Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Last additions Lamponeia (BC 400) Obol583 views4th century BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.54 g). Bearded head of Dionysos right / Bucranium, Λ-Α-Μ around, all within incuse square. VF, porous.Jul 03, 2009 Lamponeia (BC 450-400) Obol897 viewsca 400 BC. AR Trihemiobol (?) (0.82g). Head of roaring lion right / Λ-Λ, bukranion within incuse square. Darkly toned, EF. Unpublished and unique? Ex Leu 25 (4/1980), lot 139. Jul 03, 2009 Lamponeia (BC 450-400) Drachm486 views4th century BC. AR Drachm (3.75g, 12h). Wreathed and bearded head of Dionysos right / Bucranium, Λ-Α-Μ around, all within incuse square. Near VF, dark find patina. Very rare. Jul 03, 2009 Lamponeia (BC 400) Obol1264 views4th century BC. AR Obol (0.59g, 12h). Wreathed and bearded head of Dionysos right / Λ-Α-Μ, bucranium in incuse square. Good VF. Struck on good metal. Exceptional for issue.Jul 03, 2009 Uncertain (BC 440-390) Star - Hemiobol 2404 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.55g). Head right, wearing helmet (?) / 8-ray star. Toned, VF. Extremely rare, unpublished? Possibly belonging in Troas, Kolone?Jul 03, 2009 Kolone (BC 400-300) AE 16971 views4th century BC. AE16 (4.17g, 9h). Laureate helmeted head of Athena right / 9-ray star, ΚΟΛΟΝΑEΩΝ between rays. VF, green patina. Rare. Alighieri Coll.Jul 03, 2009 Ophryneion (BC 350-300) AE 11747 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE11 (2.27g, 6h). Helmeted head of Hektor facing slightly right / Infant Dionysos kneeling right, holding grape cluster; ΟΦΡΥ to left. VF, rough green patina. Alighieri Coll.Jul 03, 2009 Ophryneion (BC 350-300) AE773 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE (0.97g). Laureate head of Zeus right; circular countermark / Warrior advancing left, wearing Phrygian helmet, holding shield and spear (Hektor?); ΟΦΡΥ to right. VF, dark green patina. Very rare.Jul 03, 2009 Ophryneion (BC 350-300) AE 11452 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE11 (1.30g, 6h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Warrior, wearing crested helmet, crouching left, holding shield and spear; ΟΦΡΥ to right. VF, green patina, a bit rough. Very rare. Alighieri Coll.Jul 03, 2009 Tenedos (BC 188-70) Tetradrachm980 viewsca 80-70 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.76g, 1h). Janiform head composed of laureate and bearded head of Zeus to left and diademed head of Hera to right / Double axe, TENEΔIΩN above, monogram and bunch of grapes to left, open hand to right; all within laurel wreath. Rare. Nicely toned. Nearly extremely fine. Ex Bement Coll., Naville VII (6/1924), 1408 (provenance given in Bement catalogue, Hirsch XXXIII, 823, is incorrect = de Callataÿ 14). According to de Callataÿ, only 119 tetradrachms and drachms of Tenedos are known.Jul 03, 2009 Tenedos (BC 450-387) Drachm825 viewsca 450-387 BC. AR Drachm (3.57g, 12h). Janiform head of a diademed female and laureate male / ΤΕΝΕ-ΔΙ-ΩΝ, labrys; grape bunch and lyre in fields; all within incuse square. VF, toned. Ex Peus 380 (11/2004), lot 486.Jul 03, 2009 Tenedos (BC 188-70) Tetradrachm923 viewsca 100-80 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.39g). Janiform head of bearded male (Zeus?) and female wearing stephanos (Hera?) / Double headed axe, TENEΔIΩN above, bunch of grapes and monogram to lower left, statue of Athena Promachos to lower right; all in laurel wreath. Rare. Pleasing medium gray cabinet toning. About Extremely Fine. Stack Coll.; ex Hess-Divo 307 (6/2007), lot 1210.Jul 03, 2009 Tenedos (BC 500-470) Obol786 viewsca 500 BC. AR Obol (0.78g). Janiform head, female on left, bearded male on right / Double-axe within dotted border inside square incuse. VF. Very rare.Jul 03, 2009 Tenedos (BC 490-480) Didrachm3173 viewsca 490-480 BC. Didrachm (8.94g, 9h). Janiform head: bearded male face to left and female face to right, both have archaic, almond-shaped facing eyes and wear a stephane, and share a disc earring with a rosette pattern and a double-curved pendant; necklace of pearls on neck / TENE (retrograde), helmeted and bearded male head left, wearing pearl necklace; all within incuse square. Extremely rare. Lightly toned and of superb late Archaic-early Classical style; a magnificent coin of great beauty. Slightly porous surfaces, nearly EF. The early coinage of Tenedos is quite complex, and seems to begin in the last quarter of 6th century BC with didrachms that bear a male/female janiform head and a double axe on the reverse. This early coinage seems to have been replaced by a much rarer second coinage, of which the present piece is the finest known. The axe was replaced by the helmeted head of a warrior (assuming the heads on the obverse are divinities, this could be Tenes). The great similarity to issues of Lampsakos probably convinced the Tenedos authorities to return to their earlier double axe reverse type. The dating of this coin is based on similarity in style to late archaic issues of Athens (Starr Group I).Jul 03, 2009 Tenedos (BC 188-70) Tetradrachm1325 views180-80 