|
|
Sardeis (AD 14-37) AE 17 - Tiberius1577 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE17 (5.28g) Togate figure of Emperor raising kneeling figure of Tyche of Sardis / Livia seated right with scepter and ears of corn.
|
|
Sardeis (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 181464 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE18 (5.21g), Heraois, magistrate. Laureate head of Herakles right / Apollo standing left, holding bird and olive branch; ΗΡΑΙΟΥΣ to left, ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ to right. gVF.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 98-180) AE 221187 views2nd-3rd century AD. AE22 - Diassarion (5.22g, 6h). Bearded head of Herakles left / CARDI - ANWN, Omphale standing right with lion's skin over shoulders, holding club in left hand and drapery with right. A splendid piece, with a fine, glossy, dark green patina. Struck in high relief and especially attractive. Good extremely fine. From a Swiss private collection.
Omphale, a mythical queen of Lydia, received Herakles to do her bidding for a year in punishment for his murder of Iphytos. He even had to help her with her spinning, and she, as we see here, wore his lion’s skin and wielded his club. Struck by his charm she later freed and married him, and their children were the ancestors of the later Heraklid dynasty of Sardeis.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 23-26) AE 27 - Germanicus and Drusus1099 viewsGermanicus and Drusus, Caesars, ca 23-26 AD. AE27 (12.14g), restruck ca 28-29 AD by Asinius Pollio, Proconsul. Drusus and Germanicus seated left in curule chairs / Legend in wreath; ΓΑΙΩ ΑΣΙΝΝΙΩ ΠΟΛΛΙΩΝΙ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΩ around (overstruck on original legend). VF, green patina, slightly rough surfaces.
This interesting coin appears to be an original issue, but in actuality, it is an earlier issue that is restruck with two intricate 'countermarks.' These 'countermarks' were ring-shaped punch restrikings of the legends that surround the obverse and reverse designs. While the obverse 'countermark-legend' is the same as that which appeared on the original striking, the reverse legend, originally ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧΙΕΠΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΚΛΕΩΝΟΣ ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΟΥ, has been totally replaced by a new 'countermark-legend.'
|
|
Sardeis (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 171058 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE17 (5.52g). Head of young Dionysos right / Panther walking left, head facing, broken spear in mouth; ΣΑΡΔΙ/ΑΝΩΝ above, monograms below and to left. Dark green patina, VF.
|
|
Sardeis (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 141036 views2nd-1st century BC. AE14 (2.44g, 4h). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΣΑΡΔΙ−ΑÎΩÎ, around club within wreath; uncertain monogram to right. Good VF, black patina.
|
|
Sardeis (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 17999 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE17 (3.84g). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Forepart of lion right; ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ above, monogram to left. Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 41-54) AE 13 - Claudius911 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE13 (3.6g). ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ, head left / ΣΑΡΔΙΑÎΩÎ, head of Herakles left. Nice Very Fine.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 100-300) AE 19906 viewsImperial times, 2nd-3rd century AD. AE19 (3.23g). ΣAP - ΔIΣ, Tyche Sardis right, draped and veiled, wearing mural crown / ΣAPΔIANΩN B NEΩKOPΩN, cult statue of Kore standing facing, wearing polos, surmounted by star and crescent; grain-ear to left, poppy to right. Rare variant. VF, black-green patina.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 14-37) AE 18 - Tiberius901 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE18 (5.16g, 12h). Julius Kleon and Memnon, magistrates. ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑ−ΡΕΩΝ ΣΑ−ΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, Tiberius standing facing left, raising up a kneeling Tyche of Sardis / [ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ ΙΟΥ]ΛΙΟΣ ΚΛΕΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΜΝΩΝ, Livia as Demeter seated right, holding sceptre and grain ears. Good VF, black patina with earthen encrustation, light scratches.
