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Anemurion (AD 244-249) AE 24 - Otacilia Severa246 viewsOtacilia Severa, Augusta, 244-249 AD. AE24 (6.12g, 6h). Dated RY 2 of Philip I (245/6 AD). Draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / Artemis advancing right, holding bow in extended hand and drawing arrow from quiver; stag at feet to left; ЄT B (date) in legend. Near VF, green-brown patina. Ex Krizan Coll.Jun 17, 2014
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Anemurion (AD 222-235) AE 21 - Julia Mamaea199 viewsJulia Mamaea, Augusta, 222-235 AD. AE21 (5.48g, 6h). Dated RY 13 of Severus Alexander (234/5 AD). Draped bust right / Apollo standing facing, head left, holding branch and resting elbow on lyre placed atop short column; ЄT IΓ (date) in legend. Near VF, green patina, some roughness. Ex Krizan Coll.Jun 17, 2014
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Anemurion (AD 222-235) AE 25 - Julia Mamaea228 viewsJulia Mamaea, Augusta, 222-235 AD. AE25 (6.69g, 6h). Dated RY 12 of Severus Alexander (233/4 AD). Draped bust right / Artemis standing right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow; at feet to left, stag left, head right; ЄT IB (date) in legend. VF, earthen green patina. Ex Krizan Coll.Jun 17, 2014
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Anemurion (AD 222-235) AE 26 - Severus Alexander209 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE26 (8.78g, 12h). Dated RY 4 (225/6 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; at feet to left, panther seated left, turning head to catch drops of wine; Є Δ (date) in legend. VF, brown patina. Ex Krizan Coll.; ex Lindgren Coll.Jun 17, 2014
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Anemurion (AD 222-235) AE 31 - Severus Alexander266 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE31 (17.99g, 5h). Dated RY 13 (234/5 AD). Radiate head right / Cult statue of Artemis facing; at feet to left, stag standing left, head right; ЄT ΙΓ (date) in legend. Good VF, black patina, some pitting. Ex Krizan Coll.; ex CNG 53 (3/2000), lot 1131.Jun 17, 2014
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Anazarbos (AD 251-253) AE 25 - Trebonianus Gallus259 viewsTrebonianus Gallus, 251-253 AD. AE25 - Triassarion (11.10g, 5h). Dated year 270 (251/2 AD). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Prize urn containing palm set on table; OC (date) in exergue. VF, earthen green patina. Ex Krizan Coll.Jun 17, 2014
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Anazarbos (AD 235-238) AE 38 - Maximinus I209 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE38 - Hexassarion (20.44g, 2h). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Female figure standing facing, head left, before bull standing left, holding bipennis over shoulder. Near VF, dark green patina, flan split. Struck on a broad flan. Extremely rare. Ex Krizan Coll.; ex CNG 53 (3/2000), lot 1130.
Ziegler records just two specimens - the Levante specimen and another in the ANSJun 17, 2014
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Anazarbos (AD 222-235) AE 34 - Severus Alexander252 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE34 - Hexassarion (25.59g, 7h). Dated CY 248 (229/30 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Emperor driving quadriga left; ЄT HMC (date) in exergue. Near VF, green and brown patina, some roughness and scratches. - Ziegler records just two specimens, the Levante specimen and another in the ANS. ; ex Levante Coll. (CNG 64 (9/2003), lot 625); ex Weber Coll.Jun 17, 2014
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Anazarbos (AD 193-211) AE 27 - Septimius Severus249 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE27 - Diassarion(?) (12.71g, 6h). Dated CY 213 (194/5 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Diademed head of Zeus right; date in legend. VF, earthen green patina. Ex Krizan Coll.Jun 17, 2014
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Alexandreia (AD 222-235) AE 26 - Severus Alexander256 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE26 (13.65g, 10h). Dated CY 298 (231/2 AD). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia; date in legend. Near VF, brown and tan surfaces, obverse pit. Ex Krizan Coll.; ex Burstein Coll.Jun 17, 2014
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Aigeai (AD 222-235) AE 26 - Severus Alexander207 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE26 (15.65g, 6h). Dated CY 277 (230/1 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Helmeted and draped bust of Athena left; Z/O/C (date) to left. Near VF, green patina, a few pits. Ex Krizan Coll.Jun 17, 2014
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Hierapolis (AD 222) AE 29 - Severus Alexander274 viewsSeverus Alexander, as Caesar, 222 AD. AE29 (7.45g, 6h). Bareheaded and cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia. VF, dark green, almost black, patina.Jun 16, 2014
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Magnesia ad Sipylos (AD 244-249) AE 24 - Otacilia Severa236 viewsOtacilia Severa, Augusta, 244-249 AD. AE24 (5.34g, 6h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / Kybele seated left, holding patera and scepter; at her feet to left, lion seated left. VF, brown patina, hard green deposits, flan flaw on neck.Jun 16, 2014
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Ephesos (AD 117-138) AE 36 - Hadrian 670 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE36 - Medallion (33.62g, 12h). Struck 129 AD(?). ΑΔΡΙΑÎΟC ΚΑ-ICΑΡ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟC, laureate and cuirassed bust right wearing aegis / Cult statue of Diana of Ephesus within ornate octostyle temple. Near VF, dark green surfaces, minor roughness.