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.67g). Janiform male and female heads, the male laureate and facing left, the female diademed and facing right / Double-axe; ΤΕΝΕΔΙΩΝ above, monogram and grape bunch to left, figure with cornucopiae to right; all within laurel wreath. aEF, minor bruises, attractively toned.Jul 03, 2009 Tenedos (BC 450-387) Obol608 viewsca 450-387 BC. AR Obol (0.58g). Janiform head, female on left, male on right (Hera and Zeus) / Double-axe, T-E, within incuse square. Good VF. Rare. Ex Auk. Aufhäuser 8 (München, 1991), 118.Jul 03, 2009 Birytis (BC 350-250) AE 10597 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE10 (1.42g). Head of bearded Kabeiros right, wearing pilos / Β-Ι, triskeles, within circle. Dark green patina, VF.Jul 02, 2009 Birytis (BC 350-300) Obol524 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Obol (0.49g). Head of Herakles facing slightly right; club over shoulder / Head of Kabeiros left, wearing wreathed conical hat; two stars, pellet behind. VF, toned. Rare. R. Mueller coll.Jul 02, 2009 Birytis (BC 350-300) Obol1303 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Obol (0.46g, 11h). Head of Herakles facing slightly right; club over shoulder / Head of Kabeiros left, wearing wreathed conical hat; two stars, pellet behind. VF, toned. Rare. Herman Coll. Jul 02, 2009 Ilion (BC 281-228) AE 18555 viewsca 301-281 BC. AE18 (5.66g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Athena Ilias standing on low base left, holding distaff and filleted spear, ΙΛΙ to right. VF for type, green patina. Alighieri Coll.Jul 02, 2009 Hamaxitos (BC 350-310) AE 12533 views4th century BC. AE12 (1.33g, 10h). Laureate head of Apollo left / ΑΜΑ−ΞΙ either side of lyre. VF, green patina. Alighieri Coll.Jul 02, 2009 Hamaxitos (BC 350-310) AE 11518 views4th century BC. AE11 (1.55g, 9h). Laureate head of Apollo left / ΑΜΑ−ΞΙ either side of lyre. VF, green patina. Alighieri Coll.Jul 02, 2009 Hamaxitos (BC 350-310) AE 18645 views4th century BC. AE18 (5.47g, 8h). Laureate head of Apollo left / ΑΜΑ−ΞΙ on either side of lyre. VF, dusty dark green patina. Alighieri Coll.Jul 02, 2009 Priene (BC 290-250) Hemidrachm626 viewsca 290-270 BC. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 1.78g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet / Trident; ΗΓΗΞΙ (magistrate) right, all within maeander pattern circle. VF, toned, some encrustation. Drewry Coll.; ex Wilkinson Coll. (Malter Auc. 49, 11/1992), lot 740.Jul 02, 2009 Antandros (BC 440-400) Obol804 viewsLate 5th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.54g, 5h). Head of Artemis Astyrene right / ANTA-N, goat standing right within incuse square. VF, minor porosity. Alighieri Coll.Jul 02, 2009 Abydos (BC 350-300) AE 11602 viewslate 4th century BC. AE11 (1.34g, 9h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Eagle standing right, ABY above, amphora to right. VF, green patina. Alighieri Coll.Jul 02, 2009 Abydos (BC 500-480) Trihemiobol599 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Diobol? (9mm, 1.32g). Eagle standing left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, porous. Alighieri Coll.Jul 02, 2009 Skepsis (BC 350-300) AE 10401 viewsca 350-310 BC. AE10 (0.99g, 12h). Forepart of Pegasos right / Fir tree within linear border. Good VF, dark green patina. Wagner Coll.Jul 02, 2009 Ptolemais (BC 300-200) AE 13510 views3rd century BC. AE13 (2.06g, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΠTO-ΛE, amphora, double cornucopia to left. VF, green patina with some red. Alighieri Coll.Jul 02, 2009 Gentinos (BC 350-300) AE 13907 views4th century BC. AE13 (1.69g). Head of Artemis right / Γ-Ε, bee, palm tree to left. Good VF, brown patina, scratch on reverse.Jul 02, 2009 Gentinos (BC 360-340) AE 9652 views4th century BC. AE9 (1.10g, 8h). Turreted head of Artemis(?) right / Γ-Ε, bee within linear square. VF, dark green patina. Alighieri Coll.Jul 02, 2009 Telmessos (BC 133-61) AE 11518 viewsca 133-61 BC. AE11 (2.44g, 3h). Head of Hermes right wearing petasos / T-E, fly within shallow incuse square. VF, green patina. Alighieri Coll.Jul 02, 2009 Telmessos (BC 133-61) AE 13531 viewsca 133-61 BC. AE13 (1.34g, 12h). Head of Hermes right / T-Ε, fly within shallow incuse square. VF, green patina, flan a little irregular.Jul 02, 2009 Dardanos (BC 200-50) AE 16602 views2nd-1st centuries BC. AE16 (4.00g, 12h). Diademed and bearded male head (Zeus?) right / Horseman galloping right. VF, dark green patina, a few deposits. Wagner Coll.Jul 02, 2009 Alexandreia (BC 261-227) AE 15681 viewsca 261-227 BC. AE15 (4.31g, 6h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Horse grazing right; ΑΛΕΞΑ[N] above, palm before, monogram below, grain ear between horse’s hind legs. Good VF, dark green patina.Jul 02, 2009 Alexandreia (BC 164-135) AE 18902 viewsca 164-135 BC. AE18 (5.02g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right; countermark: laureate head right within circular incuse / Α-ΛΕ-ΞΑ-Ν, lyre, monograms around; reverse countermark: head of horse right; all within laurel wreath. VF, green patina.Jul 02, 2009 Abydos (BC 200-0) AE 14604 views2nd-1st