|
|
Sardeis (BC 133) AE 17882 viewsafter 133 BC. AE17 (4.72g). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Panther walking left, head facing, broken spear in mouth; ΣΑΡΔΙ/ΑΝΩΝ above, monograms below and to left. Fine green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.; ex M&M AG, Basel, List 336 (1972), lot 267.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 98-180) AE 25840 viewsImperial Times, 2nd cent AD. AE25 (7.28g). Head Herakles left / CAPΔIANΩN, Omphale standing right, wearing lion skin and holding club. Black patina. GVF.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 250) AE 41815 viewsMid-3rd cent AD. AE41 - Medallion (25.50g, 12h). Aurelius Rufinus, first archon for the second time. MHTPOΠΟΛIC CAPΔIC ·ACIAC· ΛVΔIAC· EΛΛAΔOC· A·, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right, wearing mural crown / EΠI AVP POV[Φ]EINOV APX T(o) B CAPΔIANΩN B NEΩKOPΩN, ZEVC LVΔIOC across inner fields, Zeus Lydius seated left on high throne, holding Nike in right hand and sceptre in left, surrounded by zodiacal wheel border. Good VF, red and brown patina with green overtones. Very rare.
In Treasures of Ancient Coinage: From the Private Collections of ANS Members, Catharine Lorber catalogued a coin of Maximinus I Thrax from Anchialus in Thrace with a very similar reverse type (see p. 121, no. 110). Lorber summarized the type as "...a symbolic map of the cosmos. Zeus, chief of the gods, is the central figure... Surrounding this scene is a broad band containing the twelve signs of the zodiac. The entire design reflects the common belief of 3rd century Romans that their lives were shaped by higher powers. This schema and variations on it were employed by numerous mints for different emperors from the mid-2nd through the mid-3rd centuries."
|
|
Sardeis (AD 253-260) AE 46 - Valerian809 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE46 - Medallion (42.0g). Radiate, cuirassed bust right / Demeter in car right drawn by two winged serpents. Extremely Rare and nice.
|
|
Sardeis (BC 133) AE 18794 viewsafter 133 BC. AE18 (6.49g). Laureate head of Herakles right / naked Apollo standing left, holding bird in right hand, olive branch in left; monogram to left, ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ to right. Dark green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 60-62) AE 18 - Octavia752 viewsOctavia, Augusta, 54-62 AD. AE18 (5.79g). ca 60-62 AD. ΘΕΑΠΟΚΤΑΟΥΙΑÎ, draped bust right / ΣΑΡΔΙΑÎΩΠΕΠΙ ΜΙÎΔΙΟΥ ΣΤΡΑ ΤΟ Î’, Demeter with two torches in biga drawn by snakes right. Dark green patina, gVF.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 98-117) AE 19 - Marciana710 viewsMarciana, sister of Trajan, 98-117 AD. AE19 (4.31g). MAPKIA - CEBACTH, draped bust of diademed Marciana right / [CAR] - DIA - N[W]N - PELO[Y], Pelops with a raised whip riding galloping horse right. aEF/VF. Ex Hauck & Aufhauser, Auk. 16 (10/2001), lot 318.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 37-41) AE 21 - Caligula692 viewsCaligula, 37-41 AD. AE21 (6.40g). Laureate head right / Confronted busts of Agrippina I right and bare head of Germanicus left.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 19) AE 16 - Germanicus692 viewsGermanicus, father of Gaius (Caligula), brother of Claudius, died 19 AD. AE16 (3.34g, 1h). Mnaseas, magistrate. Bare head left / Athena standing left, holding phiale; ΜΝΑ−ΣΕΑΣ down left field. VF, red-brown patina.
|
|
Sardeis (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 17688 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE17 (4.50g). Head of Dionysos right / Forepart of lion right; ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ above, monogram to left. Dark green patina, aEF.
|
|
Sardeis (BC 15-AD 19) AE 17 - Germanicus & Drusus675 viewsGermanicus, with Drusus, Caesar, 15 BC-19 AD. AE17 (3.86g, 12h). Bare head of Germanicus right / Bare head of Drusus right. vVF, handsome green patina, earthen deposits. Ex. Wagner Coll.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 80-100) AE 29670 viewsAutonomous, ca 80-100 AD. AE29 (8.80g). Draped youthful bust of the personification of the Senate right / Demeter standing left, holding grain ears, poppy, and sceptre. EF, emerald green patina, adjustment marks along edge.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 211-217) AE 35 - Caracalla668 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AE35 - Medaillon (20.13g). Homonoia with Ephesos. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Îœ ΑΥΡ ΣΕΥ−Η ΑÎΤΩÎΕΙÎΟΣ, laureate, draped and cuirssed bust right / ΣΑΡΔΙΣ / ΕΦΕΣΟΣ / ΟΜΟÎΟΙΑ / ΕΠΙ ΑΠΡΟΥΦΟΥ / ΑΡΧΟÎΤ Α / ΤΟ Γ, Tyche of Sardeis with Kore and Tyche of Ephesos with cult staue of Artmis Ephesia. Very rare. Dark green patina. Extremely fine.
