Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Adana (BC 200-0) AE 161043 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. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL Stater1043 viewsabout 580 BC. EL Stater (16.50g). Head of griffin right, tongue protruding from open jaws, knob on forehead / Four-part incuse square. Of the greatest rarity, probably the 3rd specimen known. gVF. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B411039 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. Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B291039 viewsca 477-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 9h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin / Incuse head of calf right. EF. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/6 Stater1037 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. Laodikeia Kombusta (AD 69-96) AE 18 - Titus and Domitian1036 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. Sardeis (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 141035 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. Nysa (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian1035 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. Anazarbos (BC 100-1) AE 171034 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. Sesamos (BC 340-300) Drachm1033 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. Kalchedon (AD 41-54) AE 22 - Claudius1033 viewsClaudius I, 41-54 AD. AE22 (7.07g). Bust of Claudius left, countermark: PKA? / ΚΑΛΧ, bust of Apollo right. VF. Methymna (BC 500-450) Stater1033 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. Anazarbos (BC 39-31) AE 221033 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. Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater1033 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. Dorylaion (BC 3rd-2nd cent) AE 111032 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 Pimolisa (BC 120-63) AE 211031 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 291031 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. Herakleia Pontika (BC 305-281) Didrachm1031 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. Magnesia (BC 155-145) Octobol1031 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. Phokaia (BC 387-326) Hemidrachm1030 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. Larisa Phrikonis (BC 400-300) AE 111030 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. Eikonion (AD 41-54) AE 20 - Annius Afrinus1030 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. Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL 1/6 Stater1030 viewsca 5th-4th century BC. EL Hekte (2.65g). Head of Attis right, wearing jeweled Phrygian cap / Mill sail incuse. EF. Ex Leu 76 (10/1999), lot 147; ex Munzen und Medaillen XXI (6/1970), lot 143. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B09 - EL 1/6 Stater1030 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. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Geometric bee - EL 1/61029 viewsca 7th-6th cent BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.30g). Milesian standard. Bee / Ornamented incuse punch. EF. Extremely rare. Phokaia (BC 530-500) Diobol1029 views6th century BC. AR Diobol (1.56g). Head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Amastris (BC 285-250) Didrachm 1029 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. Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater1028 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. Pordosilene (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm1028 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. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1028 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. Gryneion (BC 350-250) AE 111028 views4th century BC. AE11 (1.33g, 4h). Head of Apollo facing slightly left, wearing laurel wreath / Mussel. Good VF, dark green patina. Soloi (BC 425-400) Tetrobol1026 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. Apollonis (AD 139-161) AE 29 - Marcus Aurelius1026 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. (BC 128-94) Nikomedes III - Tetradrachm1025 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. (BC 37-25) Amyntas - Tetradrachm1025 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. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B63 - EL 1/6 Stater1025 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Head of young male left, wearing taenia; seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, light porosity. Perge (BC 255-240) Tetradrachm1025 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. Nikomedeia (AD 253-260) AE 26 - Valerian I, Gallienus & Valerian II1025 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. Pordosilene (BC 450-400) Obol1025 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 Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/48 Stater1025 viewsPhanes, ca 600 BC. EL 1/48th Stater (0.29g). Head of stag right / Incuse square with irregular pattern. Well struck. About EF. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B781024 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. Atarneos (BC 350-300) AE 181023 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. Anemurion (AD 147-176) AE 25 – Faustina II1023 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 Assos (BC 350) Drachm1022 views4th century BC. AR Drachm (3.05g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena left / ΑΣ-ΣI-ΟΝ, facing bucranium. VF, porous. Rare. Rhodes (BC 408-404) Hemidrachm1021 viewsca 408-404 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.86g). Head of Helios facing, turned slightly right / Rose, P-O, in shallow incuse square. aVF. Rare. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B35 - EL 1/6 Stater1021 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. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B62- EL 1/6 Stater1021 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Female head left, hair in sphendone; behind, seal downward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned. Miletos (AD 161-169) AE 39 - Marcus Aurelius1020 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. Sinope (BC 330-250) Drachm1019 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. Methymna (BC 440-400) Drachm1019 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. Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 151019 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE15 (4.18g). Bow in bowcase / 8-rayed star. Dark patina, EF. Extremely rare. Aspendos (AD 1-100) AE 131019 viewsImperial Times, 1st century AD. AE13 (2.54g). Horse galloping right / AΣΠEN-ΔIΩN, Warrior standing right, holding shield and hurling javelin. VF. Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Trihemiobol1019 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. Erythrai (BC 520-480) EL Hekte1018 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 211018 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. Pergamon (BC 49/48) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1018 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. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Bull - EL 1/6 Stater1018 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. Kition (BC 361-312) AV 1/2 Stater - Pumiathon1018 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. Methymna (BC 500-450) Tetrobol1017 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. Gambrion (BC 350-250) AE 171017 viewsafter ca 350 BC. AE17 (3.47g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Bull butting left, star above, ΓΑΜ in exergue. VF, brown patina. Atarneos (BC 350-300) Drachm1016 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Drachm (2.29g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Coiled serpent. Toned, near VF, porous, obverse scrape. Rare. (BC 220-163) Ariarathes IV - Drachm1016 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. Salamis (BC 530-515) Stater - Euelthon1016 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. Koinon of Paphlagonia (AD 81-96) AE 22 - Domitian1016 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. Uncertain Satrap (BC 500-450) Hemiobol1016 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.30g, 6mm). Bearded head right, wearing satrapal headdress / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare. Pergamon (BC 15-AD 19) AE 17 - Germanicus & Drusus1016 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. Erythrai (BC 480-420) Didrachm1014 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? (BC 386-377) Hekatomnos - 1/12 Stater1014 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. Lamponeia (BC 500-450) Hemiobol1014 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.41g). Bull's head facing / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, off center, porous. Adada (AD 255-268) AE 29 - Valerian II & Salonina1014 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. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B601014 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. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B38 - EL 1/6 Stater1013 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. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B106 - EL 1/6 Stater1013 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. Pergamon (AD 1) AE - Augustus and Gaius Caesar1013 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. Smyrna (AD 130) AE 38 - Antinoos1012 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. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater1012 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. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) Geometric - EL 1/241011 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL 1/24 Stater - Obol (6mm, 0.67g). Milesian standard. Geometric cross-hatching / Circular radiate incuse punch. VF for issue. Apameia (AD 238-244) AE 39 - Gordian III1011 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. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Swastika - EL 1/241010 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.64g). Raised swastika pattern / Quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely fine. Pergamon (BC 166-67) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1010 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. Kebren (BC 412-399) AE 101009 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 191009 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. Kios (AD 130) AE 38 - Antinoüs1009 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). Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater1009 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Stater (15.96g). Panther standing left on tunny left, raising right forepaw / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare. Phokaia (BC 521-478) seal - 1/48 Stater1008 viewsca 6th cent BC. AR 1/48 Stater (0.43g). Seal head left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Rare. Apameia (AD 14-37) AE 14 - Livia1008 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. Kyme (BC 520-470) Obol1007 viewsca 500 BC. AR Obol (0.67g) Forepart of bridled horse left / Incuse square. Amisos (BC 125-100) AE 211007 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. Myrleia (BC 203) AE 131007 viewsBefore 202 BC. AE13 (2.08g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Four-spoked wheel, M-Y-P-Λ between spokes. VF, black patina. Rare. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B951006 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. Magnesia ad Sipylos (BC 200-0) AE 241006 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. Pordosilene (AD 222-235) AE 38 - Severus Alexander1006 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. Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater1005 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. Aigai (BC 400-300) AE 101005 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. Apollonia ad Rhyndakon (AD 161-180) AE 36 - Marcus Aurelius1005 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE36 - Medallion (34.12g). AV KAI M AVPH ANTΩNEINOC, bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right / AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN ΠPOC PVNΔA around, KΩ in exergue, Artemis standing left, holding bow and placing crown on head of Apollo standing front, who raises his right hand to accept the crown; Apollo also holds a bow in his left hand, and is nude apart from a cloak hanging from his lower left arm; to left, a tall tripod with a snake entwined around its front leg. Dark olive patina. Extremely fine. Ex NAC 21 (5/2001), lot 477. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL Stater1005 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. Aninetos (AD 193-211) AE - Septimus Severus1004 viewsSeptimus Severus, 193-211 AD. AE (24.06g). AY-KAI-L-CE- - CEYHPOC-P. Laureate cuirassed bust right / EPI [. . . ]NDP - OY [...]APIWNOC / ANINHCIWN. God Men in phrygian cap riding on horse right, holding double-axe. Dark green patina with light highlights, aEF/VF. Very rare, unpublished. Kaisareia (AD 81-96) Didrachm - Domitian1004 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AR Didrachm (5.91g, 22mm, 6h). Dated RY 13 (AD 93/4). Laureate head right / Club. Near VF, rough. Tricarico coll. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B64 - EL 1/6 Stater1004 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. Neonteichos (BC 300-150) AE 101004 views3rd-2nd century BC. AE10 (1.03g, 12h). Head of Athena right, wearing helmet decorated with griffin / Owl standing right, head facing; NE monogram below. Good VF, black patina. 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