The emperor Hadrian was granted many honorific titles by the Greeks, including "Savior," "Founder," "New Dionysus," "New Heracles," "Panhellenius," and "Savior of the World," but the epithet "Olympius" is perhaps the most presumptuous. During Hadrian’s visits to Athens early in AD 129, he visited the massive Temple of Zeus Olympius (also known as the Olympeion). The Historia Augusta reports that at this time Hadrian dedicated an altar to himself, by virtue of which he seems to have elected himself a god and to have invested himself with the powers of the Olympian Zeus. This issue was possibly struck on the occasion of Hadrian’s visit to Ephesos later the same year.Jun 16, 2014
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Nikaia (AD 54-68) AE 19 - Nero306 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE19 (4.39g, 6h). Attius Laco, proconsul. Struck circa 54 AD. Bare head right / Garlanded altar inscibed with KA monogram. VF, green patina, a few cleaning marks.
The monogram on the altar on this coin is quite clear, showing that it is composed of the letters KA. RPC only mentions that the altar is inscribed with a K.Jun 16, 2014
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Kaisareia (AD 193-194) Drachm - Pescennius Niger639 viewsPescennius Niger, 193-194 AD. AR Denarius - Drachm (2.46g, 18mm, 12h). Caesarea mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPXI EΞ O VΠATOC, modius with grain ears. Fine, toned, porous, chipped at 12 o’clock from an attempted piercing. Very rare and important issue.
When Pescennius was proclaimed emperor by his troops in AD 193, he knew his reign as emperor would not be peaceful. He quickly set out to issue huge sums of denarii in his name to pay his troops and to win the loyalty of others. To do this, like so many before him, Pescennius reduced the fineness of his denarii to a point that they were equivalent to the Caesarean drachm. This coin provides a direct link to these events, combining a denarius obverse die and a drachm reverse die. This coin also presents clear evidence that both Antioch and Caesarea struck coins for Pescennius.Jun 16, 2014
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Koinon of Cyprus (AD 193-211) AE 31 - Septimius Severus360 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE31 (16.67g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Temple of Aphrodite at Paphos containing conical xoanon; semicircular courtyard around. Good VF, attractive dark green patina, deposits.Jun 16, 2014
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Koinon of Galatia (AD 98-117) AE 31 - Trajan335 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE31 (24.53g, 6h). Pomponius Bassus, magistrate. Laureate head right / Zeus seated left, holding thunderbolt and scepter; behind throne, eagle standing facing, head left. VF, mottled brown and tan patina, roughness.Jun 16, 2014
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Side (AD 253-268) AE 30 - Gallienus331 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE30 - 11 Assaria (17.63g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; IA (mark of value) before, eagle with wings spread below / Galley sailing left. VF, rough brown surfaces. Ex Shipp Coll.Jun 16, 2014
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Smyrna (AD 193-235) AE 20253 viewsTime of the Severans, 193-235 AD. AE20 (3.93g, 6h). Head of Zeus Akraios right / Eagle standing facing, head right, holding wreath in beak. VF, grayish-green patina under earthen deposits.Jun 16, 2014
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Ephesos (AD 249-251) AE 16 - Trajan Decius212 viewsTrajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE16 (2.54g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Wild boar running right, pieced by spear. Good VF, brown patina, light roughness, smoothed red deposits.Jun 16, 2014
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Nikaia (AD 198-209) AE 18 - Geta233 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE18 (3.11g, 1h). Bare head right / Eros standing left, leaning on upside down torch set on low cippus. Near EF, greenish-brown patina. Well struck and well centered on a broad flan.Jun 16, 2014
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Nikaia (AD 81-96) AE 25 - Domitian270 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE25 (8.64g, 6h). Laureate head right / Roma seated left on cuirass, holding wreath in right hand, parazonium in left. VF, green patina.Jun 16, 2014