|
|
Sardeis (BC 133) AE 23663 viewsafter 133 BC. AE23 (6.90g). Turreted, veiled bust of City-goddess right / bearded Zeus Lydios standing frontal in himation, head left; holding scepter in left hand, eagle in outstretched right; monogram to left, ΣΑΡΔΙΑÎΩΠto right. Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 71-72) AE653 viewsAutonomous, under Proconsul T. Clodius Eprius Marcellus, ca 71-72 AD. AE (4.15g). EΠΙ ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥ ΦΙΛEΙÎΟΥ CΤΡΑ, bust of Athena with aegis and Corinthian helmet left / EΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΕΛΛΟΥ CΑΡΔΙΑÎΩÎ, frontal view of Doric Temple. gVF.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 54-68) AE 15652 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 Î OÎ Î AIA SMYR where this connection is explicit (SNG 2486).
|
|
Sardeis (AD 198-217) AE 39 - Caracalla651 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AE39 - Medallion (27.34g). Homonoia with Ephesos. ΑΥ K M AVP ΑÎΤΩÎЄΙÎΟC, laureate, draped and cuirssed bust right / CΑΡΔΙANΩN KA ЄΦЄCIΩN / ΟΜΟÎΟΙΑ, Tyche of Sardeis with Kore and Tyche of Ephesos with cult staue of Artmis Ephesia. Very rare.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian647 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.87g, 7h). Sardis mint. Struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Cult statue of Kore standing facing; grain ears and poppy at feet. VF. Overstruck on an uncertain undertype.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 54-68) AE 17 - Nero634 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE17 (2.4g). ÎΕΡΩΠΚΑΙCAP, Laureate head of Nero right / EÎ I TI MNACEA CAΡΔIANΩN , laureate head of beardless Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin tied at neck. aEF.
|
|
Sardeis (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 15634 views2nd-1st century BC. AE15 (4.05g, 14-15mm). Laureate head of Apollo right within oval dotted border / ΣΑΡΔΙΑÎΩΠaround club within wreath; monogram above. gVF.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 41-54) AE 16 - Claudius630 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE16 (4.06g). ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ, head left / ΣΑΡΔΙΑÎΩÎ, head of Herakles left. Dark green patina, extremely fine.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian629 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.48g, 1h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right; countermark: IMP (ligate) VES AV(AV ligate) G in incuse / Cult statue of Kore standing facing; grain ears and poppy at feet. VF. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Mark Antony which bore the IMP VES AV countermark.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 198-217) AE 46 - Caracalla 610 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE46 - Medallion (41.86g, 6h). Circa 198-209 AD. AY KAI M AV - ANTONЄINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / CAPΔIANON [Δ]IC / NEOKOPON MH / TPOΠOΛЄOC / ACIAC (in ex.), ЄΠI CTPA KOP OYЄTTHNIANOY ACIAPX, two hexastyle temples facing each other at 3/4 perspective angle; above, two wreaths. Very rare. Green patina with minor deposits. aEF.
|
|
Sardeis (BC 200-1) AE 15608 views2nd-1st century BC. AE15 (3.24g). Head of Heracles right / Kantharos. Very fine.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 23-26) AE 27 - Drusus & Germanicus589 viewsDrusus & Germanicus, ca 23-26 AD. AE27 (12.42g). Togate figures of Drusus and Germanicus seated left on curule chairs, one holding out lituus / Legend within wreath. VF.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla573 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 (9.89g, 6h). An(nius?) Rufus, archon. Radiate head right / Hercules advancing right, leading the Cretan Bull by the horns holding upraised club; EΠI POV ΦOV in legend. VF, brown surfaces.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 198-217) AE 35 - Caracalla573 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE35 (20.45g). AVT KAI M AVP - CE ANTΩÎΕΙÎΟ - C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EÎ I Γ KΛ MI - ΘPOV APX A around, [C]APΔIANΩN B NEΩKOPΩN in exergue, Caracalla, laureate and in military dress, standing left, holding spear under left arm, and raising wreath in right hand above cult statue of Kore, extended toward him by city-goddess with her right hand; city-goddess stands right, towered and veiled, and holds transverse scepter in left hand. Apparently the second known specimen. Smooth green patina, VF.