centuries BC. AE14 (2.23g, 12h). Bust of Artemis facing slightly right / ABY, eagle standing right, head left. VF, green patina. Alighieri Coll.Jul 02, 2009 Assos (BC 420-375) AE 8481 views4th century BC. AE8 (0.68g, 4h). Griffin seated right / Roaring lion's head right. Good VF, dark brown patina. Alighieri Coll. The attribution of this coin to Assos is based on its similarity to obols struck during the same period.Jul 02, 2009 Abydos (BC 510-480) Obol734 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Obol? (8mm, 0.80g). Eagle standing left / Rough square incuse. VF, a little porous.Jul 02, 2009 Tenedos (BC 450-387) Obol592 viewsca 450-387 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.55g, 12h). Janiform female and male heads / T-E, double axe; all within shallow incuse square. VF, toned.Jul 02, 2009 Skepsis (BC 350-300) AE 20484 views4th century BC. AE20 (8.68g, 12h). Rhyton in the form of a forepart of a winged horse left / Σ-K-H, pine tree within linear border; cornucopiae to outer left. VF, dark green patina, slight roughness. Very rare large bronze denomination.Jul 02, 2009 Skepsis (BC 350-300) AE 12479 viewsca 350-310 BC. AE12 (2.14g, 12h). Rhyton left; grain ear below / Palm tree, Σ-Κ, within linear square. Good VF, dark green patina.Jul 02, 2009 Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm1184 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Triobol (1.83g). Head of a ram right / Gorgoneion within shallow incuse square. Toned, attractive VF. Rare type, unpublished with ram's head right. Jul 02, 2009 Dardanos (BC 470-440) Tetartemorion497 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.12g, 12h). Cock standing left / Incuse calf's head right. VF, toned. Very rare.Jul 02, 2009 Side (BC 200-0) AE 20444 views2nd-1st century BC. AE18 (4.14g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΣIΔH - TΩN, Athena, in peplos, wearing Corinthian helmet, advancing left, holding spear and shield with aegis; behind, snake coiling left. VF, nice green patina. Hoeft coll. May 20, 2009 Apameia (BC 133-48) AE 17782 views133-48 BC. AE17 (4.20g). Bust of Artemis, with bow and quiver on shoulder, wearing mural crown, right / AΠAME[ΩN] / KHΦIΣO - ΣKAV, nude Marsyas, nebris flowing behind [wearing Phrygean bonnet], standing right tip-toed on Meander pattern, playing double-flute. VF. Hoeft coll. Apameia was situated near the springs of the river Marsyas and Meander.May 20, 2009 The Kaystrianoi (BC 200-50) AE 15468 views2nd-1st century BC. AE15 (1.98g). Laureate head of Apollo right / KAYCTP[I]ANΩN, lion-skin draped over club. Very rare, about VF, nice light-green patina. Hoeft coll. The Kaystrianoi (Caystriani), the people of the plain of the Lower Kayster (HN). The river Kayster, today Karasu, has been celebrated by the ancient poets as the favorite residence of the swans. Ephesos was located on the mouth of the Kayster. The plains were first mentioned by Homer, Ilias 2.461. The coins were struck probably in Hypaipa (HN).May 20, 2009 Helios on Kilikia, Tarsos543 views1st century BC. AE21 (6.54g). Veiled and turreted bust of City-Goddess (Tyche) right; countermark on her face in the shape of a male radiate head (Helios?) in circular incuse / Pyre of Sandan in pyramidal shape, crowned by an eagle with spread wings standing right on a small round base; within, cult statue of Sandan wearing polos and holding double axe standing right on a winged and horned lion, right hand raised; left and right besides a baetylus; altogether on a round base decorated with garlands; in right field TAP[Σ]EΩN, in left field AP / AP / ΔI / Θ. About VF, slight roughness. Hoeft coll.May 20, 2009 Seleukeia (BC 200-0) AE 24419 views2nd-1st century BC. AE24 (6.90g). Draped bust of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and necklace; branch before, ΣA behind / ΣEΛEYKEΩN [TΩN ΠPOΣ T]Ω / KAΛYKAΔNΩ, winged Nike advancing left, wearing long garment, holding wreath in raised right hand; in left field, monogram in two lines: NKI / KAΛ (NK ligate). VF. Hoeft coll.May 20, 2009 Smyrna (BC 190-50) AE 21554 views2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (8.83g), struck under magistrates Xarizenos and Trikkas. Head of Apollo, laureate, right / ΣMYPNAIΩN - XAPIZENOΣ / TPIKKAΣ, the poet Homer, wearing himation, standing left, holding scroll in left hand, right hand raised. VF, nice dark-green patina, adjustment marks on rev. Hoeft coll. Strabo mentioned specifically this issue of bronze coinage from Smyrna: "there is also a library; and the 'Homereum', a quadrangular portico containing a shrine and a wooden statue of Homer; for the Smyrnaeans also lay especial claim to the poet and indeed a bronze coin of theirs is called Homereum. (Strabo, Geographica XIV, I.37, transl. by H.C. Jones, The Geography of Strabo, VI [Loeb, 1960], pp. 245-247)May 20, 2009 Tiberiopolis (AD 177-192) AE 23409 viewsQuasi-autonomous, struck probably in the time of Commodus, 177-192 AD(?). AE23 (4.66g). ΔH - MOC, draped and diademed youthful portrait of Demos right / TI-BEPIOΠ-OΛEITΩN, nude Apollo standing left, leaning with left hand on column and holding