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Amaseia (AD 138-161) AE 25 - Antoninus Pius342 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE25 (7.37g, 6h). Dated CY 157 (154/5 AD). Laureate head right / Coiled serpent left on cippus; ET PNZ (date) in exergue. VF, brown patina, broad flan, a few small edge splits. Scarce type.Jun 16, 2014
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Koinon of Cyprus (AD 198-217) AE 31 - Caracalla323 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE31 (15.77g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Conical cult xoanon of Aphrodite of Paphos within central distyle tower; tristyle porticoes flanking, each with star above; the entire structure set on low basis; semicircular fencing below. Good VF, variegated green patina, light adjustment marks.Jun 16, 2014
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Termessos (AD 200-270) AE 22233 views3rd century AD. AE22 (7.51g, 12h). Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Solymos right / Solymos seated left. Good VF, red and green patina.Jun 15, 2014
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Attaleia (AD 249-251) AE 24 - Trajan Decius257 viewsTrajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE24 (6.99g, 12h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Distyle temple containing cult statue of Artemis Pergaia facing between crescent and star; pellet in pediment. VF, rough brown patina.Jun 15, 2014
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Otros (AD 202-205) AE 20 - Plautilla328 viewsPlautilla. Augusta, 202-205 AD. AE20 (3.51g, 7h). Draped bust right / Demeter standing facing, head left, holding grain ears and long torch. VF, earthen green patina. Ex CNG 66 (5/2004), lot 1083.Jun 15, 2014
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Alexandreia (AD 254-268) AE 19 - Salonina376 viewsSalonina, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE19 - As (4.02g, 6h). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing facing, head right, on head and neck of bull left. Near EF, dark brown patina. Rare ruler for mint.
Bellinger knew of four types and a total of eleven coins for Salonina from Alexandria Troas, which was a prolific mint during the reign of Valerian and Gallienus. Only one coin of Salonina from this mint is on CoinArchives (CNG e212, lot 177), a Marsyas type from the same obverse die as the current coin.Jun 15, 2014
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Nikomedeia (AD 193-211) AE 31 - Septimius Severus276 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE31 (17.80g, 2h). Radiate and cuirassed bust right / Prize urn inscribed CЄVHPIA containing palm. VF, green patina, minor roughness. A seemingly rare games type.Jun 15, 2014
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Amaseia (AD 161-169) AE 34 - Lucius Verus352 viewsLucius Verus. 161-169 AD. AE34 (25.96g, 6h). Dated CY 164 (161/2 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Aurelius and Verus standing facing one another, clasping hands. VF, red and green patina, light roughness. Ex CNG 64 (9/2003), lot 589.Jun 15, 2014
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Paphos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 20 - Augustus301 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE20 (7.67g, 12h). Struck 26 BC. Bare head right / Nike standing left on globe, holding wreath and palm frond. VF, dark green patina, earthen highlights.Jun 15, 2014
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Lykian League (AD 98-117) Drachm - Trajan222 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.31 g, 6h). Struck 98-99 AD. Laureate head right / Owl standing right, head facing, on two lyres. EF, earthen deposits in ear.Jun 15, 2014
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Kotiaeion (AD 235-238) AE 19 - Maximinus I254 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE19 (3.77g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Clasped right hands. Near VF, green patina, smoothed.Jun 15, 2014
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Sardeis (AD 166-177) AE 30 - Commodus264 viewsCommodus, as Caesar, 166-177 AD. AE30 (15.27g, 6h). G. Asinius Frugi, archon. Bareheaded and draped bust right / Facing cult statue of Kore of Sardis; poppy to left, grain ear to right. Near VF, grayish-green patina, earthen deposits.
