Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Smyrna (AD 37-41) AE 17 - Caligula919 viewsGaius (Caligula), 37-41 AD. AE17 (2.11g, 6h). C. Calpurnius Aviola, proconsul. Menophanes, magistrate. Laureate head right / Nike advancing right, holding palm and wreath. Good VF, greenish-brown patina, reverse a bit rough. Sardeis (AD 41-54) AE 13 - Claudius919 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE13 (3.6g). ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ, head left / ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, head of Herakles left. Nice Very Fine. Sinope (BC 310-290) Hemidrachm918 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.40g, 12h). Female head left wearing turreted crown / Prow of galley left; ΣΙΝΩ above, aplustre and monogram to left. Good VF, toned. Philadelphia (AD 37-41) AE 17 - Caligula918 viewsGaius (Caligula), 37-41 AD. AE17 (4.73g, 12h). Makedon, magistrate. Bare head right / capricorn left, bearing cornucopiae; monogram to left; ΜΑΚΕΔωΝ in exergue. Good VF, olive patina with traces of earthen overtones. Very rare magistrate, only three examples cited in RPC: one in Wintherthur, a second in Vienna, the third in a private collection. (BC 280-230) Ariaramnes I - AE 16918 viewsAriaramnes, ca 280-230 BC. AE16 (2.99g, 4h). Head right wearing bashlyk / Horse grazing right; monograms above and below. VF, black patina, a touch of roughness on obverse. Very rare. Neokaisareia (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla918 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (13.17g), dated CY 146 (209/10 AD). Laureate and draped bust right / Tetrastyle temple of Ma / Zeus with wall visible in background, statue standing on cippus within; ET PMR (date) in exergue. VF, olive patina, earthen encrustation. Wagner Coll.1 comments Alinda (AD 193-211) AE 39 - Septimius Severus and Caracalla918 viewsSeptimius Severus and Caracalla, 193-211 AD. AE39 (17.03g). ΑVΤ Κ Λ CΕΠ CEVΗΡΟC ΚΑΙ Îœ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC, laureate, cuirassed bust of Severus right vis-à-vis laureate bust of Caracalla / ΕΠΙ ΑΡ ΚΟΡ ΜΕ-ΝΙΠΠΟV ΑΛΙΝΔΕΩΝ/ΑCΥΛΟ/ΜΕΝ/ΟC ΗΡ/ΑΚΛ/ΝΔΟC/Ε-Ι, Herakles, naked, standing facing, head right, holding club and lionskin in right hand, with his left hand clasping the hand of Sept. Severus, standing facing in military dress, head left, holding spear. Lighted altar between them. Wide flan, brown patina. Apparently unpublished. Apameia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 23 – Augustus, Caius & Lucius918 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE23 (6.60g). Bare head of Augustus right / Bare heads of Caius and Lucius right. Good Fine, dark green patina. Rare, only two specimens cited in RPC. Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL Stater918 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Stater (16.01g, 21mm). Head of tunny right, holding Garfish (a type of needlefish) in its mouth; to left, tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Well centered. Unpublished denomination for a very rare issue. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B95917 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of Artemis right within linear square. Good VF. Pergamon (BC 200-133) AE 17917 viewsca 200-133 BC. AE15 (4.25g). Laureate head of bearded Asklepios right / ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, snake coiled around staff. Brown-green patina, EF. Herakleia Pontika (BC 420-390) Diobol917 views420-390 BC. AR Diobol (14mm, 1.86g). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion’s skin headdress / Quartered linear square, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΑ around, within larger incuse square. EF. Phokaia (AD 54-68) AE 19 - Nero917 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE19 (5.76g, 12h). Laureate head right / Athena standing left, holding Nike, spear and shield. VF, green patina, a little rough. Ex Wagner Coll. Lampsakos (BC 350-250) Trihemiobol917 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Diobol (1.23g, 10mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΛΑΜ, Forepart of Pegasus right; bunch of grapes below. aEF. Leukai (BC 350-300) AE 16916 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE16 (3.57g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Swan standing left with open wings, head right, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΗΣ (magistrate) to left. Nice VF, black patina. Rare. Tarsos (BC 