branch in right hand. Very rare, about VF, light overall roughness. Hoeft coll.May 19, 2009 Laodikeia (AD 54-68) AE 20 - Nero576 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE20 (5.61g), struck under magistrate Julius Andronicus Euergetes. NEPΩN Σ[EBAΣT]OΣ ΘEOΣ, bare head right / IOVΛIOΣ / ANDPONIKO[Σ] / EVEPΓETH[Σ]/ ΛA-OΔIK[E]/ΩN, Zeus Laodikeios standing left, holding eagle and staff. Rare, VF, deep black-green patina. Hoeft coll. May 19, 2009 Kibyra (AD 218-222) AE 24 - Elagabalus524 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE24 (7.87g). AV KM AV - ANTΩNINOC, draped, radiate bust right / KIBVPATΩN, river-god reclining left, resting with left arm on vase from which water is flowing left, holding reed in right hand; in upper left field, a chest; in left field KAICA/PE/ΩN. Rare, F. Hoeft coll. The depicted chest is the symbol of Kibyra. Because KIBΩTON (Greek for wooden case or chest) was used in the NT for Noah's Ark, it was suggested that Kibyra was the place where Noah landed after the Flood. Therefore it became a famous site of pilgrimage. May 19, 2009 Kibyra (AD 81-96) AE 17542 viewsQuasi-autonomous, time of Domitian (81-96 AD). AE17 (2.40g), struck under archiereus Klaud. Biantos. KIBVPA - TΩN, draped and veiled bust of Ino right / EΠI APXI - E KΛAV BI / ANTOC, humbled bull, butting right. Rare, about VF. Hoeft coll. This coin shows the rare portrait of Ino. We know that because on some coins she is named in the legend. Ino was the daughter of Kadmos and Harmonia. She lent Odysseus her magic girdle (Hom.Od.V, 353).May 19, 2009 Hierapolis (Auton. AD 100-300) AE 24509 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 2nd century AD. AE24 (7.34g). ΛAIP - BHNOC, draped and radiate bust of Apollo Lairbenos right / IEPAΠOΛEITΩN/NEΩKOPΩ/N, she-wolf standing left, suckling the twins Remus and Romulus; star above. About VF, dark green patina. Hoeft coll. Lairbenos is a pre-Greek name of Apollo from Asia Minor. Some put it to 'labrys' = double axe, others to Hetitian 'labarnas' = master. But more possibly it is a toponymikon or ethnikon. There are several sanctuaries of Lairbenos in Phrygia with numerous votive inscriptions especially in Dionysopolis and Motela.May 19, 2009 Eumeneia (AD 14-29) AE 14 - Livia821 viewsLivia, mother of Tiberius, 14-29 AD. AE14 (3.32g), struck under magistrate Kleon Agapetos. CEB, draped bust of Livia left / KΛEΩN/AΓAΠH / TOC / EVMENE/ΩN in laurel wreath. Very rare, about VF, olive-green patina. Hoeft coll. The obv. shows Livia Drusilla, mother of Tiberius. She had a strong, but not welcomed influence on Tiberius. When she died in 29 AD, he did not come to Rome for her funeral.May 19, 2009 Apameia (AD 200-300) AE 19445 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 3rd century AD. AE19 (3.29g). ΔH-MOC, bearded, draped, laureate(?) bust of Demos right / AΠA-MEΩ-N, nude Marsyas advancing right, nebris flowing behind, playing double flute. VF. Hoeft coll. Marsyas playing the auloi, the typical double-flute. But actually the auloi was not a simple flute but a tongued instrument so more like an oboe. Both parts often were tuned in the distance of an octave but that could be changed. Here you can clearly see the grip holes. May 19, 2009 Apameia (AD 100-200) AE 15514 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 2nd century AD. AE15 (2.80g). AΠAM - EIA, draped bust of the City-Tyche right, wearing mural crown / AΠA - MEIΩN, Hekate Triformis, three-figured, with 3 heads and 6 arms, each with double-chiton and wearing kalathos, holding torches. F+. Hoeft coll.May 19, 2009 Amorion (AD 198-209) AE 28 - Geta381 viewsGeta, 198-209 AD. AE28 (7.86g). ΓETAC AV - ΓOVCTOC, laureate head right / AMOPI - ANΩN, Nemesis, richly draped, standing frontal, head left, wheel beside, holding bridle in left hand and raising with right hand fold of drapery under her chin. Rare, good VF, dark olive-green patina. Hoeft coll.; ex Rhigetti coll. May 19, 2009 Ankyra (AD 138-161) AE 33 - Antoninus Pius422 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE33 (15.42g), struck under archon Licinius. AY KAI T AIΛIOC ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head right / EΠI ΛIKINIOY APX ANKYPANΩN, Kybele, richly draped, wearing mural crown, standing left on throne, resting left arm on tympanon set on throne, holding patera in outstretched right hand; lion left at her feet. Scarce, nice about VF. Hoeft coll.May 19, 2009 Akmoneia (AD 54-59) AE 18 - Agrippina Jr.636 viewsAgrippina Jr., Augusta 54-59 AD, mother of Nero. AE18 (3.45g), struck under archiereus Servinius Capito and his wife, archiera Julia Severa, [C]EBACTHN AΓPIΠΠIN[AN], draped bust right; poppy and grain-ears before / EΠI CEPOVHNIOV [KAΠITΩNOC KAI IOVΛIAC CEOVHPAC] AKMONEΩN, Artemis in double chiton advancing right, holding bow in raised left hand and pulling arrow from quiver behind left shoulder with right hand; in front, Nike standing right, holding wreath in raised left hand; behind, stag standing right. VF, green patina.May 19, 2009 Akmoneia (AD 54-69) AE 16513 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 54-69 AD. AE16 (2.80g), struck