Only one listed thus far in RPC Online, in a private collection.Jun 15, 2014
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Amaseia (AD 193-211) AE 29 - Septimius Severus344 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE29 (12.07g, 6h). Dated CY 209 (206/7 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Altar of Zeus Strateus; tree to left, ЄT CΘ (date) in exergue. VF, green patina, pit on obverse.Jun 15, 2014
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Aigeai (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla302 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (19.46g, 6h). Dated CY 261 (214/5 AD). Laureate head right / Galley right with rowers, standard on prow; ΞC (date) above. Near VF, brown patina, light porosity, minor smoothing.Jun 15, 2014
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Antiocheia (AD 244-249) AE 25 - Philip I315 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE25 (10.68g, 12h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Three standards. VF, brown patina. Ex CNG Elec. Auc. 273 (2/2012), lot 123.Jun 15, 2014
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Side (AD 254-268) AE 30 - Salonina310 viewsSalonina. Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE30 / 10 Assaria (27.28g, 1h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent; I (mark of value) before / Galley sailing left under full sail. VF, dark brown, almost black, patina, minor roughness. Ex Shipp coll.Jun 15, 2014
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Phokaia (AD 253-268) AE 17315 viewsTime of Valerian and Gallienus, circa 253-268 AD. AE17 (3.49g, 6h). Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right / Galley right; caps of the Dioscuri above. VF, brown and green patina. Ex Shipp coll.Jun 15, 2014
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Kyme (AD 253-268) AE 23454 viewsTime of Valerian and Gallienus, ca 253-268 AD. AE23 (5.32g, 6h). Elpidiphorus, magistrate. Draped bust of Syncletus (Senate) right / Isis Pelagia (or Pharia) standing right on quinquereme, holding sail. Good VF, brown patina with earthen highlights, light porosity. Ex Shipp coll.Jun 15, 2014
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Kaisareia (AD 198-217) AE 29 - Caracalla309 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE29 (15.31g, 12h). Dated RY 13 of Septimius Severus (204/5 AD). Laureate head right / Agalma of Mt. Argaeus set on garlanded altar. VF, dark green, almost black, patina.Jun 15, 2014
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Ankyra (AD 96-98) AE 31 - Nerva370 viewsNerva, 96-98 AD. AE31 (20.47g, 7h). Pomponius Bassus, magistrate. Laureate head right / Hexastyle temple with shield in pediment. VF, brown patina, a few light scratches on obverse. Ex Frederick coll.Jun 15, 2014
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Isinda (AD 253-268) AE 21 - Gallienus246 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE21 (5.85g, 12h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia. VF, rough brown surfaces. Ex Frederick coll.Jun 15, 2014
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Magydos (AD 253-260) AE 30 - Valerian II219 viewsValerian II, 256-258 AD. AE30 / Decassarion (12.47g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; I (mark of value) before / Zeus Nicephorus seated left. Good Fine, green patina, edge split, pitting. Ex Frederick coll.Jun 15, 2014
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Ankyra (AD 193-211) AE 32 - Septimius Severus248 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE32 (21.27g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus standing left, holding [anchor?] and scepter; at feet to left, eagle standing left, head right. Good Fine, porous brown surfaces. Ex Frederick coll.Jun 15, 2014
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Philadelphia (AD 37-41) AE 16 - Caligula482 viewsGaius (Caligula), 37-41 AD. AE16 (3.96g, 12h). Hermogenes, victor in the Olympic Games. ΓAIOΣ KAIΣAP, bare head of Caligula right / ΦIΛAΔEΛΦE[ΩN EPMOΓ]ENHΣ OΛVM/[ΠIO]NIKHΣ, jugate, laureat busts of the Dioscuri right; palm branch behind. VF, green and brown patina. Rare.
RPC (p. 492) notes: “A very large number of ‘magistrates’ sign the coins (of Philadelphia) under Caligula: fifteen are certainly attested for his four-year reign. They give themselves various different descriptions and titles: priest of Germanicus, Olympic victor, philopatris, grammateus, and in a number of cases philokaisar. The impression created by this variety is that the persons are mentioned just as individuals rather than as holders of any specific magistracy; alternatively, one might think in terms of a board of some kind, as at Hierapolis.â€Jun 15, 2014
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Ephesos (AD 147-175) AE 25 - Faustina II340 viewsFaustina Junior, Augusta, 147-175 AD. AE31 (23.41g, 7h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Facing cult statue of Artemis Ephesia. VF, rough brown patina, deposits. Ex Frederick coll.Jun 15, 2014
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Herakleia Pontika (AD 209-212) AE 30 - Geta273 viewsGeta, 209-211 AD. AE30 (16.59g, 7h). Laureate head right / Hercules standing right, wrestling the Cretan bull. Fine, brown patina, minor porosity.Jun 15, 2014
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Ankyra (AD 177-192) AE 32 - Commodus290 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE32 (19.58g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / She-wolf right, suckling the twins Remus and Romulus. VF, green and reddish-brown patina, areas of corrosion on reverse. Rare. Ex Group CEM.Jun 15, 2014
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Anazarbos (AD 244-249) AE 32 - Philip I260 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE32 (17.29g, 12h). Dated CY 263 (244/5 AD). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Koinoboulion seated left, holding cornucopia and tossing pebble in vase; tree to left. VF, green patina, earthen deposits.Jun 15, 2014
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Aspendos (AD 238-244) AE 32 - Gordian III247 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE32 (18.07g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Serapis standing left, raising hand and holding long scepter; lighted altar to left. Near EF, dark green patina. Ex Group CEM.Jun 15, 2014
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Nikomedeia (AD 222-235) AE 21 - Julia Mamaea247 viewsJulia Mamaea, Augusta, 222-235 AD. AE21 (4.75g, 7h). Draped bust right / The hero Astakos advancing right off prow of ship, head left, holding spear in left hand and gesturing for companions to follow with right; rocks in background to left. Fine, earthen brown patina.
