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Home > Asia Minor General Last additions - Asia Minor General Persian Kings (BC 420-375) Daric250 viewsXerxes II to Artaxerxes II, ca 420-375 BC. AV Daric (16.88mm length, 15.10mm width, 3.49mm profile, 8.39g). Sardeis mint, Lydo-Milesian standard. Persian king wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling running stance right, holding spear in right hand and bow in left / Rectangular wave-like patterned incuse. EF with luster, well centered and unusually well struck. Carr coll. The reverse punch of this coin is uncommon for a Daric, but similar to that used for a Double Daric with its rectangular ‘wave-like’ patterned incuse.Jun 29, 2019 Uncertain (BC 440-390) Star - Hemiobol 4150 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.29g). Head of Athena right, wearing corinthian helmet / Star within incuse square. VF.Jun 19, 2019 Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol119 viewsGaul, Massalia. ca 500-475 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.55g), Milesian standard. Head of a calf to right / Rough incuse square. Beautifully toned, gVF. Massalia Coll., formed over the past 25 years.Jun 15, 2019 Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol113 viewsThraco-Macedonian region, uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.51g). Calf’s head right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.Jun 15, 2019 Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol98 viewsMacedon, Akanthos. ca 480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37g, 7mm). Head of calf right / Quadripartite incuse square. aVF.Jun 15, 2019 Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol114 viewsMacedon, Akanthos. ca 480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.48g, 6mm). Head of calf right / Quadripartite incuse square. aVF.Jun 15, 2019 Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol111 viewsThraco-Macedonian region, uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Obol or Hemiobol (7mm, 0.53g). Head of calf right / Rough incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned, light porosity. Rare. Belgica Coll.; ex Rauch 76 (10/2005), lot 243. A quantity of these have appeared on the market over the past few years, usually erroneously attributed to Akanthos, a city that never depicted a calf on its coinage. Moreover, the style of the calf, as well as the form of the incuse, is unlike any other coins attributed to that city.Jun 15, 2019 Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol121 viewsThraco-Macedonian region, uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.57g). Calf’s head right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned.Jun 15, 2019 Orontes (BC 357-352) AE 9170 viewsPharnabazos, 413-374/3 BC. AE9 (0.84g). Kisthene. Bearded head right, wearing bashlyk / KIΣ, forepart of winged boar right. gVF.Jun 11, 2019 Uncertain (BC 440-390) Wheel - Hemiobol108 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.3g, 6mm). Eagle standing left / Four-spoked wheel.Jun 06, 2019 Uncertain (BC 480-450) Obol192 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.88g, 9mm). Archaic head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Male head right, wearing conical helmet; all within pelleted linear border within incuse square. VF. Very rare.Apr 13, 2019 Uncertain (BC 460-400) eagle - Tetartemorion139 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.12g, 6mm). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / Eagle standing right, wings closed, in dotted square border within incuse square. VF.Apr 13, 2019 Uncertain (BC 480-440) Stater146 viewsca mid-5th century BC. AR Stater (19mm, 10.76g). City walls with three towers / Forepart of bull right; monogram to lower right; all within incuse square. gVF. Extremely rare and new type for a possibly heretofore undiscovered mint, as well as one of the earliest architectural types.Apr 13, 2019 Uncertain (BC 480-420) Tetartemorion151 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.15g, 6mm). Head of Apollo right / Eagle standing facing, head right, wings spread. gVF. Apparently unpublished. Oct 27, 2018 Uncertain (BC 400-300) Obol139 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.55g, 9mm). Laureate head of Zeus right / Σ-Ε-Λ-Ε (?), female head right within incuse square. aVF.Oct 27, 2018 Uncertain (BC 200-0) AE 21218 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AE21 (5.80g). Draped bust of Hermes right, wearing petasos / [...]-Θ/[...]