Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Last additions Augusta (AD 238-244) AE 31 - Tranquillina344 viewsTranquillina, wife of Gordian III, 238-244 AD. AE31 (18.17g), struck city year 222 (241-42 AD). CABEIN TPANKYΛΛEINAN CE, draped and diademed bust right, set on crescent / AVΓOVCTANΩN ET BKC, Tranquillina (on left) clasping hands with Gordian III.Apr 29, 2010 Kaisareia (AD 238-244) AE 20 - Gordian III899 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE20 (4.95g), dated 244 AD. AV K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC, laureate bust right / MHTP KAIC NE - ET Z, head of Tyche right, wearing mural crown, cornucopiae to right. VF.Apr 29, 2010 Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion266 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.3g, 8mm, 5h). Forepart of bull right / Forepart of bull left.Apr 29, 2010 Salamis (BC 485-450) Stater781 viewsafter 485/480 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 11.20g). Ram lying left / Ankh symbol, Cypriot letter 'pa' inside, letters 'se le ...?? ??' around, within incuse square. Very Rare.Apr 29, 2010 Gargara (BC 350) AE 15536 viewsafter 350 BC. AE15 (4.10g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Horse galloping right, ΓΑΡ above, torch below. gVF. Apr 29, 2010 Abydos (BC 510-480) Hemiobol626 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.40g). Eagle standing left / Rough incuse square.Apr 29, 2010 Abydos (BC 480-450) Obol462 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.90g, 8mm). Eagle standing left on dotted ground line / Gorgon head facing within incuse square. Very fine. Early type, heavy.Apr 29, 2010 Alexandreia (BC 300) AE 21661 viewsca 300 BC. AE21 (8.91g) Laureate head of Apollo right / horse grazing right, ΑΛΕΞΑΝ-ΔΡΕΩΝ above and below, ΙΣ monogram and corn grain below.Apr 29, 2010 Atarneos (BC 350-300) AE594 views400-350 BC. AE (0.99g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of horse right, ATAP above. aEF, dark green patina. Mueller Coll.Apr 25, 2010 Atarneos (BC 350-300) AE723 viewsca 400-350 BC. AE (4.24g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of horse right; coiled serpent above, ΛΦ monogram to right, ATAP below. Dark green patina, aEF. Mueller Coll.Apr 25, 2010 Atarneos (BC 350-300) AE 11497 views4th century BC. AE11 (0.88g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of horse right, serpent above. VF, green patina.Apr 25, 2010 Larisa Phrikonis (BC 400-300) AE 11720 views4th century BC. AE11 (1.08g, 2h). Horned female river-god facing slightly right / Λ-Α, laureate head of Apollo right. VF, brown patina, rubbed on the high points.Apr 25, 2010 Verbe (AD 222-235) AE 27 - Julia Mamaea386 viewsJulia Mamaea, mother of Severus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE27 (9.05g). IOYΛIAN MAMEAN CE, Draped bust right / OYEPBIANΩN, Tyche standing left holding rudder and cornupiae.Apr 22, 2010 Ariassos (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla324 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE27 (8.43g). AV K M AV ANTΩNEINOC, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / APIACCEΩN, Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Ex Lindgren Coll.Apr 22, 2010 Thebe (BC 350) AE 91486 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE9 (0.91g). Female head right, hair in sakkos / Triskeles, Θ-Η-Β in between. VF, black patina. Rare.Apr 18, 2010 Autokane (BC 400-300) AE 10614 views3rd century BC. AE10 (1.07g, 10h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Helmeted head of Athena right; AYTOK below. VF, black patina, reverse surfaces a little rough. Rare. Alighieri Coll.Apr 18, 2010 Larisa (BC 400-300) AE 21589 views4th century BC. AE21 (8.60g). Bearded male head right / ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙ, amphora, corn grain to right. VF. Extremely rare.Apr 18, 2010 Myrleia (BC 203) AE 13995 viewsBefore 202 BC. AE13 (2.08g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Four-spoked wheel, M-Y-P-Λ between spokes. VF, black patina. Rare.Apr 18, 2010 Larisa Phrikonis (BC 400-300) AE 9673 views4th century BC. AE9 (1.30g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙ-ΩΝ, bull standing right on ground line. Rare.Apr 18, 2010 Uncertain (BC 425-375) Diobol A457 views425-375 BC. AR 1/12 Stater (6mm, 1.15g, 8h). Forepart of boar right; scorpion to left / Lion's head right; below, scorpion right. Good VF.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater977 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (9mm, 2.56g). Three-quarter facing head of Apollo, head turned slightly right / Quadripartite incuse. VF. Unrecorded as a Hekte?Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater943 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.65g). Boar standing left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse punch. EF. Boldly struck in high relief.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater875 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.66g). Satyr advancing left, holding tunny by its tail / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, small punch in field on obverse.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL Stater1265 views5th-4th century BC. EL Stater (15.99g). Triptolemos in chariot of winged serpents right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, lightly toned. Rare.