Astakos was son of Poseidon and the nymph Olbia and the founder and eponym of the city of Astakos in Bithynia. During the reign of Nicomedes I, Nicomedia was founded nearby to repalce Astakos, and the cult was moved to the new city.Jun 15, 2014
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Kaisareia (AD 238-244) Tridrachm - Gordian III350 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AR Tridrachm (11.25g, 23mm, 12h). Dated RY 3 (239/40 AD). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Mt. Argaeus; ЄTOVC Γ (date) in exergue; countermark: bust of Tyche right within rectangular incuse. VF, toned. Ex Burstein coll. (not in Peus sale). Unpublished with radiate bust? Jun 14, 2014
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Kaisareia (AD 177-192) AE 28 - Commodus274 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE28 (15.00g, 12h). Dated RY 11 (190 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Agalma of Mt. Argaeus set on altar inscribed ЄT IA (date). VF, green patina.Jun 14, 2014
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Aigeai (AD 117-138) Tridrachm - Hadrian 338 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Tridrachm (11.28g, 23mm, 12h). Dated CY 164 (117/8 AD). Laureate bust of Hadrian right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Amaltheia standing facing, head right, holding cornucopia and infant Zeus, holding wreath; at feet to right, goat kneeling right, head left. Near VF, lightly toned. Rare.Jun 14, 2014
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Dionysopolis (AD 221) AE 28 - Annia Faustina276 viewsAnnia Faustina, Augusta, 221 AD. AE28 (10.71g, 5h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Demeter, veiled, standing facing, holding two torches; to left, Telesphorus standing facing; countermark: monogram within circular incuse. Fair, earthen green patina.
Von Aulock only knew of one example for this type, and of only five coins for Annia Faustina from this mint. This coin appears to be the second known and the only in private hands. The monogram on the countermark can be expanded to TO PKA (= year 121, equivalent to AD 243/4). Howgego records that the countermark appears on issues of Laodicea for Julia Domna, Caracalla, Elagabalus, and Severus Alexander as Caesar.Jun 14, 2014
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Alexandreia (AD 253-260) AE 21 - Valerian I267 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE21 (4.46g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Emperor on horseback left, saluting statue facing right. VF, brown surfaces, minor roughness.Jun 14, 2014
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Alexandreia (AD 222-235) AE 24 - Severus Alexander334 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE24 (7.14g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hercules wrestling the giant Antaeus, whom he is lifting off the ground. Fine, rough brown and green patina. Rare type which Bellinger only recorded for Septimius Severus and a mature Caracalla.
A giant of Libya and the son of Poseidon and Gaia (the earth goddess), Antaeus would challenge travelers to wrestling matches, easily killing his opponents and collecting their bones to construct a temple to his father. It was en route to the Garden of Hesperides to complete his eleventh labor that Hercules met Antaeus. A wrestling match ensued, but Hercules was unable to finish his opponent as Antaeus regained his strength each time the hero threw him to the ground. Realizing Antaeus’ strength waned as the he left the earth (i.e., the protective realm of his mother), Hercules lifted the giant aloft while crushing him to death.Jun 14, 2014
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Alexandreia (AD 222-235) AE 24 - Severus Alexander297 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE24 (6.92g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield / Herdsman standing right behind horse grazing right, holding branch and touching horse on head; tree to left. Good Fine, brown and green patina, some roughness.
