Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B371003 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.49g). Diademed head of Silenos right / Two confronted rams butting heads, palmette above. EF. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts 18 (3/1987), lot 186. Temenothyrai (AD 253-268) AE 38 - Gallienus1003 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE38 / Medallion (18.51g, 6h). Titianus, archiereus. AV • KA • ΠO • ΛIKI • GAΛΛIHNOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right, wearing aegis / TITIANOC APXIE–PEVC, THMENOΘV •/PEVCIN • in two lines in exergue, monumental ornate conical cult-image on cart drawn left by yoke of oxen; before, guide standing right, steadying oxen and directing to three figures above, standing right, and two figures behind, each of whom holds a guide rope. EF, green and red patina with earthen overtones. Extremely rare. The pompa, or procession, was a prominent part of the religious festivals and games of the Greco-Roman world. Often opening the associated games or accompanying the sacrifices, monumental images of the deity would be publicly conveyed (Ovid, Trist. 4.2-3, 6). Such was the Roman pompa circensis which preceded the games in the circus and was part of the celebration of a triumph. Likewise, the inception of a new consulship occasioned celebrations which also would have included the display of such images. Some such event must have been the occasion for the pompa depicted on this medallion, though a more specific event is as yet unknown. The archierus mentioned may be the Junius Titianus who was consul with Philip I in AD 245 (Cod. Theod. 6.39.2). Pergamon (BC 19-18) Tetradrachm - Augustus1002 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. Methymna (BC 330-240) Triobol1002 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. Barata (AD 244-249) AE 30 - Philip II1001 viewsPhilip II, 244-249 AD. AE30 (15.98g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Zeus standing left, holding scepter, eagle to left. Nice very fine, attractive green-brown patina. (BC 280-230) Ariaramnes I - AE 171001 viewsAriaramnes, 280-230 BC. AE17 (4.23g). Head right, wearing Persian headdress (bashlyk) / Horseman with spear right. EF. Very rare. (BC 200-133) AE 151001 viewsca 200-133 BC. AE15 (1.92g). Helemted head of Athena right / Bow, ΦΙΛΕ/ΤΑΙΡΟΥ. Dark green patina, VF. Ophryneion (BC 350-300) AE1001 viewsca. 350-300 BC. AE (1.69g). Bearded head of Hektor 3/4 to right, wearing triple crested helmet / The infant Dionysos kneeling right, holding grape cluster in hand, ΟΦΡΥ to left. Dark green patina, VF. Very rare. Neonteichos (BC 300-150) AE 181001 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE18 (3.98g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet decorated with griffin / Owl standing right on NE monogram. Good style, brown patina, light porosity, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1001 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.69g). Panther standing left on tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Very rare. Ex Jonathan P. Rosen Collection, 464; Galerie des Monnaies (2/1977), lot 94. Lystra (BC 27-AD 14) AE 28 - Augustus 1001 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE28 (11.84g, 9h), struck ca 25-6 BC. IMPE AVGVSTI (S retrograde), laureate head left; all within pelleted border / COL IVL/FEL CEM in upper left field, LVSTRA in exergue, priest standing left, plowing pomerium with yoke of oxen left and holding ornate staff in left hand. Good VF, green patina with olive overtones on reverse, light smoothing in fields of obverse. The cornucopia was erased from the die, but a trace is still visible. Ex Villemur Coll. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater 1001 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Stater (15.94g). Youthful male figure, wearing tainia with frontal spike, kneeling right, holding [knife] and tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, light scrape in field on obverse. Exceptional for issue. While not exceptionally rare, almost all of the published examples have all or part of the head of the figure off the flan. Also, most of the published specimens exhibit considerably more wear than the present example. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B071001 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. Methymna (BC 500-450) Tetrobol999 viewsca 500-460 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.82g). Hoplite running left, holding spear and shield / Youth on forepart of horse right, within dotted incuse square. VF. Kyzikos (AD 41-43) AE 12 - Britannicus, Antonia and Octavia999 viewsBritannicus, Antonia and Octavia. AE12 (1.69g). Struck early in Claudius’s reign, ca 41 - 43 AD. NEOC ΓE[PMANIKOC], K-Y; bare head of Brittanicus right / [AN] / OK[TA], draped busts Claudia Antonia and Claudia Octavia facing each other. Very rare. About very fine. This issue is struck early in Claudius’s reign while the title is Germanicus before he became known as Brittanicus after AD 43. The other portraits are from Claudia Antonia, daughter of Claudius from his second wife, Aelia Paetina, sister of Sejanus; and Claudia Octavia, Claudius’ son and daughter from his third wife, Valeria Messalina. Neandreia (BC 350) AE 10999 views4th century BC. AE10 (1.69g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Corn grain; NEAN to left, bunch of grapes to right. aEF. Neandreia (BC 400-300) Triobol998 views4th cent BC. AR Triobol (1.86g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Altar, laurel tree in the background, N-E-[A]-N; all in deep incuse square. EF, obverse slightly double struck, light, even porosity. Extremely rare. Amisos (BC 125-100) AE 31998 viewsca 125-100 BC. AE31 (19.65g). Male head right (Mithradates VI?), wearing Persian leather cap (bashlyk) / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, quiver. VF/gVF. Light green patina. Salamis (BC 530-515) Tetrobol - Euelthon998 viewsEuelthon, King of Salamis, ca 530-515 BC. AR Tetrobol (1.66g, 15mm). Ram lying left, Cypriot letters 'Eufeletone' below / Blank. Toned, VF. Rare. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B88998 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 8h). Wreathed head of Persephone right / Bull butting left in linear square. Good VF, toned, small nick on cheek. Struck from the finest dies of this issue. Sardeis (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 17998 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. Lysinia (AD 193-211) AE 36 - Septimius Severus998 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE36 (25.17g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus enthroned left, holding phiale and scepter, supported by two anguipede males, each holding a cornucopia. Good VF, black-green patina with orange overtones in the devices, small spots of green deposits on reverse. Extremely rare, only the second one known, and nicer than the Boston specimen. The reverse of this coin recalls the second major conflict of Zeus’ rise to power. After he had defeated the Titans in the Titantomachy and apportioned their former relatives to his fellow Olympians, he was compelled to resolve a conflict with the Giants, offspring of Gaia and Cronus. Known as the Gigantomachy, these chthonic half-man, half-serpent creatures attempted to wrestle power from the Olympians by casting them out of Olympus. To accomplish this, the Giants attempted to reach Olympus by heaping up one mountain range on top of the other. From above, Zeus and the other Olympians defended themselves by hurling their weapons. In the end, however, it was the assistance of Hercules, that won the day. With the final defeat of the Giants, the rule of Zeus was no longer challenged. Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol998 viewsca 480-420 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.48g, 9mm). Forepart of boar left with H on shoulder; tunny behind / Head of lion left, star above, within incuse square. Good very fine. Salamis (BC 351-332) AV Stater - Pnytagoras998 viewsPnytagoras, King of Salamis, ca 351/0-332/1 BC. AV Stater (8.31g, 12h). Persic standard. Draped bust of Aphrodite left, hair rolled above forehead and falling in long wavy strands to front and back of shoulder, wearing beaded necklace, triple-drop earring, and turreted crown; ΠN behind / Draped bust of Aphrodite left, hair in tight ringlets falling before ear and down back of neck, wearing torque (open end at front of her neck), beaded hoop earring, fillet, and crown decorated with semicircular plates; BA behind. EF, scratch in field on obverse. Very rare. Pergamon (AD 4-6) AE 21 - Augustus997 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. M. Plautius Silvanus, Proconsul, 4-6 AD. ΑΕ21 (4.28g). ΣΙΛΒΑΝΟΝ − ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΟΙ, Proconsul Plautius Silvanus in toga standing facing, being crowned by soldier / ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΝ / ΔΗΜΟΦΩΝ, statue of Augustus with spear within Temple. VF. Herakleia Pontika (BC 305-281) Didrachm997 viewsca 305-281 BC. AR Didrachm (9.69g, 23mm, 1h). Head of Herakles right / Dionysos sitting on throne left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; TE monogram under throne, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤ[ΑΝ] to right. VF/aEF. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B94 - EL 1/6 Stater997 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. Kebren (BC 450) Drachm997 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Drachm (3.76g). Female head left with long beaded hair, wearing band and earring / Head of ram left within incuse square. Very rare. gVF. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel-Lagerliste 421 (1980), 15. Neoklaudiopolis (AD 211) AE 21 - Geta996 viewsGeta, 211 AD. AE21 (5.11g, 6h). Bust right / "Apocalyptic" Aphrodite loosening her garment provocatively and holding out an apple. All the coins of this city are very rare, and this reverse type seems to be unrecorded for Neoklaudiopolis. Also interesting is the (unexplained?) legend-ending KOM KECAP, which can also be found on coins of Tavion in Galatia.1 comments Kyzikos (BC 390-340) Drachm996 viewsca 390-330 BC. AR Drachm (3.20g). Head of Nymph Soteira left, wearing sakkos; ΣΩΤΕΙ above / ΚΥ-ZΙ; lion's head left, tunny below, bee in field to right. Extremely rare. VF. (BC 37-25) Amyntas - Tetradrachm995 viewsAmyntas, 36-25 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.77g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; monogram behind / ΒΑΣΙ-ΛΕΩ[Σ] ΑΜΥΝ-Τ[ΟΥ], Nike advancing left, holding sceptre entwined with diadem; IB before. Toned, good VF, light porosity. Scarce. Ex Ready Coll. (Feuardent, 6/1919), lot 536. Amyntas saw service as an auxiliary commander in the Roman army of Brutus and Cassius. He gained the favor of Mark Antony and was granted the Kingdom of Galatia, but deserted Antony before Actium, aligning himself with Octavian. He died in battle in 25 BC and his kingdom was annexed as a Roman province. Tenedos (BC 188-70) Tetradrachm995 viewsca 80-70 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.76g, 1h). Janiform head composed of laureate and bearded head of Zeus to left and diademed head of Hera to right / Double axe, TENEΔIΩN above, monogram and bunch of grapes to left, open hand to right; all within laurel wreath. Rare. Nicely toned. Nearly extremely fine. Ex Bement Coll., Naville VII (6/1924), 1408 (provenance given in Bement catalogue, Hirsch XXXIII, 823, is incorrect = de Callataÿ 14). According to de Callataÿ, only 119 tetradrachms and drachms of Tenedos are known. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater995 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Stater (15.87g). Man-headed bull standing left, head facing, on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Laodikeia (BC 200-0) AE 17994 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE17 (3.58g). Bust of Aphrodite right / ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ, Aphrodite standing left, holding dove; rose to left. VF, brown patina. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B90 - EL 1/6 Stater994 views477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Female head left, hair in sakkos, seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF. Gargara (BC 350) AE 9994 viewsca 3rd-2nd century BC. AE9 (0.58g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Horse galloping right, ΓΑΡ above. Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.1 comments Pharnakeia (BC 85-65) AE 19994 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE19 (8.10g). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΦΑΡΝΑΚΕΙΑΣE, eagle on thunderbolt; star; monogram in left field. Good very fine. Dardanos (AD 14-37) AE 19 - Tiberius994 viewsTiberius. AD 14-37. Æ 19mm (4.90 g). ΣEBAΣ KAIΣAΡ, laureate head right / ΔAΡΔANEΩN, cult statue of Athena of Ilium facing. Near VF, brown patina. Apparently unique. Drewry Coll.; Ex Henry Lindgren Coll. As the obverse legend is ambiguous, this could also be an issue of Augustus. Myrina (BC 300-200) AE 17 994 views2nd-1st century BC. AE17 (4.35g, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo right / MY-PI, amphora, kithara (lyre) to right. EF, glossy dark brown patina with some red encrustation. C.P.A. coll.; ex Freedman coll. (Triton V, 1/2002, lot 457). Priene (AD 69-79) AE 20993 viewsTime of Vespasian, 69-79 AD. Bronzes of Erato. AE20 (4.60g). ΕΠΙ ΕΡΑΤΩ/ΝΟC ΑΡ-CΟΝΤΟ-C, draped bust of wreathed Demeter right / ΠΡΙΗΝΕ−ΩΝ, veiled bust of Kore-Persephone right. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Apameia (BC 40-1) AE 16993 viewsMid-late 1st cent BC. AE16 (2.60g, 12h). Head of Hermes right / Three signa. VF, dark green patina. Ex Prideaux Coll. Kaisareia (AD 193-217) AE 28 - Julia Domna993 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE28 (12.44g, 12h). Homonoia with Smyrna. Dated CY 14 (AD 206/7). IOVΛIA ΔO MNA AVΓ, draped bust right / KAICAP[EΩN] CMYPNAIΩN, OMONOIA in exergue, agalma of Mount Argaeus surmounted by star, flanked by agonistic crowns, each containing a palm; ЄT IΔ (date) across field. VF, slightly rough black-green patina with traces of earthen overtones, adjustment marks on reverse. Very rare. Lydia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) AE 12992 viewsSardeis? 4th century BC. AE12 (1.5 g, 12h). Head of Dionysios left, wearing ivy wreath / Kantharos; F and S (in Lydian) flanking. Good VF, brown patina. Very rare. Ex Gorny & Mosch 203 (3/2012), lot 197 (Naxos). In previous sales, this issue has been attributed to either Cycladic Naxos or Syros. While both cities struck coins with same types, all of these cities’ bronzes consistently bear the first two letters of their respective ethnic flanking the base of the kantharos. On this issue, these Greek letters have been replaced by two Lydian letters, allowing its correct attribution to a mint in Lydia. Sardeis is a possibility, as it’s spelling in Lydian was Sfard. Dardanos (BC 400-300) Triobol991 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Triobol (2.49g). Rider on horse galloping right / Cock standing right, [...]ΙΤΙΜΩΝΑΚΤ[...] (magistrate). VF. Very rare. Kyzikos (BC 390-340) Tetradrachm991 viewsca 390-340 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 14.99g, 7h). Wreathed head of Kore Soteira left, hair in sphendone covered with veil, two grain ears in hair, ΣΩΤΕΙΡΑ above / Head of lion left, mouth open with tongue protruding, KY ZI around; tunny fish below. Good VF, old cabinet toning. Artistic workmanship. Kyme (BC 165-140) Tetradrachm990 viewsafter 190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.53g). Kallias, magistrate. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing taenia / ΚΥΜΑΙΩΝ, horse prancing right; one-handled cup below; ΚΑΛΛΙΑΣ in exergue; all within wreath. Ephesos (AD 79-91) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Julia Titi990 viewsJulia Titi, daughter of Titus. Augusta, 79-91 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.04g, 6h). Struck under Domitian, ca 81-82 AD. Draped bust right / Vesta seated left, holding palladium and sceptre. VF, toned, atttractive. Very rare. Ex CNG 58 (9/2001), lot 1151. While no decisive evidence exists for the location of the mint of the cistophori during the reigns of Vespasian through Trajan, the style, legends, and, in particular, the consistent die axis point to Rome, suggesting that these coins were minted in the capital and then sent to Asia for local use. Nikomedeia (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian990 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.67g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / COM BIT, tetrastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, ROM S P AVG across frieze, no pellet in pediment; within, draped male figure standing right, holding sceptre and Victory. VF, trace of porosity on reverse. Attractive portrait. Amisos (BC 125-100) AE 13990 viewsca 125-100 BC. AE13 (0.97g). Head of beared Herakles right / [Α]ΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, club and quiver; monogram to left. EF/gVF, dark green patina. Very rare. Gutknecht coll. (BC 340-334) Pixodaros - Tetradrachm990 viewsPixodaros, Satrap, 340-334 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.10g, 12h). Head of Apollo facing slightly right, wearing laurel wreath / ΠΙΞΟΔΑΡΟΥ, Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys and lotus-tipped scepter; small E between feet and sceptre. EF, toned, some minor roughness on the reverse. Very rare. Cohen Coll. The obverse die on this coin was also used to strike tetradrachms in the name of Hidrieus. The die sharing and the carry-over from Hiedreius' issues of the small E on the reverse suggest that Pixodaros' tetradrachms were struck early in his reign. Ilion (BC 300-200) Diobol990 viewsca 3rd century BC. AR Diobol (1.47g, 1h). Head of Athena right, wearing a crested helmet / Archaic cult statue of Athena Ilias left, holding spear and distaff, rose to left. Apparently unpublished. The only other example of the type I could find is from a Gorny & Mosch