The type appears to commemorate some honor granted to the cult of Kore at Smyrna by Caracalla during his sole reign. No coins of Smyrna naming the archon Mithros were known to Head in BMC Lydia, p. civ, but there are two coins of Julia Domna naming this magistrate in SNG von Aulock, 3156 and 8256.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 105-117) AE 22 - Plotina571 viewsPlotina, wife of Trajan, Augusta, ca 105-117 AD. AE22 (4.21g, 12h). Draped bust right / Pelops on horseback right, holding whip. VF, black-green patina.
|
|
Sardeis (BC 27-AD 14) AE 20 - Augustus570 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE20 (5.27g, 12h). Homonoia with Pergamum. Mousaios, magistrate. Bare head right / Tyche of Sardis standing right and Demos of Pergamum standing left, clasping hands; each holds scepter. Good VF, black-green patina with traces of lighter green and red on reverse. Very rare. Ex Prideaux Coll.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 54-68) AE 16 - Nero567 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE16 (3.2g). Mindios, magistrate. NEPΩΠCΑΡΔΙΑÎΩÎ, laureate head right / ΕΠΙ ΜΙÎΔΙΟΥ CTRA TO B, laureate head of Herakles right. VF.
|
|
Sardeis (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 12557 viewsca 2nd cent BC. AE12 (2.01g). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / ΣΑΡΔΙ/ΑΝΩΝ, club right; monogram below. EF, glossy black patina, some minor roughness. Apparently an unrecorded variety. Rare.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 54-68) AE 20556 viewsTime of Nero, 54-68 AD. AE20 (5.24g, 12h). Ti. Cl. Mnaseas, strategos(?). Struck circa 65 AD. Draped bust of the Senate right / Zeus standing left, holding eagle and staff. EF, dark grayish-green patina, minor roughness.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian552 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.36g, 8h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Demeter advancing right, holding grain ears and reverted torch. Good VF, obverse double struck. Overstruck on an uncertain undertype.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 238-244) AE 42 - Gordian III540 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE42 - Medallion (28.41g). MHTPOΠOΛIC CAPΔIC ACIAC ΛVΔIAC ЄΛΛAΔOC A, turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right / ЄΠI AVP ΠOVΦЄINOV APX A T B CAPΔIANΩN B NЄΩKOPΩN, Zeus seated left within Zodiac, holding Nike on outstretched right hand and long sceptre in left. Near VF, dark brown patina, obverse smoothed, reverse corrosion. Ex Sternberg Auk. XI (11/1981), lot 304.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 69-79) AE 25 - Vespasian538 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE 25 (11.96g). Laureate head right, AY[TOK] KAIC OYECΠΑCIANΩ / Pluto and Persephone in quadriga right, CAPΔΙ. About very fine.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 54-68) AE 18533 viewsAutonomous Issue, time of Nero, 54-68 AD. AE18 (3.17g). Helmeted bust of the Senate right / Tetrastyle temple. VF, dark green, almost black, patina, traces of an overstriking. Wagner Coll.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 187-211) AE 28 - Julia Domna531 viewsJulia Domna, second wife of Septimus Severus, Empress, 187-211 AD. AE28 (9.60g). Draped bust right / Large agnostic prize urn containing a palm and ornamented with five circles which each contain a pellet resting on tablet inscribed XPYCANΘINA. Nice VF, brown patina.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 60-62) AE 17 - Octavia524 viewsOctavia, ca 60-62 AD. AE17 (5.04g). ΘΕΑΠΟΚΤΑΟΥΙΑÎ, bust of draped Octavia right (as goddess) with ears of corn in her hair / ΣΑΡΔΙΑÎΩΠΕΠΙ ΜΙÎΔΙΟΥ ΣΤΡΑΤΟ Î’. Demeter or Hekate-Selene, with torch in each hand, wearing long chiton and flying veil, in a car drawn by two winged snakes; crescent in field above; 3 monograms. Under magistrate Mindios.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 54-68) AE 20 - Nero508 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE20 (4.90g). Mindios, Strategos, ca 60 AD. ÎEPΩN - KAIΣAP; laureate head right / ΣAPΔIANΩN - ΕΠI MINΔIOY / ΣTPA TO B (titulatur in monogram form); Dionysos standing left, with cantharus and long thyrsus, at feet panther. VF. Rare.