Possibly unrecorded with this combination of bust and reverse type.Jun 14, 2014
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Kyzikos (AD 253-268) AE 28 - Gallienus281 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE28 (14.46g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, raising right hand, holding globus in left / Galley under sail to right, with hortator and with six oarsmen. VF, rough dark green patina. Ex Shipp coll.Jun 14, 2014
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Amastris (AD 161-180) AE 26 - Marcus Aurelius313 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE26 (14.49g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Ram standing right; in background, cippus surmounted by bird (eagle?) right. Fine, porous dark brown surfaces with a partial green patina remaining. Very rare.Jun 14, 2014
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Amisos (AD 117-138) Drachm - Hadrian443 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Drachm (2.91g, 18mm, 6h). Dated CY 165 (133/4 AD). Laureate head left / Demeter standing left, holding grain ears and long torch. VF, lightly toned. Scarce.Jun 14, 2014
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Anazarbos (AD 238-244) AE 36 - Gordian III 214 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE36 / Hexassarion (23.68g, 12h). Dated CY 262 (243/4 AD). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche seated left on rocks; at feet, half-length figure of river-god Pyramus swimming left. VF, reddish-brown and green patina. Well centered on a broad flan.Jun 14, 2014
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Kyzikos (AD 253-268) AE 24 - Gallienus255 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE24 (7.16g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / K[Y]/ZIKHN/ΩN NЄOKOP/ΩN (with Z retrograde) in five lines within wreath. Unpublished in the standard references without the inclusion of the name of a strategos in the wreath. Near Fine, green patina, some porosity. Ex Liles coll.Jun 14, 2014
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Kyzikos (AD 253-268) AE 27 - Gallienus226 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE27 (9.17g, 6h). Hermolaos, strategos. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Athena standing left, holding Nike and scepter. Good VF, green and brown, some roughness. Ex Liles coll.Jun 14, 2014
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Kyzikos (AD 253-260) AE 24 - Valerian I274 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE24 (6.63g, 12h). Apollonidos, strategos. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Altar between two serpents coiled about lighted torches. VF, red and green patina. Ex Liles coll.Jun 14, 2014
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Kyzikos (AD 218-222) AE 33 - Elagabalus237 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE33 (17.93g, 6h). Julius Phrou[...], strategos. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hercules seated left on rocks, holding club. Good Fine, red and green patina, minor roughness. This magistrate unlisted in Leschorn. Ex Liles coll.Jun 14, 2014
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Kyzikos (AD 217-218) AE 24 - Macrinus331 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE24 (8.99g, 7h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Octastyle temple. Good Fine, green-brown patina. Rare. Ex Liles coll.Jun 14, 2014
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Kyzikos (AD 177-192) AE 23 - Commodus362 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE23 (4.90g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Calf walking right. Near VF, green patina, porosity and minor metal flaws. Ex Liles coll.Jun 14, 2014
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Kyzikos (AD 138-161) AE 34368 viewsTime of Antoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE34 (24.38g, 6h). Homonoia with Ephesos. Cl. Severus, strategos. Wreathed and draped bust of Kore Soteira right / On left, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia facing; on right, Demeter advancing right, head left, holding two torches. Near VF, green patina, roughness. Rare. Ex Liles coll.; ex CNG 51 (9/1999), lot 806.
Homonoia between cities proclaimed their commonality of interests, like that of "sister-cities" in the modern world, and was based on political, economic and religious connections. The cities of Asia Minor preserved this tradition under the Roman Empire, with an extensive interlinked system of such commonalities. Among the cities participating in homonoia, Ephesus seems to have been the most popular, undoubtedly due to its status as the principal cult center of Artemis. Cyzicus, an economic powerhouse due to its location on the southern shore of the Propontis, dominated the trade routes between the Black Sea and the Aegean since the Classical period. Thus, a reciprocal alliance between the major regional trader and the cult site would benefit each other immensely.Jun 14, 2014
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B90763 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 12h, 9mm). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Facing large bald head of satyr with small ‘ears’ and close cropped beard and moustache, all within linear square. Good VF. Carr coll.