425-400) Stater - Syennesis III916 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.46g). Satrap on horseback galloping right / Naked hoplite kneeling left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, holding spear in right hand, large round shield decorated with gorgoneion in left, 'TRZ' in Aramaic to right. Toned VF, light porosity. The hereditary kings of Cilicia were invested with the name Syennesis, a royal title more than an actual name. Syennesis III was probably the grandson of Syennesis II, one of the commanders in the fleet of Xerxes, and married a woman named Epyaxa. In 401 BC, the couple supported the revolt of Cyrus II against his brother Artaxerxes II. In return for the assistance, including a body of troops commanded by his son which he offered to Cyrus, Syennesis was himself richly rewarded with gifts and honors. At the same time, though, he sent his other son to Artaxerxes, so that whatever the outcome he might be with the winning side. Syennesis' actions, however, did little to save Cilicia's independence; after 400 BC, it became a satrapy of the Persian Empire. Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Janiform - Obol916 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Obol (0.86g). Janiform head with male (Zeus?) left and female (Hera?) right within dotted circle / Triple-faced head of bearded male (Silenos?). aEF. Very rare. Alexandreia (BC 164-27) AE 21916 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE21 (7.93g). Head of Alexander the Great (as Herakles) right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Zeus standing left, holding wreath and sceptre; two monograms to left. EF, glossy brown patina with a few small spots of encrustation. Uncertain (BC 425-375) Diobol B2916 viewslate 5th-early 4th century BC. AR Diobol (1.18g, 11mm, 6h). Forepart of boar right; monogram below / Forepart of lion right, bunch of grapes below. Good VF, slightly rough surfaces. Unpublished in the standard references. Assos (BC 350) Drachm915 viewsca 350 BC. AR Drachm (2.83g). Head of Athena left, wearing Attic helmet / ΑΣ-Σ-ΟΝ, Head of bull facing (bucranium), within shallow incuse square. VF. Very rare. Ex Pozzi Coll. (Ars Classica 1, 1920), 2270; ex Lockett Coll. (Glendining, 2/1961), 2209, and "Distinguished American Collection" (Peus 332, 1991), 186. Tarsos (AD 198-217) AE 32 - Caracalla915 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE32 (16.29g). AVT KAI M AVP CEVHPOC [ANTWN,EINOC] CEB PP, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ANTWNIANH, CEOVHP [ADR, MHT] TAPCOV MKA GB, Triptolemus in biga drawn by winged serpents, sowing grain. Good VF, dark green patina. All the cited comparanda are from different dies, and of much coarser workmanship that the present piece. Bithynion-Klaudiopolis (69-79 AD) AE 33 - Vespasian915 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE33 - Medallion (22.75g, 5h). M. Plancius Varus, proconsul. Laureate head right / MAPKOΣ/ ΠΛANKIOΣ/ OVAPOΣ ANΘVΠATOΣ in four lines across field; all within oak wreath. VF, brown surfaces. Rare. Ex Drewry Coll. Neapolis (AD 100-300) AE 26914 viewsPseudo-autonomous issue, 2nd-3rd cent AD. AE26 (8.45g, 12h). ΝΕΑΠΟ, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right / ΑΥΡ ΝΕΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Dionysus standing left, holding cup over panther and thyrsus. Near VF, green-brown surfaces, porous. An apparently unrecorded type from an extremely rare city. Ex Alighieri Coll. Sardeis (AD 100-300) AE 19914 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.1 comments Kaisareia (AD 96-98) Didrachm - Nerva914 viewsNerva, 96-98 AD. AR Didrachm (6.99g, 22mm, 6h). Struck 97 AD. AYTOKPAT NЄPOYAC KAICAP CЄBACTOC YΠAT Γ, laureate head right / OMON CTPAT, two clasped hands holding standard set on prow. EF, toned, light deposits on reverse. Rare. From Group CEM. Kindya (BC 510-490) Tetrobol913 viewsca 510-490 BC. AR Samian Tetrobol (2.06g). Head of Ketos left / Incuse geometric pattern. Superb EF. Aspendos (BC 300-200) Stater913 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AR Stater (10.45g, 26mm). Two wrestlers grappling, ΠΟ between / Slinger right; ΕCΤFΕΔΙΙYC to left, forepart of horse and kerykeion to right. Lightly toned, EF. Hadrianoi (AD 177-192) AE 31 - Commodus913 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE31 (17.64g, 2h). T. Lucilius Diodorus, magistrate. AV• K• Λ• AVP• KOMOΔOC• ANTΩNINOC, bare-headed and draped bust right, seen