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian506 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.62g), Sardis mint. Bare head right / Veiled figure of Ceres standing right, holding transverse sceptre; no star to right. VF. Overstruck on an uncertain type.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 194-217) AE 22 - Julia Domna504 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.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 222-235) AE 25 - Severus Alexander503 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE25 (5.61g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / EΠI NEIKOMAX CAPΔIANΩN [...] PAΦIH, temple of Aphrodite of Paphos consisting of a central portico flanked by two tall towers with a semicircular enclosure paved with tiles; sacred stone between two towers with crescent and star above; two columns surmounted by doves on either side, two torches on outside. Near VF, rough green patina. Apparently unrecorded.
|
|
Sardeis (BC 188-133) AE 22503 viewsca 188-133 BC. AE22 - Tetrachalkon (8.46g). Draped bust Artemis right; behind her, quiver and bow / HPAIOΣ/ IΠΠIOY/ NEΩT, Pallas Athena standing facing holding Nike with wreath and spear and shield. Attractive very fine.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 200-235) AE 22502 viewsImperial times, ca 200-235 AD. AE22 (5.01g). MEN ACKENOC, bust of Mên Askenos right on crescent moon, wearing Phrygian cap / CAPΔAANΩN B NEΩKOPΩN, EPMOC, River god Hermos reclining left. Light green patina. Very fine.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 81-96) AE 32 - Domitian493 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.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 69-79) AE 25 - Vespasian483 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE25 (8.27g). ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙC ΟΥЄCΠΑCΙΑÎΩ, laureate head right / ЄΠΙ Τ ΦΛ ЄΙCΙΓΟÎΟΥ CΑΡΔΙΑÎΩÎ, Hades and Persephone in quadriga right. Dark green patina, VF.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 209-211) AE 43 - Geta480 viewsGeta, 209-211 AD. AE43 - Medaillon (41.29g). Homonoia with Ephesos. AVTOK KAI ΠCЄΠΓЄTA, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. / CAPΔIANΩN KAI EΦЄCIΩN / OMONOIA, Heros Tylos with cult statue of Kore of Sardeis and Heros Androklos with statue of Artemis Ephesia facing each other. Very rare. Dark green patina, VF.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 69-79) AE 18 - Vespasian477 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE18 (4.02g, 18mm). OVECΠΑCIANOC KAICAP, laureate head right / CAPΔΙΑΝΩΝ, temple with four columns. Very fine.
|
|
Sardeis (BC 15-AD 19) AE 16 - Germanicus & Drusus476 viewsGermanicus, with Drusus, Caesar, 15 BC-19 AD. AE16 (3.12g, 12h). Bare head of Germanicus right / Bare head of Drusus right. Geranio Coll.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 194-217) AE 28 - Julia Domna468 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE28 (11.32g, 7h). Draped bust right / Prize crown decorated with nine circles set on base inscribed XPVCANΘINA . VF, olive green patina with some earthen deposits, minor roughness. Ex Righetti Coll. 5780.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 128-137) AE 26 - Sabina463 viewsSabina, Augusta, 128-137 AD. AE26 (12.49g, 6h). Diademed and draped bust right / Sabina(?), togate and veiled standing left, holding wand. VF, brown patina with some spots of red. Unpublished in the standard references. Ex Righetti Coll. 7160; Ex M&M 15 (10/2004), lot 844.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 198-217) AE 32 - Caracalla461 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE32 (16.06g). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / EΠI Γ CAΛ KΛAVD-IANO VAPX A T B CAP-ΔIANΩN B NEΩKOPΩN, cult statue of Kore between grain ear and poppy. Near VF, dark brown patina, some scattered light roughness. Ex Sir Hermann Weber Collection, 6912.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 100-200) AE 26461 views2nd cent AD. AE26 (6.85g). Draped bust of city-goddess right / CAPΔΙNΩN/ EPMO, naked bearded River-god Hermos recumbent left, holding cornucopiae; to left, jug pouring wine. Edge spilt, nice very fine.