under archiereus Servinius Capito and his wife, archiera Julia Severa. ΘEAN POMHN - AKMONEIC, turreted bust of Roma right / CEPOVHNIOV KAΠITΩNOC KAI IOVΛIAC CEOVHPAC, Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm-branch. Good F. Hoeft coll. This is a rare coin where both spouses are named in the legend. It is said to be typical for archierontes, high priests of Asia.May 19, 2009 Sardeis (AD 194-217) AE 22 - Julia Domna500 viewsJulia Domna, 194-217 AD. AE22 (5.71g), struck under archon Annius Rufus. IOVΛIA - CEBACTH, draped bust right, hair in broad bun behind / EΠI POVΦOV CAPΔI-A-NΩN B NEΩKOPΩN, Demeter in double-chiton standing facing, head left, holding in extended right hand two grain-ears and in raised left hand burning long torch; at her feet, coiled snake left. Rare, about VF, dark green patina. Hoeft coll.May 18, 2009 Sardeis (AD 81-96) AE 32 - Domitian486 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE32 (15.76g), struck under strategos T.FL.Metrodoros. ΔOMITIANOC KAICAP CEBAC - TOC Γ[E]PMANIKOC, laureate bust right, Aegis on left shoulder / [EΠI T ΦΛ MHTPO]ΔΩPOV CTPA - TO B CAPΔ / [IAΩN] (TO ligate), youthful Dionysos in long garment sitting left on throne, resting with left arm on back of throne and propping his head in left hand; with right hand pouring wine from kantharos into cup which Hephaistos holds to him with his left hand; nude Hephaistos standing right, wearing his typical hat and holding right arm behind his back; his hammer standing in front. Rare, F/about VF. Hoeft coll. The rev. obviously depicts the scene which precedes directly Hephaistos' return to the Olympos. Dionysos has invited Hephaistos to a meeting to make him drunken with wine.May 18, 2009 Sardeis (BC 27-AD 14) AE 20 - Augustus388 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE20 (6.84g), struck under magistrate Musaios. Homonoia between Sardeis and Pergamon. CEBACTOV, bare head right / SAPΔIANΩN - KAI ΠEPΓAMHNΩN, bearded Demos in himation standing left, and youthful Demos in short chiton standing right, each holding transverse scepter, clasping hands; MOV/SAI/OS in field between them. Very rare, F+, blue-green patina, somewhat patchy.May 18, 2009 Sardeis (AD 54-68) AE 15639 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 54-68 AD (time of Nero). AE15 (2.59g), struck under the magistrate Ti. Cl. Mnaseas. EΠI TI MNACEOV CAPΔIANΩN, bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin on shoulders / CE-BACTH, winged Nike flying left, holding palm branch in left arm and wreath in extended right hand. About VF. Hoeft coll. The legend CEBASTH (lat. Augusta) may suggest that Poppaea is depicted here as Nike. There is a similar coin from Smyrna with the legend NEIKH ΠOΠΠAIA SMYR where this connection is explicit (SNG 2486).May 18, 2009 Saitta (AD 200-220) AE 21 - quasi-autonomous474 viewsQuasi-autonomous, early 3rd century AD. AE21 (5.82g). AZIO - T - THNOC, bust of Men Aziottenos right, wearing Phrygian cap ornamented with stars, crescent behind shoulders / CAITTHNΩN, youthful river-god Hermos leaning left, holding reed in right hand and cornucopiae in left arm; resting left elbow on inverted vase from which water is flowing left; in ex. EPMOC. Rare, good VF (the most beautiful ex. I know). Hoeft coll. The stars on the cap clearly seen on this specimen are not mentioned in BMC or SNG von Aulock.May 18, 2009 Nysa (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla499 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE23 (6.62g). AVT [KM] - AVP [CE] ANTΩNINOC, draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right / NYCA-EΩN, Kore/Persephone, clad in long chiton and peplos, head dropped, standing left, holding in right hand long knotted staff (scepter?), with lowered left hand holding garment at her hip. Very rare, probably unpublished. VF, green patina. Hoeft coll.May 18, 2009 Nakrasa (AD 100-200) AE 17615 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 100-200 AD. AE17 (1.98g). ΘEON - CVNKΛHTON, laureate head of youthful Senate right / NAKPA - CITΩN, head of Roma right. About VF. Hoeft coll.May 18, 2009 Maionia (AD 117-138) AE 20465 viewsQuasi-autonomous, time of Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AE20 (5.58g), struck under epistrategos Demetrios. MAIO - NΩN, bearded bust of Herakles left / EΠI ΔHMH - TPIOV, Omphale advancing right, holding club over left shoulder and lion skin. Rare, good F. Hoeft coll.May 18, 2009 Maionia (AD 193-211) AE 35 - Septimius Severus478 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE35 (22.57g), struck under archon Julianus. AV [KAI] Λ CE - Π CEVHP[OC ΠE]P - TIN, draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right / EΠI IO[VΛI]AN - OV [TAAB(??) APXONTOC], Dionysos in long garment, holding thyrsos in left arm, leaning right on biga drawn by two Centaurs and resting with right arm on back; the Centaur in front, looks back and holds a club in right arm and torch in raised left hand, the other Centaur holds torch in right hand; in ex. MAI[ONΩ]N. F+, surfaces with porosity. Hoeft coll.1 commentsMay 18, 2009 Maionia (AD 161-180) AE 35 - Marcus