) AE 18 - Plotina136 viewsPlotina, Augusta, 105-123 AD. AE18 (3.01g). ΠΛOTINA CEBACTH, draped bust right / YPKANΩN MAKEΔNΩN; serpent-staff. Very rare. VF.Jun 05, 2019 Kidramos (AD 69-79) AE 16142 viewsTime of Vespasian, 69-79 AD. AE16 (3.53g). Pamphilos Seleukou, magistrate. KIΔPAMHNΩN, radiate and draped bust of Helios right / ΠAMΦIΛOC CЄΛЄVKOV, Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus. VF.Jun 05, 2019 Philadelphia (AD 138-192) AE 1997 viewsTime of the Antonines. 138-192 AD. AE19 (4.33g). ΔΗΜΟС, laureate head of the Demos (youthful) right / ΦΙΛΑΔƐΛΦƐΩΝ (retrograde), Dionysus (youthful) standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus. Rare. VF.Jun 05, 2019 Bithynion-Klaudiopolis (AD 69-79) AE 23 - Vespasian120 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE23 (7.25g, 6h). M. Plancius Varus, proconsul. AYT KAIΣAPI ΣEBAΣTΩ OYEΣΠAΣIANΩ KΛAY, laureate head right / EΠΙ MARKOY ΠΛANKIOY OYAPOY ANΘIΠATOY, eagle standing left, head right. VF, brown surfaces. Rare. Tricarico Coll.May 27, 2019 Mylasa (BC 420-390) AE 8118 viewsca 4th century BC. AE8 (0.70g). Forepart of lion left, head right / Bird standing right, M above. Apparently unpublished in bronze.May 26, 2019 Sinope (AD 69-79) AE 25 - Titus149 viewsTitus, as Caesar, 69-79 AD. AE25 (10.64g, 12h). Dated CY 122 (76/77 AD). T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS PON TR P, laureate head right / AN – CXXII, Sarapis reclining right, holding scepter. Very rare. VF/nVF. Tricarico coll.May 22, 2019 Kadoi (AD 81-96) AE 22 - Domitia 116 viewsDomitia, wife of Domitian, 81-96 AD. AE22 (6.25g, 6h). ΔOMITIA CEBACTH, draped bust right / KAΔOHNΩN, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia with support. Good VF, green patina. Tricarico coll.Apr 19, 2019 Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Aphrodite - Obol184 views4th century BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.77g). Baaltars seated left on throne, holding lotus-tipped scepter / Head of Aphrodite left, wearing polos; A to right. gVF.Apr 13, 2019 Pamphylia Uncertain (BC 400-300) Hemiobol221 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.48g). Draped bust of Artemis right / Triskeles. VF. Very rare.Apr 13, 2019 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.Apr 13, 2019 Teuthrania (BC 400) AE 9 - Prokles215 viewsProkles, Satrap of Teuthrania and Halisarna, ca 400 BC. AE9 (0.98g). Head of Apollo left / Head of satrap right, wearing bashlyk, TEY behind, monogram to right. VF. Rare.Apr 13, 2019 Sinope (BC 410-375) Obol219 viewsca 200-120 BC. AR Obol (12mm, 1.09g). Draped bust of Hermes left, wearing petasos / ΣΙ-ΝΩ, eagle facing, head left, wings spread; monogram to right. VF. Very rare.Apr 13, 2019 Uncertain (BC 480-450) Obol191 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.88g, 9mm). Archaic head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Male head right, wearing conical helmet; all within pelleted linear border within incuse square. VF. Very rare.Apr 13, 2019 Uncertain (BC 460-400) eagle - Tetartemorion136 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.12g, 6mm). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / Eagle standing right, wings closed, in dotted square border within incuse square. VF.Apr 13, 2019 Uncertain (BC 480-440) Stater146 viewsca mid-5th century BC. AR Stater (19mm, 10.76g). City walls with three towers / Forepart of bull right; monogram to lower right; all within incuse square. gVF. Extremely rare and new type for a possibly heretofore undiscovered mint, as well as one of the earliest architectural types.Apr 13, 2019 Kamos (BC 100-0) AE 24275 viewsca 40 BC. AE24 (8.10g). Laureate head of Zeus right / KAMO/HNON legend in two lines; monogram and date (HNΣ) below; all within wreath. gVF. Very rare.Apr 13, 2019 Kamos (BC 100-0) AE 22274 viewsmid-1st century BC. AE22 (6.21g). Laureate head of Zeus right / KAMO/HNON legend in two lines; monogram and date (uncertain) below; all within wreath. gVF. Very rare.Apr 13, 2019 Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 16247 viewsunder Mithradates VI, ca 95-90 or 80-70 BC. AE16 (4.12g). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, club draped with lion skin; monogram to right. VF.Apr 13, 2019 Laodikeia (BC 100-0) AE 21207 viewsca 120-63 BC. AE21 (7.95g, 12h). Helmeted head of Ares right / ΛAOΔI-KEIAΣ, sword in sheath. VF. Extremely rare.Apr 13, 2019 Laodikeia (BC 100-0) AE 19249 viewsunder Mithradates VI, ca 105-90 or 90-85 BC. AE19 (4.55g). Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / ΛAOΔI-KEIAΣ, filleted thyrsos; monogram to right. VF. Rare.Apr 13, 2019 (BC 169-150) Mithradates IV - Tetradrachm702 viewsMithradates IV, ca 170/169-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.99g), struck ca 169-150 BC. Diademed and draped busts of Mithradates IV and Laodice right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] / ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ - ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ / ΛΑΟΔΙΚΗΣ / ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΩΝ, Zeus, with thunder­bolt, and Hera standing facing side by side, both holding scepter. Extremely rare. An issue of great fascination with two pleasant Hellenistic portraits, surface somewhat porous, otherwise gVF. Ex NAC sale 2 (1990), lot 173. From the Jameson and Salvesen collections. Mithradates IV Philopator succeeded his brother, Pharnakes I, as king of Pontus and took great pains to undo the damage to the Pontic kingdom caused by Pharnakes’s conflicts with the neighboring Bithynian and Attalid kingdoms. He supported Attalos II against Prousias II of Bithynia