There are seven general reverse varieties/types for Bodenstedt 90. This is the first known from an auction of what we can call "type 7."Jun 13, 2014
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Selinos (AD 198-209) AE 20 - Geta212 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE20 (4.01g, 6h). Bare head right / Artemis advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow. Good VF, green patina with earthen highlights, ragged edge. Ex Krizan coll.Jun 13, 2014
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Seleukeia (AD 244-249) AE 31 - Otacilia Severa 202 viewsOtacilia Severa, Augusta, 244-249 AD. AE31 (16.05g, 12h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane; countermark: KA monogram / Nike standing left on globe, holding wreath and palm frond. VF, tan surfaces with a few areas of red and green, edge split. Ex Krizan coll.Jun 13, 2014
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Ninika-Klaudiopolis (AD 235-238) AE 24 - Maximinus183 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE24 (7.52g, 12h). Laureate head right / Athena standing left, holding Nike and resting on shield. Good VF, dark brown patina with a few red spots, light earthen highlights around the devices. Ex Krizan coll.Jun 13, 2014
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Mopsos (AD 218-222) AE 30 - Elagabalus189 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE30 (11.62g, 6h). Dated CY 287 (220/1 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Male figure (Mospus?) standing left, holding branch in right hand; ЄT ZΠC (date) across field), altar to lower right. VF, brown patina, some roughness around edges. Ex Krizan coll.Jun 13, 2014
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Lyrbe (AD 249-251) AE 23 - Trajan Decius201 viewsTrajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE23 (6.11g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder set on globe and cornucopia. VF, dark brown patina. Ex Krizan coll.; Levante coll. (CNG Elec. Auc. 90 (5/ 2004), lot 225); Hans von Aulock coll.Jun 13, 2014
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Laertes (AD 222-235) AE 23 - Julia Mamaea214 viewsJulia Mamaea, Augusta, 222-235 AD. AE23 (7.28g, 1h). Draped bust right / Demeter standing left, holding patera and torch. VF, green patina with some flaking on the high points. Ex Krizan coll.Jun 13, 2014
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Laertes (AD 138-161) AE 24 - Antoninus Pius213 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE24 (8.54g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left / Apollo Sidetes standing left, holding branch over tripod and scepter. VF, black patina, light roughness. Very rare. Ex Krizan coll.Jun 13, 2014
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Perge (AD 161-169) AE 34 - Lucius Verus290 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE34 (25.97g, 12h). Laureate bust left, slight drapery / ΠЄPΓAIΩ-N, galley sailing left over waves; large Triton ornament at prow, eight rowers on deck, steersman and two signa at stern; in exergue, from left to right: two fish, dolphin, and either a third fish or turtle. Near VF, brown surfaces, minor roughness.
An extremely rare and interesting type. The designs on the coinage of Perge are principally devoted to religious subjects, particularly to Artemis, who had an important cult center at Perge. This galley type, very reminiscent of ships on some Hadrianic sestertii, presumably alludes to the importance of Perge as a center of maritime trade. We see the type repeated on an equally rare issue of Septimius Severus (see here).Jun 13, 2014
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Stratonikeia (AD 193-211) AE 25 - Septimius Severus261 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE25 (7.50g, 6h). Laureate head right / Tyche-Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia. Good VF, green-brown patina.Jun 13, 2014
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Maionia (AD 54-68) AE 15 - Nero299 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE15 (2.56g, 12h). Laureate head of Nero right / Draped bust of Mên right, with crescent at shoulders. VF, green patina.Jun 13, 2014
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Kaisareia (AD 241-244) Drachm - Tranquillina543 viewsTranquillina, Augusta, 241-244 AD. AR Drachm (3.12g, 16mm, 12h). Dated RY 5 of Gordian III (241/2 AD). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Mt. Argaeus; pellet to upper right, ЄT Є (date) in exergue. VF, toned, porous surfaces.Jun 13, 2014
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Kaisareia (AD 238-244) Drachm - Gordian III280 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AR Drachm (3.62g, 17mm, 12h). Dated RY 5 (241/2 AD). Laureate head right / Mt. Argaeus; pellet to upper right, ЄT Є (date) in exergue. Good VF, toned, minor porosity.Jun 13, 2014
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Kaisareia (AD 238-244) Drachm - Gordian III245 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AR Drachm (3.89g, 17mm, 6h). Dated RY 4 (240/1 AD). Laureate head right / Mt. Argaeus; ЄT Δ (date) in exergue. Good VF, toned, minor porosity.Jun 13, 2014
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Kaisareia (AD 238-244) Drachm - Gordian III252 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AR Drachm (3.31g, 16mm, 12h). Dated RY 4 (240/1 AD). Laureate head right / Mt. Argaeus; pellet to upper left, ЄT Δ (date) in exergue. Good VF, toned, minor porosity.Jun 13, 2014