|
|
Sardeis (BC 133) AE 19458 viewsafter 133 BC. AE19 (6.67g), Papylos, magistrate. Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Demeter standing left, holding torch; ΠΑΠ-ΥΛΟΣ/ΦΑΙÎ-ΙΟΥ to left, ΣΑΡΔΙΑÎΩΠto right. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Joy coll.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 100-200) AE 22458 views2nd century AD. AE22 (5.81g). CAPΔIA-NΩN, head of Dionysos left, wearing ivy-wreath / CAPΔIANΩN, bearded and nude Silenos sitting right on basket (cista mystica?), holding kantharos in right hand and infant Dionysos, who sits on his left knee and stretches his arms. Very rare, about VF, sand patina. Hoeft coll.; ex Hauck & Aufhäuser.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 98-117) AE 15452 viewsTime of Trajan, 98-117 AD. AE15 (2.75g). Lo. Io Libonianos (Strategos). CAPΔI-ANΩN; youthfull head of Dionysos right / CTP ΛO IO ΛI-BΩNIANOV; Thyrsos. Nice very fine.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 69-79) AE 20450 viewsTime of Vespasian, 69-79 AD. AE20 (4.52g). Magistrate T. Fl. Eisigonos. Wreathed bust of Dionysos right / Zeus Lydios with eagle and scepter; before, monogram. gVF.
|
|
Sardeis (BC 133) AE447 viewsafter 133 BC. AE (5.82g), Papylos, magistrate. Head of Dionysos right / Demeter standing left, holding torch; ΠΑΠ-ΥΛΟΣ/ΦΑΙÎ-ΙΟΥ to left, ΣΑΡΔΙΑÎΩΠto right. Green patina, light corrosion, EF.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 100-200) AE 16445 viewsLate 1st - early 2nd cent AD. AE16 (2.86g). [IЄPA CVN]-KΛHTOC, bust of Senate right. / CAPΔI-A-NΩN, tetrastyle temple. Very fine.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 209-212) AE 43 - Geta439 viewsGeta. 209-211 AD. AE43 - Medallion (41.33g, 5h). Admitos, strategos for the third time. • AVTOK • KAI • Π• CЄΠΓЄTAC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI • CTPA • AΔMHTOV • Γ •, CAPΔIANΩN/• B • NЄΩKOPΩ/N, Geta and Caracalla on horseback left, each with right hand raised, about to trample two bound captives, their shields thrown on groundline below horses. Near EF, green-brown patina.
A particularly bold portrait of a mature Geta. The same obverse die was used to strike very rare “homonoia†medallions commemorating an alliance between Sardis and Ephesus (Franke & Nollé 1840).