in 154 BC, which also made him a friend of Rome. The friendly relationship that he established with the Romans remained firm until it was shattered irreparably by Mithradates VI Eupator and the Asiatic Vespers of 89/8 BC. Although little else is known about the reign of Mithradates IV, his coins reveal much about the king’s desire to present himself as a Hellenistic monarch equal to the Antigonid, Seleucid, and Ptolemaic kings who could trace their bloodlines back to the generals of Alexander the Great. Despite his Iranian ancestry and possession of a backwater kingdom on the Black Sea, this tetradrachm firmly places him in the tradition of Hellenistic royal superpowers. He wears the diadem, the universal symbol of Hellenistic kingship, and is jugate with the head of his wife, Laodice, who also happened to be his sister. The royal jugate portrait was first pioneered by Ptolemy II Philadelphos for gold coins celebrating the deification of his father and mother as well as of himself and his own sister-wife, Arsinoe II. While marriage between brother and sister had a long tradition among the pharaohs and therefore Ptolemy II and Arsinoe II could be seen as continuing the native Egyptian custom, it was not acceptable in mainstream Greek culture. In an attempt to make his brother-sister marriage more palatable to Greeks, the apologists of Ptolemy II appealed to his divinity, pointing out that Zeus and Hera were also brother and sister. The reverse type of this tetradrachm also seems to make the same argument, depicting the full-length figures of Zeus and Hera as a parallel for the portraits of the king and Laodice on the obverse. The type was presumably aimed at a Greek audience (outside of Pontus?) since brother-sister marriages were not unknown among ancient Iranian elites and would not have required any special explanation - and certainly not one appealing to Greek gods - to the native Iranian population of Pontus. In addition to the aspiration to royal greatness in the footsteps of the Ptolemaic kings expressed by this coin, the treatment of the portraits is remarkable. Unlike the frequent tendency towards idealization in Hellenistic royal coin portraits, the portraits of Mithradates VI and Laodice approach a style that seems to underline the non-Greek ethnicity of the Pontic king and queen. The un-Greek character of the royal portraits are at odds with the other features of the coin that virtually scream Greek royal culture following the Ptolemaic model. As such, this coin brilliantly encapsulates the spirit of the Hellenistic Age, in which many non-Greeks sought to elevate themselves through the adoption of Greek cultural elements.Apr 12, 2019 (BC 169-150) Mithradates IV - Tetradrachm569 viewsMithradates IV, ca 170/169–150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.83g), struck in Sinope ca 169 BC. Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ - ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ / ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ, Perseus, naked but for cloak over his shoulders, standing facing and holding gorgoneion and harpa; monogram in lower left field. Extremely rare and among the finest specimens known. An elegant portrait of fine Hellenistic style struck in high relief on a very large flan. Old cabinet tone and aEF. Ex Leu sale 48 (1989), lot 209. From the von Aulock and Salvesen collections. The reverse of this tetradrachm, which may perhaps predate Mithradates IV’s marriage to his sister, Laodike, depicts the hero Perseus. He appears here, not so much because Mithradates IV wanted to recall the myth of the hero, but because of an old Greek folk etymology that made Perseus an ancestor of the Persians. The Persian Great King Xerxes I (486-465 BC) was already aware of this etymology at the time of his invasion of mainland Greece (480 BC) and tried to use it to convince the Argives to capitulate. The link between Perseus and the Persians was deeply entrenched by 2nd century BC and Mithradates IV, who was himself of Iranian descent, used it to associate the Mithradatic dynasty of Pontus with the greatness of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. The irony of using a Greek hero to advertise a connection to an Iranian empire that was frequently in conflict with the states of Greece is palpable. This irony is further compounded by the otherwise conscious Hellenizing of the obverse type and legend: Mithradates IV wears the diadem of a Hellenistic king rather than the tiara of an Iranian ruler, and the reverse legend is entirely Greek in its use of titles like Philopator (”Father-loving”) and Philadelphos (”Brother-loving”). The combination of types and inscriptions on this tetradrachm is wonderfully schizophrenic in the desire to simultaneously tout Mithradates IV as an Iranian scion of the Persian Empire and as a Hellenistic king in emulation of Alexander the Great, the destroyer of that same empire.Apr 12, 2019 Laodikeia (BC 100-0) AE 20281 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE20 (9.11g). Aegis with gorgoneion / ΛAOΔIKEIA[Σ], Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm branch. One of the rarest mints of this series. Well centered and gVF.Apr 12, 2019 Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 79-81) AE 22 - Titus107 viewsTitus, 79-81 AD. AE22 (5.97g, 12h). TITON AYTOKPATOPA KAICAPA, laureate head right / ΛΠΟΛΛωNIATωN ΛYKIωN, Apollo standing facing, holding wreath over quiver, left arm on tripod. Near Very Fine, dark brown patina. Extremely rare - perhaps the third known of this type. Tricarico Coll.Apr 04, 2019 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 - 149