Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 191054 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE19 (4.41g). Persian leather cap (bashlyk), bow to left; countermark: bust of Pan facing / 8-rayed star; bow to left, CKOΠA between rays. VF, dark brown patina. Rare. Gutknecht coll. (BC 130) Pylaimenes - AE 231053 viewsPylaimenes, ca 130 BC. AE23 (6.21g, 12h). Bust of Pylaimenes as Herakles right, club over shoulder, lion's skin around neck / [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΛΑΙΜΕΝΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Nike standing left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left. EF, glossy dark brown patina. Methymna (BC 500-450) Stater1052 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Stater (8.19g, 11h). Boar walking right, head lowered, ΜΑΘVΜΝΑ[ΙΟΣ] above / Head of Athena right, wearing disc earring, necklace and helmet adorned with volute spiral and spike; within linear dotted border in shallow incuse square. Toned, with lightly corroded surfaces, otherwise, good VF. Rare. Ex Bank Leu 45 (5/1988), lot 210; Gillet Coll., 1127. Adana (BC 200-0) AE 161052 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE16 (3.82g). Veiled head Demeter right, wearing stephane / ΑΔΑΝΕΩΝ, horse cantering left; monogram to left and below. Rare. Very fine. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B411051 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 4h). Forepart of boar right / Head of lion right in linear square within incuse square. EF. Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater1051 viewsca 500 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g, 10mm). Panther’s head facing, small seal to right above / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely rare - the second recorded example. EF. The small seal above the head was off the flan in Copenhagen, missed by Münzen und Medaillen and the type was not known to Bodenstedt. Sesamos (BC 340-300) Drachm1050 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.49g). Laureate head of Zeus left / Wreathed head of Demeter left, wearing earring and necklace; A to left, ΣΗΣΑΜΗ to right. Toned, good VF. Schonwalter Coll. Sardeis (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 141049 views2nd-1st century BC. AE14 (2.44g, 4h). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΣΑΡΔΙ−ΑΝΩΝ, around club within wreath; uncertain monogram to right. Good VF, black patina. Laodikeia Kombusta (AD 69-96) AE 18 - Titus and Domitian1049 viewsas Klaudilaodikeia. Titus and Domitian, 69-96 AD. AE18 (5.03g). Confronted head of Titus and Domitian / Cybele seated left. VF, black patina under some light earthen encrustation. Wagner Coll. Phokaia (BC 387-326) Hemidrachm1048 viewsca 387-326 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.06g). Helmeted head of Athena left, helmet decorated with laurel wreath / Φ-Ω, head of Griffin left; ΑΓ monogram below. Lightly toned, good VF, surfaces evenly granular. Rare. Nysa (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian1048 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.00g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Hades dragging away protesting Persephone in quadriga right; overturned basket of flowers below. VF, small area of flat strike in obverse legend. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus. Extremely rare. This unique example depicts a winged figure holding the wedding torch, or taeda, above the horses. This is Hymenaeus, one of the erotes and the personification of the Hymenaea, or wedding song sung outside the bridal chamber. Metcalf's attribution to this mint is based on the regional association of this reverse type. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/6 Stater1048 viewsca 600-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Seal (fwkh) swimming along to left, looking back over its shoulder; annulet below / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare; the only coin in Bodenstedt's corpus illustrated with a line drawing! Bodenstedt identifies the device below the seal as a theta, but there is no evidence it is a letter. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B63 - EL 1/6 Stater1047 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Head of young male left, wearing taenia; seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, light porosity. Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B291047 viewsca 477-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 9h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin / Incuse head of calf right. EF. Herakleia Pontika (BC 305-281) Didrachm1046 viewsca 305-281 BC. AR Didrachm (25mm, 9.62g, 12h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Dionysos seated left, holding kantharos in right hand and thyrsos in left; monogram below. VF, scratches and shallow test cuts. Pimolisa (BC 120-63) AE 211045 viewsca 120-63 BC. AE21 (7.90g). Helmeted head of Ares right / [Π]ΙΜΩ-ΛΙΣ[ΩΝ], sword in sheath. VF. Termessos (AD 200-300) AE 291045 views3rd century AD. AE29 (16.86g, 1h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; AVTO-NOMWNA/[T]WN(?) in exergue. Good VF, black-green patina with areas of light green and beige overtones. Kalchedon (AD 41-54) AE 22 - Claudius1044 viewsClaudius I, 41-54 AD. AE22 (7.07g). Bust of Claudius left, countermark: PKA? / ΚΑΛΧ, bust of Apollo right. VF. Phokaia (BC 530-500) Diobol1044 views6th century BC. AR Diobol (1.56g). Head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Dorylaion (BC 3rd-2nd cent) AE 111044 views3rd-2nd century BC. AE11 (1.54g). Helmeted head of Athena right / ΔΟΡΙ(?), owl standing right, head facing, spearhead to right. Good style, dark green patina, VF/gVF. Very rare. Gutknecht coll. The assignment at 'Dorylaion' goes back to Imhoof Blumer. H. von Aulock, Phrygien II, 63 puts the coin without explanation after Hierapolis. Bloesch, Winterthur notes a handwritten note by Imhoof Blumer that remarks of Phrygian Dorieion, which has no known coinage (neither the Winterthurer nor the available piece show a "Y" at the end of the legend, actually also "I" is possible).1 comments Pordosilene (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm1044 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.94g). Young male head right, wearing taenia / ΠΟΡΔ, panther at bay to right, head facing, all in incuse square. Lacking from major published collections and perhaps unpublished. Good style. VF/EF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Geometric bee - EL 1/61043 viewsca 7th-6th cent BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.30g). Milesian standard. Bee / Ornamented incuse punch. EF. Extremely rare. (BC 37-25) Amyntas - Tetradrachm1043 viewsAmyntas, 36-25 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.62g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena right / ΒΑΣΙ-ΛΕΩ[Σ] ΑΜΥΝ-ΤΟΥ, Nike advancing left, holding sceptre adorned with diadem. Good VF, toned, light cleaning marks in field on reverse. Rare. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1042 viewsca 480 BC. EL Hekte (2.75g). Lion, with right forepaw raised and open jaws, seated left on tunny to left Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Rare. Sharply struck and well-centered. Good extremely fine. Eikonion (AD 41-54) AE 20 - Annius Afrinus1041 viewsEikonion as Klaudeikonion. Claudius, 41-54 AD. AE20 (3.15g, 12h). Annius Afrinus, legate. ANNIOC (Ns ligate) AΦPEINOC, bare head of Annius Afrinus right / KΛAUΔEIKONI EωN, Perseus standing left, holding harpa in outstretched right hand and head of Medusa in left at side. Good VF, brown patina, light pitting on reverse. Extremely rare. Ex Villemur Coll.; ex Kovacs FPL 17 (1982), lot 151. Amastris (BC 285-250) Didrachm 1041 viewsca 285-250 BC. AR Stater (24mm, 9.56g, 12h). Head of Mithras right, wearing Persian mitra adorned with laurel wreath and star above / Aphrodite seated left, holding Nike, who crowns her with wreath, in extended right hand, left arm resting on throne; rose to left, lotus-tipped scepter behind throne, monogram below. Near EF. Ex Nomos FPL (early 2011), 65; Gallice Coll. (E. Bourgey, 12/1932), 203; Burel Coll. (Feuardent Frères, 6/1913), 254. Gryneion (BC 350-250) AE 111041 views4th century BC. AE11 (1.33g, 4h). Head of Apollo facing slightly left, wearing laurel wreath / Mussel. Good VF, dark green patina. Larisa Phrikonis (BC 400-300) AE 111040 viewsca 4th century BC. AE11 (1.32g, 11h). Head of female left, hair in sakkos / [ΛΑΡ]Ι[Σ/Α], bull standing right on ground line. Fine style, black patina, aEF/VF. Very rare. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B09 - EL 1/6 Stater1040 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.59g). Forepart of bull right, head left; above, small seal left / Incuse square punch. Near EF, lightly toned. Very rare, only seven examples noted by Bodenstedt. Pordosilene (BC 450-400) Obol1039 viewsca 400 BC. AR Obol (0.58g, 6h). Young male head right, wearing tainia / ΠΟΡΔ, crab within incuse square. VF, porous. Unpublished, apparently unique. While the type is unpublished, cf. BMC Troas, p. 219, 1, for a drachm of Pordosilene with the same obverse type.1 comments Anazarbos (BC 100-1) AE 171039 views1st century BC. AE17 - Dichalkon (4.22g, 6h). Struck ca 19 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Plow; monogram to left, ANAZAPBEΩN to right; all within palm-wreath border. Near VF, dark green patina, a few deposits. Wagner Coll. Magnesia (BC 155-145) Octobol1039 viewsca 155-145 BC. AR Octobol (5.50g, 1h), Dionysios son of Demetrios. Armored cavalryman, wearing helmet, holding couched lance in his right hand and with his cloak flowing back from his shoulders, riding horse prancing to right; Δ below / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, bull butting left, within circular maeander pattern. Very rare. Virtually as struck. Ex Gemini I (1/2005), 162 and Lanz 102 (5/2001), 267, and from the collections of The Johns Hopkins University and J. W. Garrett, Bank Leu and Numismatic Fine Arts (10/1984), 266, C. S. Bement, Naville VII (6/1924), 1458 and T. Prowe, Egger 46 (5/1914), 949, and ex Hirsch 16 (12/1906), 636. The letter delta on the obverse is the denomination mark and stands for four diobols or an octobol (smaller pieces valued at two and four obols are also known). These coins were primarily for local use at the time when the city produced its extensive issues of stephanophoric tetradrachms. Soloi (BC 425-400) Tetrobol1037 views425-400 BC. AR Tetrobol (3.66g). Amazon kneeling left, holding bow, quiver on left hip; satyr's head facing in right field / Grape cluster, fly to right, within dotted incuse square. VF. Rare. Methymna (BC 440-400) Drachm1037 viewsca 450/40-406/379 BC. AR Drachm (3.06g, 11h). Helmeted head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with vine tendril and crescent / M-A-Θ, kantharos in dotted square within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned, slight granularity. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B62- EL 1/6 Stater1037 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Female head left, hair in sphendone; behind, seal downward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/48 Stater1037 viewsPhanes, ca 600 BC. EL 1/48th Stater (0.29g). Head of stag right / Incuse square with irregular pattern. Well struck. About EF. Atarneos (BC 350-300) AE 181036 viewsca. 350-300 BC. AE18 (3.87g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of horse right; coiled serpent above, H to right, ATAP below. Good VF, dark greenish brown patina with a trace of red, some smoothing in fields. Apollonis (AD 139-161) AE 29 - Marcus Aurelius1036 viewsMarcus Aurelius (as Caesar?), 139-161 AD. AE29 (17.20g), Aeschrion and Hermokrates, magistrates. AV KAI M AVPHΛIOC ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC, bare-headed and draped bust right / ΑΠΟΛΩΝΙΔΕΩΝ across field, ΑΠ ΕPΜΟΚPΑΤΟC ΑΙCXPΙΩΝΟC, Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre. Good VF, dark brown patina. Unpublished in the major references. The magistrate Hermokrates is known for Apollonis through several coins of Lucius Verus. The portrait and titles suggest a date late in Aurelius' service as Caesar or immediately after he