|
|
Sardeis (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian438 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.84g), Sardis mint. Bare head right / Cult statue of Persian Artemis flanked by grain ears and poppy. VF. Overstruck on an uncertain type of Augustus.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 100-200) AE 20435 viewsRoman Imperial Times, 2nd century AD. AE 20.7mm (2.34g), Darios magistrate. EΠI ΔAPIOV, bust of Dionysos right, wearing wreath of ivy / CAPΔIANΩN, torch.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 100-200) AE 26433 viewsImperial Times, 2nd century AD. AE26 (5.86g). IЄPA•CVN •KΛHTOC, young male bust of Senate right, shoulders draped. / CARΔIANΩN•B – NЄOKORΩN, god Mên standing left, wearing Phrygian cap holding scepter and pine-cone. Reverse slightly double struck, reverse adjustment marks, good very fine.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 54-68) AE 17 - Nero431 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE17 (4.07g), struck ca 65 AD. Laureate head right / Zeus Lydios with eagle and scepter to left. VF.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 69-79) AE 23 - Vespasian431 viewsVespasianus, 69-79 AD. AE23 (7.65g). Magistrate T. Fl. Eisigonos (Strategos). Laureate head right / Legend in four lines within laurel wreath. VF. Tricarico coll.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 130-138) AE 34 - Antinous429 viewsAntinoüs, died 130. AE34 / Medallion (21.10g, 6h), P. Cornelius Cornutus, strategos, 131 AD. ANTINOOC HPΩC – ЄΠIΦANHC, bare-headed, heroic nude three-quarter bust of Antinoüs to right / CTP ΠKOPNH KOPN-O[T]OY CAPΔIANΩN, Dionysos, nude but for chlamys draped over his right shoulder, standing front, head to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and filleted thyrsos with his left; at feet to left, forepart of panther left, raising right forepaw and looking back. Unpublished and unique. The reverse struck very slightly off center and with some flatness near the edge, gVF.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian423 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.66g, 26mm, 6h). Sardeis mint. Struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Cult statue of Kore; grain ears and poppy at sides. VF.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 193-217) AE 28 - Julia Domna420 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE28 (12.20g, 6h). Draped bust right / Pelops on horseback right, holding whip. Good Fine, brown patina.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 139-161) AE 21 - Marcus Aurelius415 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE21 (3.37g). Bare-headed and draped bust right / EΠΙ NEIKOMAXOV CAPΔIANΩN, winged caduceus. Near VF, dark green and brown patina, several small splits on edge.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 96-98) AE 28 - Nerva408 viewsNerva, 96-98 AD. AE28 (11.55g). ÎЄΡΒΑ[...] ΑΥΤΟΚΤΡΑΤΩΡ, laureate head right / CΑΡΔΙΑÎΩÎ, Demeter with ears of corn and scepter. Very rare. Dark brown patina. Very fine.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 200-250) AE 15402 viewsFirst half of 3rd cent AD. AE15 (1.61g). ZEYC ΛYΔIOC; draped bust of Zeus Lydios right / CAPΔI-ANΩN; Herakles standing to front; head left; resting in on club; lion’s skin draped over left arm. No patina, good very fine.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 253-268) AE 23 - Gallienus400 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE23 (7.78g). [AVT] K Π•Λ• ΓAΛΛIHNOC•C•, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CAPΔIANΩ N NЄΩKOP ΩN•, A above prize crown. Apparently unpublished. Nice VF.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 238-244) AE 25 - Gordian III397 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE25 (6.34g). •AVT• K• M• ANT• ΓOPΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI POV ΦЄINOV CAPΔIANΩN B NЄOKOP, bukranion and torch within wreath. VF.
|
|
Sardeis (BC 27-AD 14) AE 20 - Augustus391 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.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 211-217) AE 26 - Caracalla382 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AE26 (7.96g). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Îœ ΑΥΡ ΑÎΤΩÎЄΙÎΟC, radiate head right / CΑΡΔΙΑÎΩΠÎЄΩΚΟΡΩÎ, Tyche with rudder and cornucopiae. Nice dark green patina. Very fine.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 69-79) AE 19380 viewsTime of Vespasian, 69-79 AD. AE19 (3.33g). Titus Clodius Eprius Marcellus, proconsul for the second time, and Titus Claudius Phileinus, strategos. ЄΠI TI KΛAY ΦΙΛЄINOY CTPA, draped bust of Men right, wearing phrygian cap and set upon crescent / CAPΔIANΩN in three lines within wreath. Very rare. Overstruck on a Sardian issue of Nero. gVF.