Aurelius438 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE35 (24.70g), struck under archon Quintus. AVT KAIC - ANTΩNEINOC AVP, laureate bust right / EΠI KVEINTOV B APX A MAIONIΩN, Hades with blowing clothes in galloping quadriga right, head left, holding scepter and reins, clasping struggling Persephone waving arms in distress; her flower basket below horses, flying Eros above. Rare, about VF, two flan cracks. Hoeft coll.; ex Burnstein coll. Hades fell in love with Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, and asked Zeus for permission to marry her. Zeus feared to offend his eldest brother by a downright refusal, but knew also that Demeter would not forgive him if Persephone were committed to the underworld. Zeus "therefore answered politically that he could neither give nor withhold his consent." This emboldened Hades to abduct Persephone, as she was picking flowers in a meadow, and carry her away in his horse-drawn chariot to the underworld.May 18, 2009 Magnesia ad Sipylos (AD 180-192) AE 30 - Commodus417 viewsCommodus, 180-192 AD. AE30 (14.18g), struck under strategos Aelius Kodratus(?). AVT KAI MAP - AVPH KOMOΔOC, draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right / EΠI CTPA A KOΔ - PA / MAΓNHTΩN CIΠVΛO, Kybele in long garment, wearing mural crown, standing left in biga, drawn by two lions with raised right fore-feet, holding reins in right hand and holding in left hand unknown object(?). F+/about VF, brown-olive patina, some overall roughness, holed. Hoeft coll.May 18, 2009 Hermokapeleia (AD 150-250) AE 18683 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 150-250 AD. AE18 (3.12g). IEPA CVN - KΛHTOC, draped bust of Roman Senate right / ΘEA PΩ EPM - OKAΠH[ΛITΩ], draped and turreted bust of Roma right; under chin, monogram B. VF, blackgreen patina. Hoeft coll. May 18, 2009 Germe (AD 198-209) AE 28 - Geta352 viewsGeta, 198-209 AD. AE 28 (12.58g). Π CEΠTIMIOC - ΓETAC KAIC, draped, cuirassed, and bare-headed bust right / CTP ΓΛVKΩNOC B ΓEPMHNΩN, Apollo Kitharoidos, nude, standing right, legs crossed, holding right hand above head, resting with left hand on kithara, set on column; left behind a tree with snake coiling around. Rare, about VF. Hoeft coll. Referring to Ehling, all coins from Germe are from Germe in Mysia.May 18, 2009 Germe (AD 100-130) AE 16474 viewsTime of Antonines, 100-130 AD. AE16 (2.90g). IEPA.CVN - KΛHTO, draped youthful bust of Senate right / ΓEPMA - NΩN, draped and laureate bust of Apollo right, laurel-branch before. Rare, about VF. Hoeft coll. Referring to Ehling, all coins from Germe are from Germe in Mysia. Whether there was another Germe in Lydia is unclear.May 18, 2009 Bageis (AD 198-213) AE 21445 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 198-213 AD (time of later Severans). AE21 (4.36g), struck under archon Gaius. ΔHMOC, laureate youthful bust of Demos right, drapery on far shoulder / EΠI ΓAIOV APX A / BAΓHNΩN (HN ligate), river-god Hermos, wearing himation, reclining right, resting with left arm on urn from which water is flowing, holding water plant over right shoulder, in ex. EPMOC. Rare, about VF, dark-green patina, slight roughness. Hoeft coll.; ex Drewry coll.May 18, 2009 Bageis (AD 0-100) AE 19524 viewsQuasi-autonomous, struck during Roman times. AE19 (2.8g). ΘEON [C]VNK - ΛHTOC, draped and diademed elderly bust of the Roman Senate right / B[AΓ]-HN-ΩN, Athena, draped and wearing Corinthian helmet, seated left on cuirass, holding wreath in right hand and resting with left elbow on shield set on ground, spear behind her(?). Rare, about VF, green patina. Hoeft coll.May 18, 2009 Attaleia (AD 100-200) AE 18 - quasi-autonomous493 viewsQuasi-autonomous, time of the Antonines, 2nd century AD. AE18 (2.82g). Wreathed youthful head of Dionysos right / ATTAΛ-E-ATΩN, nude Pan advancing left, wearing boots, holding bunch of grapes in extended right hand and lagobolon in left hand. VF/about VF, black-brown patina.May 18, 2009 Teos (AD 100-300) AE 20540 viewsQuasi-autonomous, struck 2nd-3rd century AD under magistrate Anak., known from Lebedos. AE20 (4.31g). Bearded bust of Dionysos right; tripod before, entwined by dolphin / EΠI EΓ ANAK THIΩN, the poet Anakreon, wearing himation, standing right, holding with both hands lyra set on his knees. Very rare, VF, olive patina. Hoeft coll. The rev. is also known from Volusian. Anakreon is one of the most famous lyric poets of ancient Greece besides Archilochos, Sappho and Alkaios.May 16, 2009 Smyrna (AD 238-244) AE 21 - Gordian III469 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE21 (5.69g). A KM ANT - ΓOPΔIANOC, draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right / CMVPNAIΩN.