Σ[...], clasped hands over winged kerykeion. gVF. Apparently unpublished.Oct 27, 2018 Uncertain (BC 500-450) Apollo - Tetartemorion125 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion(?) (6mm, 0.17g, 12h). Head of Apollo (?) right / Incuse archaic style head right. Apparently unpublished. Near VF, toned, porous. The head on the reverse is similar to the archaic heads found on the early silver fractions of Kolophon (see Kim & Kroll), but the fact of it being incuse, and the obverse type, which is not likely at Kolophon, makes an assignment to that mint unlikely. Silver fractions of this type, obverse figure in relief, reverse in incuse, are typically found in early issues from the Troad (esp. Dardanos), but the types on this issue are not identified with any of those mints in particular.Oct 14, 2018 Uncertain (BC 480-450) Obol137 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.85g, 9mm). Archaic head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Archaic female head right within pelleted linear border; all within incuse square. VF. Extremely rare.Oct 13, 2018 Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 1 - Hemiobol137 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.34g). Head of roaring lion left / Symbol and eagle right within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF.Oct 13, 2018 Uncertain (BC 300-200) Hemidrachm204 viewsca 3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm or Tetrobol (2.39g, 16mm). Head of Hera right, wearing ornamented stephane / +OP (XOP?), wolf or hound advancing left. Apparently unpublished. Extremely rare and interesting. Oct 13, 2018 Uncertain (BC 460-400) owl - Tetartemorion168 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.16g, 5mm). Head of Apollo left / Owl standing left, head facing, M to right. Apparently unpublished. Oct 13, 2018 Uncertain (BC 530-480) Diobol?179 views5th century BC. AR Diobol(?) (10mm, 1.41g). Winged figure advancing right, head facing, raising both arms; volutes above and below / Rough incuse punch. Unpublished. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare, possibly unique.Oct 13, 2018 Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 2 - Hemiobol115 views5th-4th century BC. AR Fraction (7mm, 0.44g). Head of lion right / Grain ear; pseudo-legend(?) around; all within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, minor porosity.Oct 12, 2018 Uncertain (BC 430-350) Hemiobol149 views 5th-4th century BC. AR Fraction (7.5mm, 0.41g, 3h). Facing head of panther(?), with paws below; ΔH and M[?] flanking / Head of female right, hair in band, within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, slight granularity, a little off center.Oct 12, 2018 Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 2 - Tetartemorion111 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion(?) (5.5mm, 0.20g). Head of ram right / Large wreath-like symbol, pseudo-legend around, within incuse circle. VF, granular surfaces.Oct 12, 2018 Uncertain (BC 500-450) Obol?218 views5th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.84 g). Bearded male head left, wearing torc / Quadripartite incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Good VF, toned, some porosity. Rare.Oct 12, 2018 Uncertain (BC 430-350) Hemiobol127 views5th-4th centuries BC. AR Fraction (5.5mm, 0.18g). Fish left / Uncertain letters (KP in Lydian?) within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, some porosity.Oct 12, 2018 Uncertain Satrap (BC 400-334) Hemiobol183 views4th century BC. AR Fraction (7.5mm, 0.20g, 6h). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow / Forepart of lion left, attacking forepart of bull left. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, minor porosity.Oct 11, 2018 Uncertain (BC 300-200) Hemiobol145 views4th century BC. AR Fraction (6.5mm, 0.29g, 2h). Head of female right / Stag standing right; K to right. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, light porosity.Oct 11, 2018 Uncertain (BC 530-480) Diobol?203 viewsLate 6th-early 5th centuries BC. AR Diobol(?) (9mm, 1.10g). Rosette / Incuse square with windmill pattern. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, lightly toned, slightly granular, off center on obverse.Oct 11, 2018 Uncertain (BC 430-350) Hemiobol130 views4th century BC. AR Fraction (7.5mm, 0.37g, 7h). Figure kneeling(?) right, holding uncertain object / Herakles, wearing lion skin, crouching right, drawing bow; uncertain object to right. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned.Oct 11, 2018 Uncertain (BC 480-420) Hemidrachm125 views5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (9.5mm, 2.12g, 7h). Chimaira lying right, with its forepart of stag left / Facing gorgoneion within incuse square. VF, a little porous. Very rare. This coin appears is part of a series featuring the chimaira on the obverse and a gorgoneion in incuse on the reverse, for which drachms (M. Six, “Monnaies grecques, inédites et incertaines” in NC 1890, p. 235, 15), hemidrachms (C. Greenwell, “On some rare Greek coins” in NC 1897, p. 281, 2 = Boston MFA 2325; M. Six, op. cit., p. 235, 16-16bis), and obols (CNG 91, lot 345 and CNG 85, lot 477) are known.Oct 11, 2018 Uncertain (BC 500-450) bull - Obol194 views5th century BC. AR Obol(?) (8mm, 0.63g). Bull(?) standing right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned, some porosity. Well centered. Very rare. The animal on the obverse here appears to be the same creature featured on the obverse of other obscure early issues; see CNG 105, lot 393 (same denomination); CNG E-369, lot 140 and CNG E-321, lot 167 (obols); and CNG E-361, lot 748 (hemiobol). All of these coins have a similar style, and perhaps are from a single mint.Oct 11, 2018 Uncertain (BC 500-450) cow - Hemistater?416 views5th century BC. AR (6.05g). Cow standing left, head reverted, calf suckling right / Incuse head of African man left. Gemini sale 4, 2008, 195 (these dies). Of the highest rarity, apparently only the second known. Lightly toned, EF. A mint in Caria or Lycia in the 5th century BC has been suggested, and its weight of 6.05 grams suggests it was intended as a half-stater of the Aeginetan or Samian standard. The most likely influence might have been the electrum sixths of Phocaea attributed by Bodenstedt (Ph24 and Ph54) to before 522 BC and to the period 477-388 BC. This might be especially relevant since the Phocaean sister-coinage of Mytilene of ca 521-455 BC uses for its reverses the heads of animals and the head of Heracles, all of which are rendered incuse.Oct 09, 2018 Uncertain (BC 500-450) cow - Hemistater?130 views5th century BC. AR Hemistater (16mm, 5.60g, 1h). Cow standing left, head right; below, calf kneeling right, suckling / Incuse of male head with African features left. VF, toned, porous. Extremely rare, the third known.Oct 09, 2018 Memnon (BC 340-334) Tetradrachm292 viewsArtaxerxes III to Darios III, ca 350-333 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 15.00g). Chian standard. Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor (Ionia or Sardes?). Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse rectangle, containing pattern possibly depicting relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos. Near EF, dark iridescent tone. Good metal.Oct 09, 2018 Uncertain (BC 500) Drachm167 views5th century BC. AR Drachm or Hemistater (?) (19mm, 6.36g). Uncertain standard. Chimaera standing right, raising forepaw, on dotted ground line / Rough incuse square. Unpublished. Near EF, toned, granular surfaces, scrape on obverse. Apparently unique.Oct 09, 2018 Uncertain (BC 500-450) bull - Drachm240 views5th century BC. AR Third Stater or Drachm (13mm, 3.23g, 9h). Bull standing left / Stag standing left, head right; palm frond to left; all within incuse square. Good VF, toned, surfaces a little granular. Extremely rare, apparently the second known.Oct 09, 2018 Uncertain (BC 480-440) Stater151 views5th century BC. AR Stater (19mm, 10.77g, 6h). Crenelated city wall with three towers / Forepart of bull advancing right; symbol (monogram or Greek koppa) to lower right; all within incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Good VF, toned. Well centered.Oct 09, 2018 Uncertain Satrap (BC 400-334) Hemiobol222 viewsca 400-340 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.37g, 1h). Head of boar right / Head of Attis right, wearing Phrygian cap. Very rare. gVF.Oct 09, 2018 Uncertain (BC 100-0) Obol256 views1st century BC. AR Obol (?) (10mm, 0.68g, 7h). Dated SE 229 (84/3 BC)(?). Horizontal crescent, its horns upwards, over thyrsos / Club; ΘΚΣ (date?) across field. Nomos 12, lot 133 (same rev. die), otherwise unpublished. VF, toned, a few marks.Sep 29, 2018 Uncertain (BC 480-450) Hemiobol 165 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.45g, 3h). Scorpion / Female head right; Σ to upper right, A(?) to lower right; all within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF. Very rare. The cataloguer notes: “Scorpions are commonly found on the reverses of silver silver fractions from mints in Caria (cf. SNG Kayhan 925–8 and 934–8), but is very unusual as an obverse type. See Rosen 400 = SNG von Aulock 6664 for a similar scorpion on the obverse of a diobol with a dolphin reverse type.”Sep 29, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 420-375) Daric470 viewsXerxes I to Artaxerxes II, ca 420-375 BC. AV Daric (12.5mm, 8.31g). Lydo-Milesian standard, Sardeis mint. Persian king wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling running stance right, holding spear in right hand and bow in left / Incuse punch. Good VF, well centered and unusually well struck. Carr coll.1 commentsSep 29, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 375-340) 1/4 Siglos246 viewsArtaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III, ca 375-340 BC. AR Quarter Siglos (8mm, 1.23g). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger and bow / Incuse punch. VF, toned. Great metal. Ex Seaver Coll.Sep 25, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 420-375) Siglos214 viewsXerxes II to Artaxerxes II, ca 420-375 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.43g). Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger and bow / Incuse punch. Good VF, lightly toned.Sep 25, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 420-375) Siglos240 viewsXerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AR Siglos (13mm, 5.49g). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running right, holding dagger and bow / Incuse punch. Near EF, lightly toned. Exceptional for issue. Pittman Coll.; ex Tkalec (2/2008), lot 431.Sep 25, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 485-420) Siglos367 viewsDarios I to Xerxes II, ca 485-420 BC. AR Siglos (12mm, 5.52g). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow / Incuse punch. EF, toned.Sep 25, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 485-420) Siglos326 viewsDarios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.28 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Near EF, toned. Well centered and struck. MoneyMuseum coll., Zurich; Huth Coll. (Sotheby’s, 3/1996, lot 119).Sep 25, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 375-340) Siglos240 viewsArtaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III, ca 375-340 BC. AR Siglos (15mm, 5.37g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. EF, toned, a hint of porosity, softly struck on obverse. Well centered. Sunrise Coll.; ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 21 (3/2009), lot 217.Sep 25, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 375-340) Daric275 viewsArtaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III, ca 375-340 BC. AV Daric (15mm, 8.33 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Near EF, a few faint scratches in field on obverse, some earthen encrustation on reverse. Very rare. Sunrise Coll.Sep 25, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 420-375) 1/4 Siglos226 viewsXerxes II to Artaxerxes II, ca 420-375 BC. AR Quarter Siglos (8mm, 1.33g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Near EF, toned, small area of flat strike on obverse. Very rare. Sunrise Coll.Sep 25, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 420-375) Siglos219 viewsXerxes II to Artaxerxes II, ca 420-375 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.53g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. VF, toned, area of flat strike at high point of obverse. High relief. Rare. Sunrise Coll.Sep 25, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 420-375) Daric219 viewsXerxes II to Artaxerxes II, ca 420-375 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.31g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. EF. Well centered and struck. Rare. Sunrise Coll.Sep 25, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 485-420) Siglos287 viewsDarios I to Xerxes II, ca 485-420 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.32 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Near EF, toned, granular surfaces. Sunrise Coll.; ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 21 (3/2009), lot 216.Sep 25, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 520-505) Siglos327 viewsDarios I. Circa 520-505 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.26 g). Half-length bust of Persian king or hero right, wearing kidaris and kandys, holding bow in left hand, arrows in right / Incuse punch. Good VF, toned, granular surfaces. Very rare.Sep 25, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 520-505) Siglos273 viewsDarios I, ca 520-505 BC. AR Siglos (13.5mm, 5.24g). Sardes mint. Half-length bust of Persian king or hero right, wearing kidaris and kandys, holding bow in left hand, arrows in right / Incuse punch. Good VF, toned, usual granular surfaces. Rare.Sep 25, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 350-333) Tetradrachm370 viewsArtaxerxes III to Darios III, ca 350-333 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 15.13g, 8h). Chian standard. Halikarnassos mint(?). Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Prow of galley right, with hornlike akrostolion, fighting platform decorated with labrys, proembolon (upper battering ram) decorated with dolphin and an embolom (principal three pronged battering ram); wave pattern below; to right, small dolphin diagonally downward right. Unpublished and unique.Sep 25, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 375-340) 1/4 Siglos192 viewsTime of Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III, 375-340 BC. AR 1/4 Siglos (9mm, 1.12g). Sardeis mint. Persian king kneeling-running right, holding dagger and bow, quiver over shoulder / Incuse punch.Sep 25, 2018 Memnon (BC 350-340) AE 13311 viewsAchaemenid Period. Uncertain Satrap, ca 340-334 BC. AE13 - Chalkous (1.59g). BA, Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance to right, holding spear and bow, c/m: star / Irregular incuse in the form of a map of the hinterland of Ephesos (?).Sep 23, 2018 Uncertain Satrap (BC 350-334) AE 12192 viewsAchaemenid Period. Uncertain Satrap, 350-334 BC. AE12 (1.62g). Persian king in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow, quiver over shoulder / Plain.Sep 23, 2018 Uncertain Satrap (BC 420-380) AE 9161 viewsAchaemenid Period. Uncertain Satrap, 500-400 BC. AE9 (1.68g). Bearded head of satrap right, wearing kyrbasia / BA, persian king in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow, quiver over shoulder; all within incuse square.Sep 23, 2018 Orontes (BC 357-352) Obol245 viewsOrontes, satrap of Mysia, ca 357-352 BC. AR 1/8 Siglos or Obol (8mm, 0.48g), struck at Mysia, Adramytteion. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Forepart of Pegasos left, [O]PONTA retrograde below.Sep 22, 2018 Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 2 - Hemiobol95 viewsca 500-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.45g). Head of ram right / Large wreath-like symbol, pseudo-legend around, within incuse circle.Sep 22, 2018 Uncertain (BC 460-400) grapes - Obol140 viewsa 500-400 BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.93g). Head left in circular dotted border / Bunch of grapes.Sep 22, 2018 Uncertain (BC 500) Bull - Hemiobol98 viewsca 530-480 BC. AR Hemiobol or Tetartemorion (5mm, 0.30g). Head of bull or calf right / Quadripartite incuse square.Sep 22, 2018 Uncertain (BC 500) Bull 3 - Obol118 viewsca 530-480 BC. AR Obol (6mm, 0.64g). Head of bull left / Incuse square with central pellet and raised diagonal lines.Sep 22, 2018 Uncertain (BC 350-250) AE 7149 viewsTemnos, Aiolis? ca 350-250 BC. AE7 (0.66g). Head of Kabeiros right, wearing conical laureate (?) pilos / TAM, lion crouching left on ground line.Sep 22, 2018 Uncertain (BC 200-100) AE 11164 viewsca 200-100 BC. AE11 (1.39g). Laureate and bearded male head (Zeus?) right / Large ΦΙ.Sep 22, 2018 Uncertain (BC 440-380) Hemiobol131 viewsca 450 BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.20g). Corinthian helmet right / Amphora.Sep 22, 2018 Uncertain (BC 500) Bull 3 - Hemiobol115 viewsca 500-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (5mm, 0.31g). Head of bull left / Incuse square, with pellet in center, in margin, incuse triangle on each side of incuse square. Sep 22, 2018 Uncertain (BC 500) Hemitetartemorion140 viewsAbydos? ca 500-400 BC. AR Hemitetartemorion (3mm, 0.12g). Head of bird or eagle right / Quadripartite incuse square.Sep 22, 2018 Uncertain (BC 450-400) ant - Tetartemorion158 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Tetartemorion (3mm, 0.19g). Head of roaring lion (?) right / Ant within incuse square.Sep 22, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 328-311) Double Daric229 viewsTime of Alexandrine Empire, ca 328-311 BC. AV Double Daric (18mm, 16.57g). Persian king in kneeling-running stance right, quiver over shoulder, holding spear in right hand, bow in left. Upright club symbol behind and to left of figure / Incuse patterned punch. VF. Unpublished.Sep 16, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 328-311) Double Daric236 viewsTime of Alexandrine Empire, ca 328-311 BC. AV Double Daric (17mm, 16.63g). Persian king in kneeling-running stance right, quiver over shoulder, holding spear in right hand, bow in left. Letters behind and to left of figure. / Incuse patterned punch. Near EF, lustrous.Sep 16, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 328-311) Daric343 viewsTime of Alexandrine Empire, ca 328-311 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.32g). Persian king in kneeling-running stance right, quiver over shoulder, holding spear in right hand, bow in left. Monogram behind and to left of figure. / Incuse patterned punch. Good VF, lightly toned.Sep 16, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 328-311) Double Daric263 viewsTime of