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater992 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Stater (15.87g). Man-headed bull standing left, head facing, on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater1006 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Stater (15.96g). Panther standing left on tunny left, raising right forepaw / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater604 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.70g). Forepart of dog (or roaring lion?) left, head right; tunny to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Extremely rare, apparently the second known. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica L (5/2001), lot 1332.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater612 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.71g). Eagle standing right on tunny left; to upper left, tunny right / Incuse square punch. VF. Rare.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater789 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.61g). Kerberos standing left on tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Very rare.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater795 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.69g). Forepart of lion left, devouring prey; to right, tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, a little die rust. Ex Münzen und Medaillen Deutschland 10 (3/2002), lot 81; Numismatica Ars Classica K (3/2000), lot 1301.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater960 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.67g). Facing gorgoneion; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/24 Stater1379 views5th-4th century BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.69g). Zeus Aëtophoros kneeling right on tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare as a 1/24 stater. Ex CNG XXVII (9/1993), lot 555.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater1202 views5th-4th century BC. EL Hekte (2.65g). Silenos crouching right on tunny right, supporting amphora on left leg and with left hand pouring wine into cup he holds in his right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned, underlying luster. Extremely rare as a hekte.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/12 Stater923 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hemihekte (1.30g). Triton left, [holding wreath in left hand], on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Well centered strike. Extremely rare as a hemihekte.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater910 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.61g). Nike advancing left, head right, holding tunny in her extended right hand / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater721 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.68g). Nude youth kneeling right, hair bound by taenia with frontal projection, holding a tunny fish in his extended left hand / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, lightly toned. Ex Triton VI (1/2003), lot 307.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater881 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.68g). Harpy in flight to left, four curled wings arrayed around her, holding a tunny fish in her outstretched right hand; another tunny below her / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, a few light marks. Ex Triton VI (1/2003), lot 296.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL Stater1000 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Stater (16.05g). Head of a goat with long beard to left; behind truncation, tunny fish swimming upwards Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Very rare. Nicely centered. Slightly porous surfaces, otherwise, about extremely fine. Ex Spina coll. and Sinton coll., Triton III (11/1999), 487; ex Rosen, Monnaies et Médailles 72 (10/1987), 184, ex the Vicomte de Sartiges and G. Philipsen, Hirsch XXV (11/1909), 1751.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater1158 views5th-4th centuries BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.65g). Nike, holding aplustre, kneeling left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Well centered.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater935 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Stater (15.87g). Youthful male figure, holding Corinthian helmet and sword, kneeling left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned. Well centered strike. Very rare and choice for issue.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater781 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.61g). Skythian archer, wearing pointed cap, kneeling left, holding bow and bowcase; to left, tunny downward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare, the second hekte known, and the third known coin of this type overall.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 400-330) EL Stater2178 viewsca 400-330 BC. EL Stater (16.12g). Laureate and bearded head right; below, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. A Classical portrait of great power. Extremely rare.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater1360 views5th-4th centuries BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.67g). Herakles and his brother, Iphikles, both nude, kneeling on tunny, fighting Hera’s serpents / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare in this denomination. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 96 (6/1999), lot 158.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater1299 views5th-4th centuries BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.64g). Bull, with filleted horns, standing right, head left, on tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare, the second or third known. Ex CNG 57 (3/2001), lot 379. Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater850 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.71g). Sphinx, raising right forepaw, standing left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Ex Hirsch 233 (2/2004), lot 1415.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater737 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.32g). Head of tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Exceptional strike. Very rare, and better than the three recorded by Hurter & Liewald. Alighieri Coll.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater661 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.67g). Head of Amazon (or Perseus) left, wearing winged cap; behind, tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, a few marks. Extremely rare in this denomination.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1021 viewsca 480 BC. EL Hekte (2.75g). Lion, with right forepaw raised and open jaws, seated left on tunny to left Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Rare. Sharply struck and well-centered. Good extremely fine.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1243 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.67g). Griffin seated left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF. Well centered for issue. Rare as a hekte. Ex Leu 91 (5/2004), lot 149.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1109 viewsca 480-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.71g). Sphinx, with ornamental tendril on her head and with her right forepaw raised, standing left on tunny fish Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely fine. Ex Hirsch 233 (2/2004), 1415.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm370 viewsca 525-475 BC. AR Diobol (12mm, 2.13g, 12h). Head of Attis left, wearing Phrygian cap; [tunny] below / Head of lion left; K (retrograde) above; all within incuse square. Good Fine, porous.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 520-480) Hemiobol512 viewsca 600-550 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.61g). Tunny left, lotus (?) flower below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, light porosity.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) Hemiobol324 viewsca 600-550 BC. AR Hemiobol (9mm, 0.50g). Lotus flower; tunny to left / Quadripartite incuse square. CNG 69, lot 347 var. (tunny to right); otherwise unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned, granular surfaces.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 410-400) Hemiobol604 viewsca 410-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.30g, 11h). Head of Attis left, wearing Phrygian cap; tunny below / Bull’s head facing slightly right. VF, toned, porous.Apr 04, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 420-390) Hemiobol470 viewsca 420-390 BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.27g, 2h). Male head (Attis?) right / Tunny right. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned, porous.Apr 04, 2010 Attaleia (BC 110-30) AE 15543 views2nd-1st century BC. AE15 (3.35g, 12h). Diademed head of Poseidon left / Nike advancing left, holding wreath. Good VF, dark green patina. Very rare, and apparently unpublished.Apr 02, 2010 Uncertain (BC 425-375) Diobol B1378 viewslate 5th-early 4th century BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 1.00g, 10h). Forepart of boar right / Head of roaring lion right. CNG 73, lot 420 (second coin illustrated); otherwise unpublished. VF, rough surfaces.Mar 28, 2010 Phokaia (BC 625-575) EL Stater3487 viewsca 625-575 BC. EL Stater (16.35g). Seal swimming left, octopus clamped in its mouth, three square objects around / Two rough incuse squares set side-by-side, one smaller than the other. Apparently unpublished and unique, but Near VF. This coin, one of six known staters of Phokaia, represents a new variety of type, in addition to a seal and two griffin head types recorded by Bodenstedt. It is certainly the most playful, with its depiction of a seal munching on a hapless cephalopod.Mar 08, 2010 Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Figural - EL 1/6643 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Torso of winged figure facing, head right / Incuse square punch. Near VF. Possibly unique. This coin may not belong to the same series as the Weidauer coins, which are not only larger denominations but also exhibit a different style of wings (curved rather than pointed) and incuse punches. Mar 08, 2010 Soloi (BC 350-300) Obol578 viewsca 350-330 BC. AR Obol (0.62g, 6h). Ekatai..., magistrate. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, single-pendant earring, and necklace / Grape bunch on vine; EKA-TAI[...] across field, ΣΟΛ[ΕΩΝ] below. Near EF, toned. Rare, unpublished with this magistrate.Mar 08, 2010 Kaunos (BC 400) Hemiobol406 viewsKaunos, ca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.32g, 6mm). Grain of corn within dotted border / Δ within dotted border. VF, toned, light porosity.Mar 08, 2010 Methymna (BC 450-400) Silenos - Hemiobol520 viewsca 425-385 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.23g, 10h). Facing head of bearded Silenos / ΜΑ-Θ, hen standing right within dotted incuse square. VF, very rare.Mar 08, 2010 Iasos (BC 300-200) AE 12397 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE12 (1.33g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΙΑΣ-ΕΩΝ within ivy wreath. VF, green patina. An apparently unique and unpublished type.Mar 07, 2010 Idyma (BC 420-390) Hemiobol386 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.32g, 10h). Dolphin left / Fig leaf in incuse square. VF, toned. Extremely rare, the Kayhan piece is the sole published example.Mar 07, 2010 Idyma (BC 400) Hemiobol430 