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 193-217) AE 22 - Julia Domna359 viewsJulia Domna, 193-217 AD. AE22 (6.21g). Draped bust right / Eagle with spread wings head right; below, infant Zeus with raised right hand seated left. VF.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla359 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 (6.83g, 7h) Radiate bust right / Lion advancing left, star above; ant queen in left field. aVF.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 193-217) AE 29 - Julia Domna348 viewsJulia Domna, 193-217 AD. AE29 (11.3g). IOYΛIA CЄBACTH, draped bust of Julia Domna as Tyche left with kalathos and cornucopia / ЄΠIΓ KΛ MIΘPOY APXA KAPΔIANΩN B NЄ / ΩKOPΩN, Cult statue of Kore standing facing; grain ears and poppy at feet; wreath and bucranium flanking head. EF.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 193-217) AE 30 - Julia Domna347 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE30 (14.54g, 6h). C. Cl. Mithros, archon α´. Draped bust right / Cult statue of Kore standing facing; grain ears and poppy at feet; wreath and bucranium flanking head. Near VF, dusty green and brown patina.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 238-244) AE 22 – Tranquilina338 viewsTranquilina, wife of Gordian III, 238-244 AD. AE22 (4.22g). ΦOVP TPANQVΛΛЄINA, draped bust right / CAPΔIANΩN ANΩN B NЄΩKOPΩN; Men holding scepter and pine-cone. Small flan flaw on edge, very fine.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 222-235) AE 25 - Severus Alexander338 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE25 (5.85g). AVT• K• M• AV• C Є• AΛЄΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. / EΠI NEIKOMAX CAPΔIANΩN [...] PAΦIH, temple of Aphrodite of Paphos consisting of a central portico flanked by two tall towers with a semicircular enclosure paved with tiles; sacred stone between two towers with crescent and star above; two columns surmounted by doves on either side, two torches on outside. Good F.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 54-68) AE 16 - Nero333 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE16 (3.16g). Tiberius Claudius Mnaseas, magistrate. NEPΩN KAICAP, laureate head right / IΠЄ TI MNAICOY ΣAP_IANΩN, Zeus Lydios standing left. aVF.
Very rare. The odd style, misspellings and mixture of letter forms leads to the conclusion that this is likely an immitative issue rather than an official one.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla333 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 (7.13g). AV K M AV ANTΩNЄINOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / CAPΔIANΩN B NЄΩKOPΩN, Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre. gVF.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 244-249) AE 31 - Otacilia Severa331 viewsOtacilia Severa, 244-248 AD. AE31 (13.94g). Îœ ΩΤΑ CЄΒΗΡΑ CЄΒ, draped and diademed bust on crescent / ЄΠΠΚΟΡ ΑΚΥΛ [...] ΑΡΞ Α CΑΡΔΙΑÎΩΠ[...] ÎЄΩ-ΚΟ-ΡΩÎ, cult statue of Kore facing, to the left ears of corn, to the right poppy. Rare. VF.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 79-81) AE 24 - Titus329 viewsTitus, 79-81 AD. AE24 (8.52g, 6h), struck under strategos T.FL.Eisigonos. TITOY AYTOKPATOPOC, laureate bust right, draped and cuirassed / EΠI TI ΦΛ EICIΓON(OU) (CARΔIA?), Altar; to right Demos of Sardis standing left with patera; to left Demos of Smyrna. Celebrating alliance between Sardeis and Smyrna. F, dark green patina. Extremely rare (only one other specimen known). Tricarico coll.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 218-222) AE 26 - Elagabalus321 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE26 (5.93g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / CAP-ΔIANΩN Γ NEΩKOPΩN, Helios walking left, right hand raised, holding whip in left. Near VF, dark green and brown patina, some light roughness.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 253-268) AE 29 - Salonina317 viewsSalonina, wife of Gallienus, 253-268 AD. AE29 (7.47g). CAΛON XPYCOΓONHC, draped bust wearing stephane right / ЄΠPOYΦOY AΔI CAPΔIANΩN Γ NЄΩKOPΩN, cultus-statue of Kore; on left, corn-ear, on right, poppy. Nice VF.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 81-96) AE 28 - Domitian315 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE28 (11.05g). Homonoia issue with Smyrna. ΔOMITIANOC KAICAP CЄBACTOC ΓЄPMANIKOC, laureate head right, wearing aegis / ΔΗΜΟC CAPΔΙΑÎΩΠΔΗΜΟC ΖMYPNAIΩÎ, Demos of Sardes standing right, clasping hands with demos of Smyrna standing left. gVF.
|
|
Sardeis (AD 100-200) AE 26305 viewsImperial Times, 2nd cent AD. AE26 (8.60g, 6h). Youthful, draped bust of the Senate right / Tyche standing left, holding grain ears, rudder, and cornucopia. Good VF, green patina. From Group CEM.
|
|
|
|
|