Alexandrine Empire, ca 328-311 BC. AV Double Daric (17mm, 16.63g). Persian king in kneeling-running stance right, quiver over shoulder, holding spear in right hand, bow in left. Monogram behind with letters above. / Incuse patterned rectagonal punch. Near VF. Off center.Sep 16, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 333-331) Double Daric255 viewsTime of Darios III, ca 333-331 BC. AV Double Daric (20mm, 16.53g). Persian king in kneeling-running stance right, quiver over shoulder, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse patterned rectagonal punch. Near VF. Extremely rare issue without control marks, only the BM and Sunrise pieces published. Carradice lists this issue among late double darics attributed as Alexandrine issues. But Nicolet-Pierre, in her article on Alexandrine gold and silver at Babylon, does not mention any Type IV late double darics, only pieces similar to Type III, and all include control marks. This coin, like the Sunrise and BMC examples, shows no sign of control marks of Alexandrine coinage, and the style is closer to darics that Carradice gives to Artaxerxes II to Darios III. Thus, it is possible that this was a very late, if not the last, Achaemenid issue, just prior to the defeat of Darios III. It was probably struck at the same Babylonian mint that later issued double darics under Alexander, and may have provided coinage to the Persian king in Babylonia, as his western mints were no longer under his control. Regardless, it is from the first coinage struck in Babylon.Sep 16, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 375-336) Daric256 viewsTime of Artexerxes II to Darios, ca 375-336 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.33g). Persian king in kneeling-running stance right, quiver over shoulder, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse patterned rectagonal punch. Good VF. High relief.Sep 16, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 420-375) Daric219 viewsTime of Xerxes II to Artexerxes II, ca 420-375 BC. AV Daric (15mm, 8.37g). Persian king in kneeling-running stance right, quiver over shoulder, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse rectagonal punch. Near EF, underlying luster. Well centered.Sep 16, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 455-420) Daric211 viewsTime of Artaxerxes I to Xerxes II, ca 455-420 BC. AV Daric (16mm, 8.31g). Persian king in kneeling-running stance right, quiver over right shoulder, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse rectagonal punch. EF, lustrous. Very rare.Sep 16, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 485-420) Daric144 viewsTime of Darios I to Xerxes II, ca 485-420 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.33g). Persian king in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left, cross below / Incuse rectagonal punch. Good fine, rare variant.Sep 16, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 505-480) 1/12 Daric284 viewsTime of Darios I to Xerxes I, ca 505-480 BC. AV 1/12 Daric (6mm, 0.72g). Persian king in kneeling stance, shooting bow / Incuse punch. EF, lightly toned. Rare denomination.Sep 16, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 505-480) Daric271 viewsTime of Darios I to Xerxes I, ca 505-480 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.32g). Persian king in kneeling stance, shooting bow / Rectangular incuse punch. Lydo-Milesian standard. EF, unusually well struck for this type.Sep 16, 2018 Uncertain (BC 425-375) AV552 views4th century BC. AV (17mm, 3.44g, 5h). Forepart of boar right / Forepart of lion right. Near EF, traces of deposits in devices, a couple of minor field marks. Unique. This puzzling coin is clearly in the same series as a small group of silver fractions of identical types and style that have trickled onto the market over the past five years with weights averaging 1.12g. Although the types suggest an origin in Asia Minor (e.g. Kyzikos), anecdotal information suggests an area further east in the region of Baktria. The weight is also mysterious - it does not seem to bear any clear relationship to the weight standards prevalent in the eastern Mediterranean, but is almost exactly three times the weight of the silver fractions, suggesting that the coins may have been intended to circulate locally in a closed exchange area rather than as part of the international financial system. The unusual weight on an apparent local standard supports the suggestion that this issue should be attributed to some region in central Asia remote from western commerce.Sep 12, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 485-420) Daric321 viewsca 485-420 BC. AV Daric (13mm, 8.29g). Lydo-Milesian standard, Sardeis mint. Persian king wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling running stance right, holding spear in right hand and bow in left / Incuse punch. gVF, well centered and struck. Carr coll.1 commentsSep 01, 2018 Uncertain (BC 440-380) Hemiobol199 viewsca 5th-4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.21g, 5mm). Crested Korinthian helmet left / Amphora, ivy leaf to left, within linear square border within incuse square. gVF. 1 commentsAug 28, 2018 Uncertain Satrap (BC 400-334) Obol221 views 4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7.5mm, 0.51g, 4h). Uncertain mint in Ionia or Caria. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left; ΔH to left / Forepart of boar right. Unpublished, but cf. Johnston, Earlist, 30 for this obverse type and legend used with the "Ionian map" reverses, and cf. Winzer 13.2 and 13.2a for this reverse type used on a satrapal obol and hemiobol, respectively, with a male head on the obverse. VF, toned, granular surfaces. Apparently unique.Jul 25, 2018 Uncertain (BC 400-300) Trihemiobol?161 views4th century BC. AR Obol(?) (10mm, 0.80g, 7h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Tripod, with fillets hanging at sides, within linear square; IPON to outer left. VF, toned, granular surfaces. Extremely rare.Jul 25, 2018 Uncertain (BC 530-480) Drachm161 viewsca 600-560 BC. AR Drachm (3.85g, 15mm). Wolf, standing left on base composed of a horizontal row of pearls between two linear borders, eating bunch of grapes from right paw / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF. Unpublished and apparently only the second known example. Ex Molard Coll., Switzerland.Jul 25, 2018 Uncertain (BC 500-450) bull - Drachm205 views5th century BC. AR Third Stater or Drachm (14mm, 4.33g, 8h). Bull(?) standing left / Stag standing left, head right; palm frond to left; all within incuse square. Near VF, find patina, heavily smoothed. Extremely rare, apparently one of two known. Ex Numismatik Naumann 53 (5/2017), lot 305 (thereafter cleaned).Jul 25, 2018 Uncertain (BC 500-450) bull - Hemidrachm178 views5th century BC. AR 1/6 Stater - Hemidrachm(?) (11mm, 1.91g). Bull(?) standing right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned, a little granular. Very rare. Jul 25, 2018 Uncertain (BC 425-375) Diobol B2109 views5th-4th century B.C. AR Diobol (9mm, 1.16g, 6h). Forepart of boar right; below, monogram / Head of roaring lion right. Dark find patina, gVF.Jul 25, 2018 Uncertain (BC 460-400) Hemiobol90 viewsca 480-430 BC. Uncertain mint, uncertain Lykian Dynast. AR Hemiobol (5mm, 0.23g). Forepart of boar right / Forepart of hound right within incuse square. VF.Jul 25, 2018 Uncertain Satrap (BC 400-334) Hemiobol163 views4th century BC. AR Fraction (7mm, 0.26g, 12h). Head right, wearing bashlyk / Head of boar right. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned, granular surfaces. Extremely rare.Jul 25, 2018 Uncertain (BC 480-450) lion - Obol140 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.9g, 11mm). Roaring head of lion left / Head of satyr right within dotted border in incuse square. Stylistically the obverse is clearly linked to the archaic lion / boar issues of Kyzikos. VF.Jun 07, 2018 Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 2 - Hemiobol100 viewsca 500-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (5mm, 0.48g). Head of ram (or eagle?) right / Uncertain inscription around monogram. VF.May 26, 2018 Persian Kings (BC 420-330) 1/16 Siglos226 viewsTime of Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II, ca 420-375 BC. AR 1/32 Siglos (5mm, 0.27g). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger and bow / Incuse rectangular punch. VF. Rare fraction struck from a larger module obverse die.Feb 10, 2018 Uncertain (BC 300-200) Obol186 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.64g). Uncertain / Kerykeion. aVF. Very rare.Feb 08, 2018 Uncertain (BC 510-470) Drachm152 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.86g). Facing lion’s head or scalp / Quadripartite incuse square with raised central square and pellet. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned. The style and fabric of this piece are clearly related to the early drachms of Parion in Mysia.Feb 07, 2018 Uncertain (BC 510-470) Drachm166 views5th century BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.91g). Facing lion’s head or scalp / Quadripartite incuse square with raised central square and pellet. VF, patch of find patina on obverse. Good metal. Extremely rare, perhaps the second known.Feb 07, 2018 461 coins on 5 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5