auction. That example weight 2.87g and is attributed as a hemidrachm. One could argue that it is a tetrobol based on the standards used at Ilion at the time. This would then be a diobol. Trapezos (AD 98-117) AE 20 - Trajan989 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE20. Head right / ΤΡΑΠΕ/ZΟΥΝΤΙ/ΩΝ (in 3 lines), E TN - year 50 (=113-114 AD). Ephesos (BC 387-295) Tetradrachm989 viewsca 387-295 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.94g, 12h). Ε-Φ, bee with straight wings / Forepart of a stag right, palm tree left; magistrate MANTIKRATH[S]. Site of the Temple of Artemis, one of the 7 Wonders of the world. Ex CNG 61, Lot 683. Nikaia (AD 260-261) AE - Macrianus988 viewsMacrianus, 260-261 AD. AE - 8 Assaria (7.70g). Radiate and draped bust right / City wall. Brown patina. Very fine. The reverse shows the city wall of Nikaia which needed to be fortified after invasions of the Goths. Most of it is still preserved. Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B24988 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g, 9h). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of calf right. Good VF, toned. Very rare, only 8 examples listed by Bodenstedt. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B90 - EL 1/6 Stater987 views477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Female head left, hair in sakkos / Quadripartite incuse square. Very fine. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B94987 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.56g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Lyre within linear square. Good VF. Kaisareia (AD 69-79) AE 22 - Titus987 viewsTitus, as Caesar, 69-79 AD. AE22 (6.9g). Legate M. Hirrius Fronto Neratius Pansa, 77/78 AD. Laureate bust right / EΠI/ ΠANCA / ΠPECBEY / TOY / ET I, legend within wreath. A very nice bronze with hard green patina. (BC 182-149) Prusias II - AE 20987 viewsPrusias II, 183-149 BC. AE20 (5.57g). Eagle standing right/ Thunderbolt. Dark green patina. Extremely fine. (BC 182-149) Prusias II - Tetradrachm986 viewsPrusias II Cynegos, 182-149 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.91g, 1h). Diademed and winged head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Zeus Stephanophoros standing left; to inner left, eagle standing left on thunderbolt above monogram. Near EF. Exceptional Hellenistic portrait. Drewry Coll.; ex Triton III (12/1999), lot 484. Kaunos (BC 150) Drachm986 viewsca 180-170 BC. AR Drachm (2.85g, 14mm, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right / K-AY (in monogram), winged thunderbolt; ΚΤΗ-ΤΟΣ (magistrate) above, bee in lower right field, in shallow incuse square. Lightly toned, VF/aEF. Very rare. Mylasa (BC 520-490) Stater986 viewslate 6th-early 5th cent BC. AR Stater (10.99g). Forepart of lion right, Θ on shoulder / Two irregular incuse punches. EF. Extremely rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 570-540) Griffin - EL 1/12986 viewsca 570-540 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.34g). Phokaian standard. Head of griffin right / Incuse square. Bold VF. Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater986 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (9mm, 2.56g). Three-quarter facing head of Apollo, head turned slightly right / Quadripartite incuse. VF. Unrecorded as a Hekte? Sinope (BC 520-480) Drachm986 views480-450 BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 5.94g). Eagle's head left, dolphin below / Double incuse punch with pellets in center. Lightly toned, nice VF. Kyzikos (BC 550-510) Obol986 viewsca 600-550 BC. AR Obol (0.82g, 9mm). Head of tunny right / Incuse square punch. Near EF, toned. Extremely rare. Ex Aufhäuser 8 (10/1991), lot 96. This silver issue parallels the earliest series of Electrum from Kyzikos, which also featured full or partial tunnies as the obverse type. These silver pieces strongly suggest that the dating of this coinage is closer to middle of the 6th century. Kebren (BC 460-420) Hemiobol985 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.42g). Ram heads back to back, facing outwards, floret between; [K]EBP[...] around / Incuse swastika pattern, pellet in center. Toned, good VF, minor porosity. Scarce. Lebedos (BC 150) Tetradrachm985 viewsca 150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.61g). Athenaios, magistrate. Laureate and helmeted head of Athena right / Owl facing, standing on club between twin cornucopiae, ΛΕΒΕΔΙΩΝ above, ΑΘΗ-ΝΑΙΟΣ below, all within wreath. Toned EF. Very rare. Ex CNG Auc. 15 (6/1991), lot 179. Uncertain Satrap (BC 4th cent) Satrap - Obol985 viewsEvagoras II, King of Salamis, mid 4th cent BC. AR Obol (0.70g). Turreted head of Aphrodite left / Head of Satrap (Evagoras?) left, wearing Persian tiara with flaps tied below chin, star in front. Very fine, rare. Halikarnassos (BC 500-480) Obol985 viewsbefore 480 BC. AR Obol (1.05g). Forepart of Pegasos left / Head of a goat left, three pellets around; all within incuse square. EF. Rare. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B44 - EL 1/6 Stater985 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g). Head of Ares left, wearing Attic helmet / Incuse with 6? divisions. VF. Rare. Ex Rosen coll. 593 and Lanz Auk. 52 (1990), lot 213. Samos (BC 600-570) EL Hekte985 viewsca 600-570 BC. EL Hekte (2.85g). Eagle flying right, holding a serpent in its talons / Square incuse punch with irregular fan-shaped markings. Good VF. Ex Triton II (12/1998), lot 426.  This Samos electrum hekte has an unusually clear type present. The serpent clutched in the eagle's talons is typically not visible. (BC 149-128) Nikomedes II - Tetradrachm984 viewsNikomedes II, 149-128 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.16g), dated year 86 of Bithynian Era (= 113/112 BC). Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥ, Zeus standing left, crowing king's name; in field, eagle on thunderbolt, monogram and ΣΠΡ (date) below. Toned, gVF/VF. Gambrion (BC 300-100) AE 17984 views3rd-2nd cent BC. AE17 (4.10g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Tripod, ΓΑΜ to left. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Kaisareia (AD 96-98) Didrachm - Nerva984 viewsNerva, 96-98 AD. AR Didrachm (6.78g), dated COS IIII (98 AD). AVTOKPAT NЄROVAC KAICAP CЄBACTOC, laureate head right / VΠATOV TЄTAPTOV, club. Rare, VF. Kebren (BC 460-420) Obol984 views5th century BC. AR Diobol (9mm, 0.75g). Ram's head right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, light porosity. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B100c984 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 12h, 11mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of Artemis right in linear square. EF. Carr coll. There is no coiled snake/serpent behind the head of Apollo (see B100b) or Artemis (see B100a). Bodenstedt notes that there has been no example emerge that has a serpent/snake on both obverse and reverse. Of this type, fifteen known to Bodenstedt, twenty four others known including this example.1 comments Zela (AD 193-217) AE 29 - Julia Domna983 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, 193-217 AD. AE29 (16.11g). Dated 206/7 AD. Draped bust right / ZΗΛΙΤ-ω-Ν ΤΟ-Î¥ ΠΟΝ six-column temple; in exergue, EΤ ΡΜΓ (= year 143 of local era). Rare, attractive very fine. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Eagle - EL 1/48983 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/48th Stater (5mm, 0.27g). Eagle standing left, head reverted / Incuse punch. VF, head off the flan. Rare. Temnos (BC 350) Diobol983 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Diobol (11mm, 1.55 g, 4h). Bare head of Dionysos left / Kantharos; T-A flanking. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned, faint scratch on reverse. Pordosilene (BC 400) AE 8982 viewsca 400 BC. AE8 (0.63g). Bearded head of Silenos right / Dolphin right, ΠΟΡ. Near EF, dark green, almost black, patina, with a trace of earthen encrustation around the devices. Rare. Lampsakos (BC 350-250) Trihemiobol982 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Obol (12mm, 1.24g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of Pegasus right; mouse below. Near VF, toned. Scarce. The mouse is probably a symbol of Apollo Sminthos. Kyme (BC 460-400) Hemiobol982 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (9mm, 0.49g). Eagle's head left, K-Y / Granulated "mill-sail" incuse square. EF. (BC 62-40) Deiotaros - AE982 viewsDeiotaros, ca 62-40 BC. AE (10.89g). Winged bust of Nike right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΔHIOTAPOY, eagle standing on sword within scabbard, head turned left; caps of the Dioscuri flanking. VF. Rare. Gargara (BC 440-400) Tetrobol982 viewsca 400 BC. AR Triobol (1.99g). Head of youth right / ΓΑΡ, horse galloping right, all in incuse square. Some porosity, otherwise EF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B90981 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Facing head of satyr within linear square. Good VF. (BC 182-149) Prusias II - Tetradrachm981 viewsPrusias II, 182-149 