Γ - NEΩKOPΩN, Herakles, nude, standing frontal, head left, holding club and lion-skin in left arm, pouring from kantharos with right hand. Rare, about VF/VF, olive-green patina. Hoeft coll. Herakles is shown here with attributes of Dionysos! May 16, 2009 Smyrna (AD 200-220) AE 27478 viewsQuasi-autonomous, early 3rd century AD. AE27 (6.68g), struck under eparchos Pollianus. IEPA CYNKΛHTOC, draped, turreted(?) bust of Senate right / CMYP Γ NE - EΠ ΠΩΛΛI - ANOV, two draped Nemeseis standing facing each another, the right one holding measuring rod, the left one reins, wheel at feet of the right one; both touching cloth below their chin. Good F. Hoeft coll. These are the well-known 'Two Nemeseis of Smyrna.' According to the story of Pausanias 7.5.3, where Alexander the Great founded the new Smyrna, one Nemesis represents the old city and the other the new city.May 16, 2009 Smyrna (AD 100-200) AE 16490 viewsQuasi-autonomous, struck 2nd century AD (time of Antonines). AE16 (2.38g). ME-[Λ]-HC, river-god Meles, nude, except himation around hips, leaning left, resting left ellbow on urn from which water flows, holding reed in right hand / CMYPN - AIΩN, Nike, winged and wearing long chiton, advancing right, holding wreath in raised right hand and palm branch over left shoulder. Good F/about VF, dark black-brown patina. Hoeft coll. Smyrna at the river Meles is one of the cities which claims to be the birthplace of Homer. A myth says that Homer's original name was Melesigenes (= 'coming from the Meles').May 16, 2009 Samos (AD 138-161) AE 19 - Antoninus Pius394 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE19 (5.33g). [A]NTΩNINOC - KAICAP(?), laureate head right / C[A]MIΩN, cult-statue of the Samian Hera in long garment and wearing polos, standing right, holding in both hands long ribbons. Good F. Hoeft coll.May 16, 2009 Magnesia (AD 244-249) AE 34 - Philip I354 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE34 (15.4g), struck under grammateus Aur. Musaius. AYT KM IOY - ΦIΛIΠΠOC, draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right, seen from behind / [EΠI] ΓP AVP MOYCAI - OY MAΓNH / TΩN (in ex.), Dionysos, standing left, holding thyrsos in left hand and pouring wine from kantharos with right hand; grape bunch over his right shoulder; left at his feet, a small Satyr playing with panther, who is leaping left; at his right side, a dancing maenad wearing chiton and beating her tympanon, looking left. Very rare, F, some roughness. Thanks to Curtis Clay for the attribution! Hoeft coll. The satyr, rarely seen, looks like a goat leaping left!May 16, 2009 Magnesia (AD 138-161) AE 34 - Antoninus Pius572 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE34 (26.53g), struck under grammateus L. Dioskurides Gratos Metr. [T AI]ΛIOC KAICAP - ANTΩNEINO[C], laureate head right / EΠI ΔIOCKOVPIΔ[OV] ΓP - MAΓ - NHTΩN, Themistokles, nude to hips, sitting left on throne with lion's-feet, left hand at parazonium hanging at his left side, with right hand holding an oval shield inscribed with (?)EM/(?)AN/OC in three lines set on cippus; right behind him a horse standing right, head turned left. Very rare, F+. Hoeft coll. This coin was very difficult to interpret because of the depiction of the male figure, nude, with parazonium, very tall upper part of the body, but it suggests Themistokles. There is another rare type of him sacrificing before an altar, where he is similarily depicted. Themistokles is the famous hero of Salamis who had to flee from Athens after an ostrakismos. His former enemy, the Persian king Artaxerxes I, accommodated him and made him satrap of Lampsakos and Magnesia ad Maeandrum due to his merits at Salamis.May 16, 2009 Magnesia (AD 117-138) AE 26 - Hadrian354 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE26 (10.16g). AV KAI TPAI - AΔPIANOC CE, laureate head right / AVΛAEITHC - MAΓNH, Apollo Aulaeites, in long girdled garment, stg. right, holding lyra in left arm and plektron in lowered right hand. F+/about VF, dark green patina. Hoeft coll.May 16, 2009 Klazomenai (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus671 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (4.39g). KΛAZOM - KTISTHS, laureate head of Augustus right / ΘEA - ΛIBIA, head of Livia right. Rare, about VF. Hoeft coll.May 16, 2009 Ephesos (AD 253-268) AE 28 - Gallienus331 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE28 (7.22g). AVT ΠO ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC, bust, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right, seen from behind / EΦECI[ΩN?] D - NEΩKOPΩN, Artemis stg. frontal, head right, wearing a short hunting dress and boots, holding bow in left hand and reaching with right hand quiver over her right shoulder; left beside her, a leaved branched tree, one branch reaching behind her to her left shoulder. About EF, dark-green patina. Hoeft coll.May 16, 2009 Ephesos (AD 253-268) AE 26 - Gallienus285 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE26 (8.22g). AVT K ΠO ΛIKIN ΓAΛΛIHNOC, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / EΦECIΩN.Γ NEΩKOPΩN, Leto, in long garment, hurrying right, head turned left; her twins on shoulders - on right shoulder Artemis holding torch, Apollo leaning on left shoulder. Rare, F+ to about VF, olive-green patina. Hoeft coll.May 16, 2009 Ephesos (AD 253-268) AE 27 - Gallienus326 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE27 (7.69g). AVT K ΠOΛ ΛIK - ΓAΛΛIHNOC, draped, cuirassed(?) and laureate bust right / Androklos, nude, except chlamys; spear over left shoulder and small round shield in lowered right hand; boar before him, tree behind. Rare, VF. Hoeft coll. Androklos was the mythological founder of Ephesos.May 16, 2009 Ephesos (AD 238-244) AE 29 - Gordian III424 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE29 (8.47g). AVT K.M.AN - T.