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.51g, 1h). Tortoise / Leaf in incuse square. VF, porous. Extremely rare, one of approximately five known.Mar 07, 2010 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B821301 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.49g, 5h). Female head (Leda?) right / Swan standing right, head left, wing raised, within linear square in incuse square. Near EF, some die wear on reverse. Extremely rare, the third, and finest, known. Ex Tkalec (4/2007), lot 71.Mar 07, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater837 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.58g). Head of tunny right, holding eel in its mouth / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare, unpublished as a hekte.Mar 07, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12 Stater876 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hemihekte - 1/12th Stater (1.31g). Ram kneeling left, head reverted; tunny below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Unpublished denomination for this type.Mar 07, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL Stater814 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Stater (15.85g). Head of Silenos facing; two tunnies upward to either side / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare, the third known. The other two examples, noted by Hurter & Liewald, were in the Von Aulock Coll. (but unpublished) and the Velkov Coll. (Vinchon, (11/1994), lot 61 = CH II, p. 7, 2).Mar 07, 2010 Lampsakos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1192 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.26g). Forepart of Pegasos right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished in standard references.Mar 07, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 170-150) Tetradrachm 604 viewsca 170-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35mm, 17.04g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Draped bust of Kore right, wearing oak wreath / ΚΥZΙ - ΚΗΝΩΝ, torch; monograms above and below; all within laurel wreath. Good VF, gray toning with golden hues in the devices. Very rare, apparently unpublished with these monograms. Lipcer Coll.Mar 07, 2010 Lampsakos (BC 500-450) AR Diobol776 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Diobol(?) (1.28g). Forepart of Pegasos left, displaying both wings / Quadripartite incuse square of swastika pattern. VF, toned, porous, traces of find patina. Rare type with both wings.Mar 07, 2010 Lampsakos (BC 350-250) Hemidrachm925 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.71g, 7h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Helmeted head of Athena right. VF, light porosity. Very rare, unpublished in the standard references. The reverse type is commonly found on Lampsakos hemidrachms of the 4th century BC, with a janiform head on the obverse (cf. SNG France 1175-81). The obverse type typically occurs on Lampsakos bronzes dated to the 4th-3rd centuries BC (cf. SNG France 1200-1). Mar 07, 2010 Adramytteion (BC 200-100) AE 18787 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE18 (6.06g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Horseman right, holding labrys; countermark: star with eight rays. VF, dark green patina, partial flat strike. Apparently unpublished. Freedman Coll.Mar 07, 2010 Priapos (BC 300-200) AE 20486 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE20 (6.86g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Crayfish right; bow below. Fine, green patina, cleaning scratches.Mar 07, 2010 Priapos (BC 300-200) AE 11549 views3rd century BC. AE11 (1.44g). Laureate and bearded male (Zeus?) head right / Amphora. Apparently unpublished, but cf. SNG France 2412.Mar 07, 2010 Priapos (BC 100-1) AE 19474 views1st century BC. AE19 (5.72g). Veiled head of Demeter right / [Π]ΡΙΑ-[Π]ΗΝWΝ within wreath.Mar 07, 2010 Priapos (BC 350-300) AE 19661 viewsca 4th century BC. AE19 (5.17g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Π-Ρ/Ι-Α, lighted altar, crayfish below. VF, dark green patina. Apparently unpublished. The reverse type is unkown at Priapos, however, it closely resembles the great altar of Parium present on the reverse of coins that city (cf., e.g., BMC Mysia pg. 97, 40). Thus, it is possible that this coin commemorates an alliance between the two cities.Mar 07, 2010 Parion (BC 200-100) AE 16505 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE16 (4.19g). Female head right, hair bound in sakkos / ΠA, bull standing right. Nice VF, dark green patina. Apparently an unpublished type.Mar 07, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL 1/6 Stater1954 views460-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.65g). Bee with straight wings, seen from above; tunny fish below / Quadripartite granulated incuse square. Good VF, a few scuff marks. A previously unknown type, apparently unpublished in any denomination.Mar 07, 2010 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater917 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.66g). Head of Amazon left, wearing feathered headdress; tunny fish behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare in this denomination.Mar 07, 2010 Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Hera1516 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.36g, 12h). Head of Hera right, wearing stephane; bow and quiver to left / Forepart of Pegasos right in incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, a few tick marks on obverse. Extremely rare, the finest of two known (see Numismatica Ars Classica 18, lot 200, for the other). Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 23 (3/2002), lot 1244.Mar 07, 2010 Magnesia (BC 210-200) Didrachm833 viewsca 210-200 BC. AR Didrachm (11.08g, 10h). Persic standard. Theodoros, son of Theogenes, magistrate. Warrior, holding lance, on horse rearing right; monogram below / Bull butting left; grain ear behind, ΘEOΔΩPOΣ/ΘEOΓENO[Y] in exergue; all within circular Maeander pattern. Good VF, a hint of porosity. Unpublished with monogram and this magistrate. The weight and type of this piece clearly place it among the Persic standard didrachms detailed by Kinns, all of which are very rare. What is also significant about this piece is the addition of a monogram on the obverse, and the magistrate, who is unattested for all of the denominations during this period. Mar 07, 2010 Magnesia (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion413 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.12g, 5h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Grain ear; Maeander pattern below. Good VF. Extremely rare; the third known.Mar 07, 2010 Ionia Uncertain (BC 570-540) Stag - EL 1/6935 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.61g). Phokaian standard. Figural type. Forepart of stag running right / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished. VF. Apparently unique.Mar 07, 2010 Ionia Uncertain (BC 570-530) Crab - EL 1/61057 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.59g). Phokaian standard. Figural type. Crab / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare, apparently the fifth known.Mar 07, 2010 Phokaia (BC 521-478) EL 1/6 Stater 791 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Forepart of lion left; above, seal right / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished. Good VF. Unique. Ex Tkalec (5/2006), lot 67.Mar 07, 2010 Phokaia (BC 477-388) B57 - EL 1/6 Stater1910 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Stag crouching left; above, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, underlying luster. Extremely rare, only one example listed by Bodenstedt (in Munich).Mar 07, 2010 Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/6 Stater942 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.60g). Forepart of seal right; behind, small seal right; circle below / Incuse punch. EF. Unique.Mar 07, 2010 Magnesia (BC 465-459) Hemiobol - Themistokles1048 viewsThemistokles, ca 465-459 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.42g, 7h). Barley grain right; ΘE above, meander pattern below / Male head (Themistokles?) right, wearing diadem; [M]-A across field; all within incuse square. Good VF, toned, a hint of granularity. Apparently unique.Mar 07, 2010 Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 1 - EL 1/12575 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte (1/12 Stater) (9mm, 1.01g). Roaring lion's head left / Ornamented incuse punch. Unpublished in the standard references, but see CNG 61 (9/2002), lot 710 for a previous example. VF.Mar 07, 2010 Uncertain (BC 450-400) turtle - Hemiobol448 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.26g). Bee alighting to right / Turtle in incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, light porosity. The bee would seem to point to an attribution to Ephesos, but there is really nothing like it in that series. Silver fractions with turtles have been attributed to various locations from Lesbos to Lycia, and provide no help in identifying this unrecorded type.Mar 07, 2010 Uncertain (BC 450-400) turtle - Hemiobol325 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.22g). Bee alighting to right / Turtle in incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, light porosity.Mar 07, 2010 Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 1 - EL 1/6634 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.20g). Two back to back lions' heads, facing downward with open jaws and lolling tongues, a volute decoration between / Single divided punch with volute design. Unpublished in the standard references. VF.Mar 07, 2010 Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 1 - EL 1/6638 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.24g). Two back to back lions' heads, facing downward with open jaws and lolling tongues, a volute decoration between / Single divided punch with volute design. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF.Mar 07, 2010 Teos (BC 530-500) Trihemiobol793 viewsAfter 530 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.39g). Forepart of winged griffin right / Rough incuse square. Good VF. Unpublished in the standard references, possibly unique.Mar 07, 2010 Ephesos (BC 525-475) 1/2458 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.64g). Bee / Stellate pattern in incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Nice VF, toned. Very rare.Mar 07, 2010 Teos (BC 204-190) Diobol397 viewsca 204-190 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 0.78g). Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy-wreath / Grape bunch. Unpublished. Good VF, darkly toned, light marks. Extremely rare. This coin appears to be from the same issue as Kinns’ Period III hemidrachms of Teos (See P. Kinns, Studies in the coinage of Ionia: Erythrae, Teos, Lebedus, Colophon, c. 400-30 BC). Mar 07, 2010 Kolophon (BC 450-410) Drachm395 viewsca 450-410 BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 5.38g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Kithara in incuse square. Near VF, toned, porous.Mar 07, 2010 Kolophon (BC 375-360) Diobol450 viewsca 375-360 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 0.97g, 1h). Xenodotos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lyre. VF. Mar 06, 2010 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 - 149