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.88g, 34mm, 12h). Diademed and winged head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Zeus standing left, holding wreath in right hand, lotus tipped sceptre in left; to inner left, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, monograms below. Toned, aEF/VF. Ex Giessener Muenzhandlung Auc. 67 (5/1994), lot 202. Klazomenai (BC 500-480) Didrachm981 viewsca 499-494 BC. AR Didrachm (18mm, 6.98g, 18h). Forepart of winged boar right / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, beautifully toned. Well centered with excellent metal. Ex Westminster School Coll. (Sotheby’s, 5/1976, lot 103). (BC 392-377) Hekatomnos - Tetradrachm980 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, 392-377 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.63g), struck in Mylasa. Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding double-axe over shoulder and scepter / Lion standing right on ground line, about to jump, EKAT[OMNΩ] above. VF. (BC 130-116) Ariarathes VI - Drachm979 viewsAriarathes VI, Epiphanes Philopator, 130-116 BC. AR Drachm (4.12g), Eusebeia Tyana mint, dated year 4 (126/125 BC). Head with band right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ - ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ, Athena left, holding spear and shield in left hand, Nike in right; monogram to left, A to right, Δ (date) in exergue. EF. (BC 230-220) Ariarathes III - AE979 viewsAriarathes III, 230-220 BC. AE (4.80g), Eusebeia Tyana mint. Head right, wearing Bashlyk / ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘ - ΔΣ - ΤΥΑΝΑ, galloping rider right, palm to right. Dark brown patina, EF/VF. Very rare. Ephesos (BC 550-500) 1/6979 viewsca 550 BC. AR Obol (0.51g). Bee / Quadripartite incuse. Good VF, typical light porosity. Kromna (BC 340-300) Drachm978 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.37g). Laureate head of Zeus left / Turreted head of Hera left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; ΗΓ monogram to left, ΚΡΩΜΝΑ to right. Toned EF. Rare. Amaseia (AD 98-117) AE 19 - Trajan978 viewsTrajan 98-117 AD. AE19 (6.51g). Laureate bust right; AUT KAI - AP CE / Snake on altar; year EIP=115 below. Ex Tom Vossen. Ephesos (BC 202-150) Drachm978 viewsca 202-150 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.76g, 11h). Satyros, magistrate. Bee / Stag standing right; palm tree in background. VF, iridescent tone, flan crack. Kyme (BC 460-400) Hemiobol977 views5th cent BC. AR Hemiobol (0.47g). Head of eagle left, K below beak / Quadripartite incuse square ("mill-sail" pattern). Very fine. Kyzikos (AD 0-100) AE 20977 viewsca 1st cent AD. AE20 (4.82g). Head of Kore right, grain ear in hair; within a wreath of grain / K-Y/ZI, caduceus, in the center of which is a gorgoneion, the handle is made of a club, crescent above, tunny below, monogram to right; all within a laurel wreath. Near EF, attractive green patina. Aigeai (AD 216-217) Tetradrachm977 viewsTime of Caracalla, 211-217 AD. Billon Tetradrachm (11.80g). About 216-217. AIΓEAIΩN ANTΩNIINO VΠOΛEΩC Bearded, draped bust of Asclepius r., thin band in the hair, snake-entwined staff at his l. shoulder / MAKEΔONIKHC ΠICTHC ΘEOΦIΛO, Octastyle temple of Asclepius on steps, statue of Asclepius within, wearing himation, holding snake-entwined staff; in the pediment, eagle flying l.; in the field, date Γ-Σ/C (= year 263 of the local era); below, goat r. between two pellets. For a similar tetradrachm honoring likewise Asclepius, see Prieur 86, 723 and H. Bloesch, Caracalla in Aigeai, Atti (Proceedings) Congresso Internazionale di Numismatica, Roma 1961 (1965), 307 seq. Unique, unpublished and very interesting type. Very fine. The sanctuary of Asclepius in Aegeae was certainly not as famous as the ones in Epidaurus, Kos or Pergamum, but still well known. The rather unusual use of base silver for these rare autonomous issues (dated 262 and 263 of the local era = AD 215/216 ans 216-217) as well as their types refer to an illness of Caracalla and of his attempt of being healed by visiting sanctuaries of Asclepius such as Pergamum and probably Aegeae. Kolone (BC 400-300) AE 16977 views4th century BC. AE16 (4.17g, 9h). Laureate helmeted head of Athena right / 9-ray star, ΚΟΛΟΝΑEΩΝ between rays. VF, green patina. Rare. Alighieri Coll. Erythrai (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater977 views7th-6th century BC. EL Hekte (2.34g). Rosette pattern with central pellet / Irregular incuse square. VF. Very rare. 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