ΓOPΔIANOC, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / EΦECIΩN / TVXE / KAI A - ΛEΞ - ANΔ - PEΩN, City goddess (Tyche), wearing high kalathos, leaning left, holding cornucopiae in left arm and cult-statue of Artemis Ephesia in outstretched right hand. Very rare (possibly 2nd known!). VF, blue-green patina. Hoeft coll. This is a nice spec. of the so-called Homonoia Coinage which was issued in Asia Minor for two joint cities as expression for their entente cordiale. This one was struck in Ephesos joint with Alexandria in Egypt.May 16, 2009 Ephesos (AD 193-211) AE 17 - Septimius Severus508 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE17 (2.60g). AV KL [CEΠ - C]EVHPOC, draped, laureate bust right / EΦEC-I/ΩN, boar running right, pierced by spear. Rare, unpublished. Good F. Hoeft coll. The boar belongs to the local founder myth of Ephesos.May 16, 2009 Ephesos (AD 161-180) AE 19 - Marcus Aurelius736 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE19 (4.43g). KAICAP.OV - VHPOC, draped bust right / EΦE / CIΩN (in ex.), emperor, with waving chlamys behind, stg. right in biga drawn by two stags, holding reins in outstretched hands. VF-. Unpublished, probably unique. Hoeft coll.May 16, 2009 Ephesos (AD 117-138) AE 28 - Hadrian569 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE28 (18.88g). AΔPIANOC KAI - CAP OLYMΠIOC, bust, laureate, right / APTEMIC EΦECIA, cult statue of the Ephesian Artemis standing facing with outstretched arms; 2 stags at her feet right and left. Rare obv. legend, about VF. Hoeft coll. Hadrian achieved the title 'Olympios' AD 128/129 after attending the Eleusinic Mysteries.May 16, 2009 Masikytes (AD 98-117) AR Drachm - Trajan651 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AR Drachm (18.7mm, 3.53g), struck 98-99 AD. AYT KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEB ΓEPM, laureate head right / ΔHM EΞ - YΠAT B, two three-stringed lyres side by side, owl above, a foot on each lyre. Nice EF, mint luster, fine bold portrait! Hoeft coll. Masikytes, together with Kragoi, was one of the main regions of the Lycian League. Apollo/Lyre was the type of their coins.May 07, 2009 Side (AD 256-258) AE 30 - Valerian II448 viewsValerian II, 256-258 AD, Caesar, son of Gallienus. AE30 (18.04g). ΠOV ΛIK KOP OVAΛEPIANON KAI CEB, draped, cuirassed, bare-headed bust right; beneath, eagle standing right with opened wings and head right; countermark: E in circular incus (Howgego 805) / CIΔHTΩN - NEΩKOPΩN, Athena (Sidetes), helmeted and wearing narrow peplos, stg. facing, head left; holding palmbranch over left shoulder and dropping voting pebble with right hand into amphora with two handles at her left side; to right, branch with a pomegranate. F/about VF, rough obv., rev. with slight strike weakness and distinct circular traces of the ancient smoothing process. Unpublished? Hoeft coll. The E of the c/m should probably devaluate the coin from 10 units to 5 units. Coins from Side often show pomegranates because 'side' in Pamphylian means 'pomegranate'.May 07, 2009 Side (AD 244-249) AE 32 - Philip II432 viewsPhilip II, 244-249 AD. AE32 (11.8g), Homonoia between Side and Perge. AV MAPKON IOVΛION ΦIΛIΠΠON KAI - CAP, draped, cuirassed, bare-headed bust right / CIΔH - TΩN, Athena Sidetes, in long double-chiton and with helmet, stg. right, holding spear in left hand and stretching out right hand, and Artemis Pergaia, in long double-chiton and wearing radiate crown, stg. left, holding long torch in left hand, sacrificing with extended right hand incense globules on small girlanded altar with conical heap of ashes, which is standing between the goddesses [stag at her feet]; pomegranate in upper field. Very rare, F+/F. Hoeft coll.May 07, 2009 Side (AD 98-117) AE 17 - Trajan465 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE17 (4.53g). [..TPAI]ANOC - [...], draped, laureate bust right / CIΔH - TΩN, Nike/Athena, in long clothes, flying left on snake erecting before her, round shield on left shoulder and spear behind right shoulder; holding pomegranate in her outstretched right hand. Very rare, about VF. Hoeft coll. Pat Lawrence has pointed out that the reverse cites the Nike which is held by Athena Sidetes in her outstretched hand on the tetradrachms of Antiochos VII Euergetes Sidetes who came from Side. The pomegranate was the symbol of Side (which means old-anatolian = pomegranate!), the snake obviously an allusion to Erychthonios.May 07, 2009 Pogla (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla308 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE23 (11.89g). A.K.M.AV - ANTΩNINOC, cuirassed, laureate bust right / ΠOΓΛ - EΩN, cult-statue of Artemis Pergeia, crescent and star above, all in aediculum with doomed roof. Rare, about VF, brown patina. Hoeft coll.May 07, 2009 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 - 149