succeeded Antoninus Pius in 161 AD. The second magistrate, Aeschrion, is known from one other coin, also of Lucius Verus, from Apollonia, which has been identified as Apollonia Salbace in Caria, Mionnet III pg. 332, 173). It is tempting to see them as the same person. But Apollonis in Lydia and Apollonia Salbace are some distance apart, and it is difficult to see the connection. However, there are a number of other Apollonias in Asia Minor, and one of them, Apollonia on the Caicus in Mysia, is only some 20 miles from Apollonis. Perhaps the two close neighbors shared more than a similarity in names, and there was a civic connection. Perge (BC 255-240) Tetradrachm1036 views3rd cent BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.54g). Laureate head of Artemis right; quiver over shoulder / ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΟΣ - ΠΕΡΓΑΙΑΣ, Artemis standing left, wearing short dress, holding wreath and scepter; to left, stag looking up. Anazarbos (BC 39-31) AE 221036 viewsTarkondimotos, circa 39-31 BC. AE Tetrachalkos (8.82g, 22mm). Laureate head of Zeus right / Zeus enthroned left, city ethnic to right, TAP monogram to left, ANAZAPBEΩN to right. Nice VF. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B781036 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10mm, 6h). Head of Ariadne left, hair in sakkos decorated with three grape bunches / Lion, spearhead in jaws, right in linear square within incuse square. Near EF, light scratch on reverse, hairline flan crack. Very rare. Pergamon (BC 15-AD 19) AE 17 - Germanicus & Drusus1036 viewsGermanicus & Drusus, Caesars, 15 BC-AD 19, and 19-23 AD, respectively. AE17 (3.47g, 12h). Bare head of Germanicus right / Bare head of Drusus right. VF, dark green patina under a layer of earthen deposits, faint cleaning scratches on reverse. A quality example of this scarce type. From Group CEM. Atarneos (BC 350-300) Drachm1035 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Drachm (2.29g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Coiled serpent. Toned, near VF, porous, obverse scrape. Rare. Nikomedeia (AD 253-260) AE 26 - Valerian I, Gallienus & Valerian II1035 viewsValerian I, with Gallienus and Valerian II Caesar, 253-260 AD. AE26 (10.16g), struck 256-258 AD. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Valerian I right, seen from behind, and radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gallienus left, seen from behind, vis-à-vis; between, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Valerian II right, seen from behind / Three neocorate temples situated around central altar with serpent. Good VF, hard bright green patina. Ex Triton VII (1/2004), lot 747. Aspendos (AD 1-100) AE 131035 viewsImperial Times, 1st century AD. AE13 (2.54g). Horse galloping right / AΣΠEN-ΔIΩN, Warrior standing right, holding shield and hurling javelin. VF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Bull - EL 1/6 Stater1035 viewsca 500 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.33g, 9mm). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of bull right / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF, toned. Rare. Ex Triton XI (1/2008), lot 250. The Rosen catalog notes that the entry for the Vourla hoard in IGCH designates Samos as the mint of these coins, but J.P. Barron disagrees. Von Aulock placed the coin at an uncertain mint in Ionia, while Rosen was more general, at an uncertain mint in Asia Minor. Methymna (BC 500-450) Tetrobol1034 viewsca. 500-460 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.69g). Hoplite with round shield and spear at ready left / Protome of horse galloping with rider right, in dotted square, within incuse square. About EF. Rare. (BC 128-94) Nikomedes III - Tetradrachm1034 viewsca 128-92 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.02g), dated year 204 of Bithynian era (= 94/93 BC). Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥ, Zeus standing left, wreath in right hand, staff in left; eagle and mongram to left, ΔΣ (date) below. Slight spotting, EF. Ex MuM 88 (1999), lot 212; Ex Deppert Liste 2 (9/1959), lot 64. Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater1034 viewsbefore 575 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.31g). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame / Two square punches containing floral and stellate designs. Good VF. Extremely rare with floral design. Rhodes (BC 408-404) Hemidrachm1033 viewsca 408-404 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.86g). Head of Helios facing, turned slightly right / Rose, P-O, in shallow incuse square. aVF. Rare. Assos (BC 350) Drachm1033 views4th century BC. AR Drachm (3.05g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena left / ΑΣ-ΣI-ΟΝ, facing bucranium. VF, porous. Rare. Koinon of Paphlagonia (AD 81-96) AE 22 - Domitian1032 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE22 (7.30g, 7h). Laureate head right / KOI / NON ΠA / ΦΛAΓONI / AC in four lines. Near VF, brown patina. Very rare. Kition (BC 361-312) AV 1/2 Stater - Pumiathon1032 viewsPumiathon, ca 362-312 BC. AV Hemistater (12mm, 4.11g, 6h). Dated RY 8 (355/4 BC). Herakles advancing right, holding club, bow, and arrow, lion skin draped over arm; ankh to right / Lion right, biting into the back of a stag recumbent right; ‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹ (8 = date) to right. Near VF, a little off center, typical compact flan. Rare, and the only example with the year 8 date fully visible. Salamis (BC 530-515) Stater - Euelthon1031 viewsEuelthon, King of Salamis, ca 530-515 BC. AR Stater (10.97g). Posthumous issue, struck circa 515-480 BC. "Euelthon" in Cypriot, ram kneeling left / Blank. Good VF, darkly toned, light scratches. Exceptional for issue. Pergamon (BC 49/48) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1031 viewsQ. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, Imperator, 49/8 BC. AR Tetradrachm (12.27g, 12h). Cistophoric standard. Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around legionary aquila; monogram to left. VF, struck from worn obverse die. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B601031 viewsca 430-410 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Laureate head of Apollo facing right / Head of 'eagle griffin' facing right, with stylized eagle head, reptile crest and goat beard, within a square frame of thin lines adorned with dots; the whole within incuse square. Scratch on obverse but exceptional head of griffin on reverse. VF. Sinope (BC 330-250) Drachm1030 viewsca 330-300. AR Drachm (5.05g). Head of Nymph Sinope left, hair in sakkos / Sea eagle on dolphin left; ΣΙΝΩ below, ΦΑΓΕ (magistrate) in field to right. EF. Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Trihemiobol1030 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Diobol (11mm, 1.28g, 6h). Janiform female head / ΛΑΜΨΑ, head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; Λ on helmet. Good VF, toned. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B951029 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of Artemis right, hair in sphendone, within linear square; serpent behind. EF. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B35 - EL 1/6 Stater1029 viewsca 510-490 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.57g). Head of a man-headed bull (river god) facing left, the truncation adorned with a row of dots; at right, seal swimming upwards / Four-part incuse square. EF. Gambrion (BC 350-250) AE 171028 viewsafter ca 350 BC. AE17 (3.47g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Bull butting left, star above, ΓΑΜ in exergue. VF, brown patina. Phokaia (BC 521-478) seal - 1/48 Stater1028 viewsca 6th cent BC. AR 1/48 Stater (0.43g). Seal head left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Rare. Erythrai (BC 520-480) EL Hekte1028 viewsLate 6th to mid-5th century BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Archaic head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin headdress / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare. Amyzon (BC 200-0) AE 211028 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (5.95g). Head of Artemis right, quiver and bow at neck / ΑΜΥZΟΝΕ(ΩΝ) / ΕΝΕΚΠΑΤ− −ΔΑΡΔ− either side of lyre, AHR monogram above. Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 151028 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE15 (4.18g). Bow in bowcase / 8-rayed star. Dark patina, EF. Extremely rare. Miletos (AD 161-169) AE 39 - Marcus Aurelius1028 viewsMarcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE39 - Medallion (28.86g, 5h). Aelius Themistocles, Asiarch. M AVP KAI ANTWNINOC L AVP OVHPOC KAI, bust of Aurelius right vis-à-vis bust of Verus left, both laureate and cuirassed / EPI AIL QEMICTO KLEOV ACIAPXOV, MILHCWN in exergue, tetrastyle temple of Apollo Didymus, statue within, globe in pediment. Good VF, dark green patina, red-brown encrustation. Apparently unique. Drewry Coll.; ex Freeman & Sear 6 (6/2000), lot 521. Anemurion (AD 147-176) AE 25 – Faustina II1028 viewsFaustina II, 147-176 AD. AE25 (9.78g). ΙЄΑC ΦΑΥCΤЄΙΝΙ Ι CCЄΒ, draped bust right / ΑΝЄΜΟΥΡΙЄωΝ, Apollo with lyra leaning on column, holding branch. Extremely rare. Green patina, flan crack, GVF.1 comments Uncertain Satrap (BC 500-450) Hemiobol1028 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.30g, 6mm). Bearded head right, wearing satrapal headdress / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare. (BC 220-163) Ariarathes IV - Drachm1027 viewsAriarathes IV, Eusebes, 220-163 BC. AR Drachm (3.82g). Diademed head right / Athena standing left, holding Nike, spear, and shield; monograms to left and below, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ - ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ. Toned, about EF. Erythrai (BC 480-420) Didrachm1027 viewsca 480-420 BC. AR Stater (9.07g). Rider (Erythros?) on horseback galloping left / Ε-Ρ-Î¥-Θ (retrograde) around rosette with 17 petals, within incuse square. Unpublished. VF, lightly toned around devices. Well struck on good metal. Unique? Phokaia (BC 387-326) B106 - EL 1/6 Stater1026 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Female head left, hair rolled and tied at forehead in a "star"; [small seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, a few scuff marks. Lamponeia (BC 500-450) Hemiobol1026 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.41g). Bull's head facing / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, off center, porous. Apameia (AD 238-244) AE 39 - Gordian III1026 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE39 (27.51g). ΑVΤ Κ Îœ ΑΝ ΓΟPΔΙΑΝΟ−C, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ΠΑΡ Α-ΑΚΧ-ΙΟC ΠΑΝ, ΑΠΑΜΕΩ/Ν in two lines in exergue, representation of the story of Noah: to right, upper parts to waist, tunicate and stolate respectively, of Noah and his wife, latter also veiled, seen standing left in enclosing square chest (Lat., arca; Gr. kibotos) with raised lid on which perches a raven (?) right, facing left; floating on waves and inscribed with NΩE; to left, standing figures, as above but full-length, of Noah and spouse, gazing upwards, latter outermost, and raising right hands, elbows bent, in salutation to dove flying right above them, grasping olive-branch in claws. VF, dark green-brown patina, surfaces a little rough. Extremely rare. Schonwalter Coll. Pergamon (AD 1) AE - Augustus and Gaius Caesar1025 viewsAugustus and Gaius Caesar. A. Pourios Gymnasiarch, ca 1 AD. AE (5.40g). ΣΕΒ[ΑΣΤΟΙ ΚΑΙΣ]ΑΡΙ ΒΟΥΛΑΙΩΙ, laureate head right / ΦΟΥΡΙΟΣ ΙΕΡΕΥΣ ΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΑΡΧΩΝ, water vessel, ΠΕΡ-ΓΑ/ΜΗ-ΝΩΝ. Green patina, VF. (BC 386-377) Hekatomnos - 1/12 Stater1025 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, 392-377 BC. AR 1/12 Stater (0.99g), struck in Miletos after 386 BC. Forepart of roaring lion left; E on bridge of nose / Stellate pattern in square incuse. Good VF, great metal. Very rare, only 25 specimens listed by Konuk. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B94 - EL 1/6 Stater1025 viewsca 400-380 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.55g). Female head facing left, wearing hair-net and earring; behind, seal swimming downwards / Four-part incuse square. Extremely beautiful femle head. EF. The female head appears to imitate the Syracusan decadrachms of the engraver Kimon, but without slavishly copying his work. Adada (AD 255-268) AE 29 - Valerian II & Salonina1024 viewsValerian II, as Caesar, and Salonina, 255-258 AD. AE29 (13.14g). OVAΛЄPIANOC[..]O CAΛONЄI, draped bust of Salonina left, wearing stephane, and laureate and draped bust of Valerian II right, vis-à-vis / AΔAΔЄΩN, Hekate triformis, each head wearing a calathus, holding serpents and torches. Extremely rare. Dark brown patina, aEF. Kebren (BC 412-399) AE 101023 viewsZenis?, Satrap in Troas, ca 4th century BC. AE10 (0.61g), struck in Kebren. Head of satrap (Zenis?) left, wearing Persian tiara / KE monogram. Nice VF, dark brown patina. Harpasa (AD 140-180) AE 191023 viewsca 140-180 AD. AE19 (5.42g). ICΡΑ - CΥΝΚΛIΤΟC, draped Bust of Senate right / ΑΡΠΑCΗ-ΝΩΝ, Dionysos in Himation standing left, Thyrsos in left hand, kantharos in right. Very rare. Good style, dark green patina. About EF. Pergamon (BC 166-67) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1023 viewsca 166-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.61g). Cista mystica with half-open lid, from which serpent emerges; around, wreath composed of ivy and berries / Decorated gorytos (bowcase) between two serpents, their tails tied up; on left, city monogram ΠEP, above, AΠ, prytanic monogram ΠPÎ¥ and star, right, serpent-entwined thyrsus. gVF. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater1023 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Stater (16.07g). Hoplite, nude but for Corinthian helmet, holding shield, standing in semi-crouch right; to right, tunny downward / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. The hoplite is about to begin the foot race in which the runners carried their military equipment. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B38 - EL 1/6 Stater1022 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Head of a roaring lion left; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Very rare, only four specimens cited by Bodenstedt, all in museum collections. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Swastika - EL 1/241022 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.64g). Raised swastika pattern / Quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely fine. Magnesia ad Sipylos (BC 200-0) AE 241022 views2nd century BC. AE24 (11.75g). Laureate head of bearded Herakles right / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ - ΣΙΠΥΛΟΥ, Athena standing left, wearing long chiton and helmet, holding round shield in left hand, Nike with wreath in outstretched right, monogram in field above. Fine olive-green patina, worn obv die, VF/EF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B64 - EL 1/6 Stater1022 viewsca 450-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 10mm). Head of Attis in Phrygian cap left / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely Rare. EF. Attis was of Phrygian origin and thus he is always represented in a Phrygian costume such as he wears here. He was the Phrygian god of vegetation and consort of the mother-goddess Cybele. Smyrna (AD 130) AE 38 - Antinoos1021 viewsAntinous, favorite of Hadrian, died 130 AD. AE38 - Medallion (46.40g, 12h). Polemon, magistrate. ANTINOOC HRΩC, bare head left / ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ ΑΝΕΘ ΗΚΕ CΜΥPΝΑΙΟC, bull standing right. VF, red-brown patina, some smoothing, outlines of letters and portrait strengthened. Extremely rare, one of three known, two of which are in museums (Berlin and Gotha). From the David A. Dowdy Collection. Ex Waddell I (12/1982), lot 216; Muenzen und Medaillen 52 (6/1975), lot 651; E.S.G. Robinson Collection (Hess-Leu 17, 3/1961), lot 182; Vicomte de Sartiges Collection (Ars Classica 18, 10/1938), lot 228; Consul Weber Collection (Hirsch XXIV, 5/1909), lot 1484. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) Geometric - EL 1/241021 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL 1/24 Stater - Obol (6mm, 0.67g). Milesian standard. Geometric cross-hatching / Circular radiate incuse punch. VF for issue. Pordosilene (AD 222-235) AE 38 - Severus Alexander1021 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE38 - Medallion (30.87g, 6h). Aurelius Coscelius, magistrate. AVT K M AVP CEV ALEXANDPOC, laureate head right / EPI CTP AVP KWCKELI OV TAM POPOCELHN, EITWN across field, Tyche standing left, modius on head, holding patera in right hand, cornucopiae in left. Magistrate not recorded in Münsterberg. VF, matte dark green patina, surfaces slightly rough. A unique and apparently unpublished medallic bronze. Drewry Coll.; ex Burstein Coll., Peus 366 (10/2000), lot 606. The only bronze of Severus Alexander for Pordoselene, and the only medallic sized coin for the island. The edge of the coin has been lightly tapped to create a raised rim; sestertii with this edge effect are sometimes referred to as "proto-contorniates." This coin was probably a presentation piece. mounted in a phalera for display. In the Peus catalogue it is described as lead, but in actuality is a poor quality bronze alloy. Kios (AD 130) AE 38 - Antinoüs1021 viewsAntinoüs, favorite of Hadrian, died 130 AD. AE37 - Medallion (33.62g, 6h). ANTINOOC [HPΩC], bare-headed bust left / HPΩKIANOI AΔPIANOI, nude male figure standing left, holding purse(?) in left hand; ANTI NON(?) across field. VF, brown surfaces, tooled and smoothed. Ex Dowdy Coll.; Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 32 (11/1985), lot 350 (where unidentified). Myrleia (BC 203) AE 131021 viewsBefore 202 BC. AE13 (2.08g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Four-spoked wheel, M-Y-P-Λ between spokes. VF, black patina. Rare. Kyme (BC 520-470) Obol1020 viewsca 500 BC. AR Obol (0.67g) Forepart of bridled horse left / Incuse square. Pergamon (BC 19-18) Tetradrachm - Augustus1020 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.57g). Pergamum mint. Struck circa 19-18 BC. IMP IX TR PO IV, Bare head right / Tetrastyle temple set on five-tiered base; MART-VLTO. Good VF. Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater1020 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.18g). Lion's head left / Punch with four pellets connected to central pellet. Very fine. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL Stater1020 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Stater (16.05g). Head of a goat with long beard to left; behind truncation, tunny fish swimming upwards Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Very rare. Nicely centered. Slightly porous surfaces, otherwise, about extremely fine. Ex Spina coll. and Sinton coll., Triton III (11/1999), 487; ex Rosen, Monnaies et Médailles 72 (10/1987), 184, ex the Vicomte de Sartiges and G. Philipsen, Hirsch XXV (11/1909), 1751. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater1020 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Stater (15.96g). Panther standing left on tunny left, raising right forepaw / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare. Methymna (BC 330-240) Triobol1019 viewsca 330-240 BC. AR Triobol (2.82g). Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet / ΜΑ/Θ-Y, lyre, dolphin to left. Finely toned, VF. Rare. Aigai (BC 400-300) AE 101018 viewsca 4th century BC. AE10 (1.06g). Laureate head of Apollo right, hair long / Head of goat right, ΑΙΓΑ to left. Dark green patina, EF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B071018 viewsca 530-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Head of roaring lion right, the truncation with a rim of dots / Head of a cock left, behind an irregular oblong object; all within incuse. Good EF. Apameia (AD 14-37) AE 14 - Livia1017 viewsLivia, mother of Tiberius, 14-37 AD. AE14 (3.95g). Markos Manneios. ΣEBAΣTH, draped bust of Livia / MARKOΣ MANNHIOΣ AΠAMEΩN, club above meander pattern. About very fine. Amisos (BC 125-100) AE 211016 viewsca 125-100 BC. AE21 (8.33g). Diademed head of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, tripod. EF, dark brown patina with tan high points. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 - 149