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Kaisareia (AD 238-244) Drachm - Gordian III265 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AR Drachm (3.27g, 17mm, 12h). Dated RY 4 (240/1 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Mt. Argaeus surmounted by star; B NЄ across upper field; ЄT Δ (date) in exergue. Good VF, toned, porosity.Jun 13, 2014
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Kaisareia (AD 238-244) Drachm - Gordian III269 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AR Drachm (3.27g, 17mm, 12h). Dated RY 4 (240/1 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Mt. Argaeus surmounted by star; B NЄ across upper field; ЄTOYC Δ (date) in exergue. VF, toned, minor porosity.Jun 13, 2014
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Kaisareia (AD 198-209) Drachm - Geta325 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AR Drachm (2.76g, 18mm, 12h). Struck RY 12 of Septimius Severus (203/4 AD). Bareheaded and draped bust right / Mt. Argaeus surmounted by star; ЄT IB (date) in exergue. VF, toned, minor porosity.Jun 13, 2014
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Kaisareia (AD 198-217) Drachm - Caracalla248 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AR Drachm (3.49g, 16mm, 12h). Dated RY 14 of Septimius Severus (205/6 AD). Laureate and bearded head right / Mt. Argaeus surmounted by star; ЄT IΔ (date) in exergue. VF, toned, light porosity.Jun 13, 2014
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Kaisareia (AD 196-198) Drachm - Caracalla438 viewsCaracalla, as Caesar, 196-198 AD. AR Drachm (3.15g, 17mm, 6h). Dated RY 5 of Septimius Severus (196/7 AD). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Mt. Argaeus surmounted by star; crescent to upper left, ЄT •Є• (date) in exergue. Near VF, toned, minor porosity.Jun 13, 2014
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Kaisareia (AD 193-211) Drachm - Septimius Severus262 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AR Drachm (3.18g, 17mm, 12h). Dated RY 18 (209/10 AD). Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Mt. Argaeus surmounted by star; ЄT IH (date) in exergue. VF, toned, obverse die break.Jun 13, 2014
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Kaisareia (AD 193-211) Drachm - Septimius Severus296 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AR Drachm (3.10g, 17mm, 12h). Dated RY 14 (205/6 AD). Laureate head right / Mt. Argaeus surmounted by star; ЄT IΔ (date) in exergue. VF, toned, porous.Jun 13, 2014
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Kaisareia (AD 193-211) Drachm - Septimius Severus287 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AR Drachm (3.10g, 17mm, 12h). Dated RY 13 (204/5 AD). Laureate head right / Mt. Argaeus surmounted by star; ЄT IΓ (date) in exergue. VF, toned, light porosity.Jun 13, 2014
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Kaisareia (AD 177-192) Drachm - Commodus332 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AR Drachm (4.26g, 20mm, 11h). Struck 181-182 AD. Laureate head right / Mt. Argaeus surmounted by star. VF, minor porosity.Jun 13, 2014
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Seleukeia (AD 222-235) AE 31 - Severus Alexander276 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE31 (14.63g, 12h). Radiate and cuirassed bust right; countermark: annulet within Δ within triangular incuse / Dionysus, his panther skin over his arm and extending behind him, holding thyrsus in right hand and cantharus from which he pours wine in left, driving biga of panthers right; to right, Silenus kneeling right, his head and upper body turned to left. Near VF, earthen green patina. Rare.Jun 13, 2014
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Antiocheia (AD 238-244) AE 35 - Gordian III269 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE35 (27.69g, 5h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Mên standing facing, head right, with left foot on bucranium, holding scepter and Nike on globe; cock in left field, column in right. Good VF, brown patina.Jun 13, 2014
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Antiocheia (AD 238-244) AE 32 - Gordian III346 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE32 (26.76g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Gordian on horseback right, hurling spear at lion below. VF, green patina on the obverse, reverse mostly brown with a few spots of red.Jun 13, 2014
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Aigai (AD 69-79) AE 17 - Titus & Domitian499 viewsTitus & Domitian, as Caesars, 69-79 AD and 69-81 AD. AE17 (4.90g, 12h). Apollonios, son of Nemeonikos, magistrate. Laureate head of Titus right, facing bareheaded and draped bust of Domitian left / Apollo standing right, holding taenia and laurel branch; countermark: X within circular incuse. Near VF, dark brown patina with earthen deposits.Jun 13, 2014
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Phokaia (AD 178-182) AE 27 - Crispina254 viewsCrispina, Augusta, 178-182 AD. AE27 (11.18g, 12h). Draped bust right / Female seated left on cuirass, holding uncertain object and scepter; shield resting against cuirass. VF, dark greenish-brown patina, some old scratches.Jun 13, 2014
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