from behind / T• Λ• O• K• ΔIOΔΩPOC• ANEΘ AΔPIAN ΠP OΛVM (PR ligate), Demeter standing left, holding two grain ears and poppy in left hand and long torch in right. Good VF, green-brown and black-green patina. Apameia (AD 218-222) AE - Elagabalus913 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE (4.01g). Laureate head right/ C.I.C.A (=Colonia Iulia Concordia Apamea) /D.D. Brown patina. Very fine. Thyateira (AD 222-235) AE 48 - Severus Alexander913 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE48 - Medallion (48.55g, 6h). Mar. Pollianus, strategus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Young Hercules standing facing, head right, holding club set on ground and deceased lion. Good VF, dark green patina, minor smoothing in fields. Extremely rare, only the second specimen known.1 comments Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B16913 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 11h). Head of ram right; below, cock standing left / Incuse head of lion right; rectangular punch behind. VF. Erythrai (BC 360-342) Tetradrachm912 viewsca 360-342 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 15.02g). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / EPY, club and bow in quiver; owl on left, monogram on right, ΠΕΛΟΠΙΔΗΣ (magistrate). Good VF, toned. Very Rare. Ex Walter Niggeler Coll. (Bank Leu/Münzen und Medaillen, 12/1965), lot 380; Münzen und Medaillen Auktion XIX (6/1959), lot 484; Adolph Cahn Auction 80 (2/1933), lot 339; Hamburger Auction VI (6/1930), lot 329. Sinope (BC 120-63) AE 19912 views120-63 BC. AE19 (7.75g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΣΙΝΩ-ΠΗΣ, tripod. Green patina, aVF/VF. Rare. Joy coll. Kotiaeion (AD 68-69) AE 19 - Galba911 viewsGalba, 68-69 AD. AE19 (4.27g). Ti Claudius Aretis, magistrate. GALBAN AVT-OKPAT[OP]-A, laureate head right / E[PI TI KL APET]IDOC AGWNOQETOU DIA BIOU KAOTIAEWN, Zeus(?) standing left, raising right arm. ; Near VF, brown and tan patina, porous. From the David Simpson Collection. Adada (BC 100-0) AE 14911 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE14 (2.69g). Bull's head facing; two dolphins flanking, star above / [Α]ΔA, triskeles. Good VF, rare and choice. Nikaia (AD 138-161) AE 41 - Antoninus Pius911 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE41 - Medallion (54.07g, 7h). AVTO KAI TI AI AΔPI ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / CΩTHPI ACKLH ΠIΩ NIKAIEIC, half-length bust of Asclepius left, partially draped; serpent beside right shoulder. Good VF, magnificent apple green patina, slightly worn at high points, but generally smooth and glossy. A huge second century medallic bronze. Ex Drewry Coll. Tenedos (BC 188-70) Drachm911 views2nd-1st century BC. AR Drachm (4.00g). Janiform male and female heads / Double-axe, TΕΝΕΔΙΩΝ above; monogram and grapes to left, Nike to right; all within laurel wreath. EF. Rare. Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL 1/24 Stater911 views5th-4th century BC. EL Twenty-forth Stater (6mm, 0.64g). Head of Attis right, wearing Phrygian cap; [below, tunny right] / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare denomination, apparently the third known. Isaura (AD 100-200) AE 18910 viewsAutonomous Issues, ca late 2nd cent AD. AE18 (3.10g). Head of Hercules right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Young male with long hair riding lion right and wielding sword. Good VF, brown patina. Scarce city. Isaura was the chief city of the region of Isauria, which became part of the province of Cilicia in Severan times. Isaura gained the honorific of Metropolis at some point in this period, and all its Severan coinage has this title. This coin must pre-date the union of the provinces and the elevation of Isaura. The Hercules head is a precise rendition of the type used by Alexander the great, while the identity of the lion rider has remained a mystery since the coin was first published in 1896. Sardeis (AD 14-37) AE 18 - Tiberius910 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. Aphrodisias-Plarasa (BC 200-0) AE 12910 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE12 (1.63g, 12h). Labrys, ΠΛΑ above, ΑΦ-ΡΟ below / M/A-[Λ], cuirass in incuse square. VF. Rare. Karl coll. (BC 450-420) Teththiveibi - Stater910 viewsTeththiveibi, Dynast, ca 440-430 BC. AR Stater (9.84g, 12h). Head of a goddess (Aphrodite?) to left, wearing pearl necklace and spiral earring, hair in a queue tied with bands and bound up in back / Tetraskeles; Lycian letters 'tetthiweibi', within dotted incuse square. Very rare. Beautifully toned, a superb example, perhaps the finest known. Good EF. Ex Bank Leu Auc. 81 (5/2001), 310 and Auc. 7 (5/1973), 251, and Desneux coll. Kolophon (BC 310-300) AE 910 viewsca 310-300 BC. AE Tetrachalkon (5.78g, 1h). Dimokrates, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Tripod; [Δ]HMOKPATHΣ to left, KOΛΦΩ (sic) to right. Good VF, black patina. Extremely rare issue, only four examples recorded by Kinns for all magistrates. Alighieri Coll. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/12 Stater910 viewsPhanes, ca 600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater or Hemihekte (1.09g). Forepart of stag running right, head reverted / Incuse square with irregular surface. VF. Mytilene (BC 400-350) Diobol909 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Diobol (1.26g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Female head right, MYT. Toned VF. Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm909 viewsca 375-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.70g, 10h). Heridanos, magistrate. Sphinx seated left, amphora surmounted by grape-bunch before / Quadripartite incuse square, ΗΡΙΔΑΝΟΣ across horizontal band; vertical striations within each quarter. Good VF, toned. Very rare. Ex Hess-Leu 45 (5/1970), lot 277; Hess-Leu 31 (1966), lot 499; Henri de Nanteuil Coll., 628; Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich Coll. (Naville IV, 6/1922), lot 872; Sir Hermann Weber Coll., 6257; W. Talbot Ready Coll. Kyme (AD 54-68) AE 15 - Nero & Diva Agrippina Jr909 viewsDiefied Nero and Agrippina Jr., ca 54-59 AD. AE15 (4.30g). ΘEON NEPΩNA KYMAIΩN, Young laureate head of Nero right / ΘЄAN AΓPIΠΠINAN, veiled head of Agrippina Jr. right. Good Fine, brown patina. Salamis (BC 411-373) AV 1/4 Stater - Evagoras I909 viewsEvagoras I, King of Salamis, 411-374 BC. AV 1/4 Stater (2.01g). "U­va­ko­ro" in Cypriot characters, youthful head of Herakles wearing lion’s skin headdress, facing three­-quarters left/ "Pa­si­le­wo­se" in Cypriot characters, goat lying right. Apparently only the second specimen known. Good extremely fine. Leukai (BC 350-300) AE 10908 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE10 (1.26g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Swan standing left with open wings, head down, ΜΗΤΡΟΔ... (magistrate) above, ΛΕΟ to left. VF, black patina, earthen encrustation. Very rare and apparently an unpublished denomination. Larisa Phrikonis (BC 400-300) AE 11908 viewsca 4th century BC. AE11 (1.20g). Horned (?), three-quarter facing female head, turned slightly right, wearing necklace / Λ-Α, head of laureate male (Apollo?) right. EF, green patina. Rare. Dalisandus (AD 244-249) AE 29 - Philip I908 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE29 (20.46g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust R / Hercules standing facing, head right, holding apples, club, and lion's skin. VF, dark brown patina with some green and brown encrustation, nice flan. Scarce mint. Rhodes (BC 188-170) Drachm908 viewsca 188-170 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 2.96g). Anaxidotos, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios right / Rose; serpent coiled about omphalos to left; all within incuse square. Good VF, toned. Kolophon (AD 138-161) AE 17 – Antoninus Pius908 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE17 (4.36g). ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ, head right / ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ, scheap. Dark green patina, gVF. (BC 390-370) Mithrapata - Stater907 viewsMithrapata, Dynast, ca 380-375 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 9.64g, 4h). Facing lion's scalp / Triskeles; ΜΕΧΡΡ-ΠΡΤΡ; in left field, head of Herakles 3/4 to left, wearing lion's skin headdress, club to right; all within incuse square. Superb EF, struck with worn obverse die. Rare.1 comments (BC 101-87) Ariarathes IX - Drachm907 viewsAriarathes IX Eusebes Philopator, ca 100-85 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.01g), dated RY 5 (96/5 BC). Diademed head right / Athena standing left, holding Nike and resting hand on shield set on ground, spear leaning against arm; monogram in inner left field, E (date) in exergue. Good VF, lightly toned. Excellent style for issue. Strickhausen Coll. Aigai (BC 400-300) AE 10907 views4th century BC. AE10 (0.94g). Laureate head of Apollo right, hair long / Head of goat right. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Joy coll. Kaisareia (AD 238-244) AE 20 - Gordian III907 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE20 (4.95g), dated 244 AD. AV K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC, laureate bust right / MHTP KAIC NE - ET Z, head of Tyche right, wearing mural crown, cornucopiae to right. VF. Kaisareia (AD 69-79) Didrachm - Vespasian907 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AR Didrachm (21mm, 7.24g, 12h). Struck 77-78 AD. Laureate head right / Mt. Argaeus surmounted by statue. Near EF, toned. Group CEM. Ex Leu 53 (10/1991), lot 223. Larisa Phrikonis (BC 400-300) AE 11906 viewsca 4th century BC. AE11 (1.14g) Horned facing female head, turned slightly right, wearing necklace / ΛΑ, bull's head right. Near EF, black patina, some light encrustation. Rare. Memnon (BC 350-334) AE 13906 viewsMemnon of Rhodes?, ca 350-334 BC. AE13 (1.54g). Persian King running/kneeling right, holding bow and spear / Dynastic symbol? Fine dark green patina with some red patches, EF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/24 Stater906 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL Hemihekte - 1/12 Stater (1.14g). Forepart of stag left, head reverted; three pellets to left / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. VF. Very rare. Kyme (AD 54-68) AE 19 - Nero906 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE19 (4.48g, 1h), struck circa 63-68 AD. Laureate head right / Horse prancing right. VF, brown surfaces with some green encrustation. Ex Alighieri Coll. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B43 - EL 1/6 Stater906 viewsca 492 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Facing head of Silenos / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Klazomenai (BC 500-480) Diobol905 viewsca 499-494 BC. AR Diobol (1.10g). Forepart of winged boar flying right, A above / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Amaseia (AD 222-235) AE 34 - Severus Alexander905 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE34 (28.47g), struck 234/35 AD. AUT K M AUR SEOUHROS ALEXANDROS, laureate cuirassed Bust R / ADR SEU ALE[...]T NE / PR PON, Altar; eagle and Helios in Quadriga above. Dark green patina, good VF. Rhodes (BC 400) Tetradrachm905 viewsca 400 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 15.14g). Head of Helios facing 3/4 right, hair in separate curly locks falling outwards and downwards / ΡΟΔΙΩΝ, half-blown rose; eagle with closed wings to right, within incuse square. Struck in very high relief and unusually well-centered for this issue. A portrait of expressive classical style, lightly toned and good EF. Adana (BC 164-27) AE 23905 views164 BC and later. AE23 (9.22g, 12h). Head of Apollo right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; two monograms to left. Good VF, green patina, light cleaning marks. 1 comments Synnada (AD 41-54) AE 18905 viewsTime of Claudius, 41-54 AD. AE18 (2.94g). Artemon, tropheus and high priest. Head of Athena right / Owl on amphora. Rare. VF. Tropheus means a "bread giver." This could be a bronze token used for public gifts of bread. Pergamon (BC 10-2) AE 18 - Livia & Julia 905 viewsAugustus for Livia and Julia. AE18 (3.41g). Charinos Grammateus, ca 10-2 BC. ΛIBIAN H[PAN XAPI]NOΣ, bust of Livia / [IOY]ΛIAN AΦPOΔITHN, bust of Julia. Rare. Very fine. (BC 470-440) Uncertain Dynast - 1/8 Stater?905 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR 1/8 Stater? (1.17g). Boar's head left / Protome of a man-headed bull facing left within incuse square. EF. The reverse image is reminiscent of the coins of the Lycian dynast Uvug. The weight standard is hard to define, since the weights are somewhat erratic (along with the von Aulock coin, cf. Peus 372, 2002, lot 361). It might be a 1/6th stater on the light stater (c. 8.0-8.6 g), but actually this standard is known from 460 BC onwards only; cf. O. Morkholm and G. Neumann, Die lykischen Munzlegenden (Gottingen 1978), p. 5 f. Tarsos (BC 379-374) Stater - Pharnabazos904 viewsPharnabazos, Satrap, 379-374 BC. AR Stater (10.63g). Three-quarter facing female head, head turned slightly left, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace / 'FRNBZW' in Aramaic left, bearded and helmeted male head (Ares?) right; monogram before. Nice EF, lightly toned with golden iridescence around the devices. Knidos (BC 530-520) Obol904 viewsca 530-520 BC. AR Obol (1.01g). Head of lion right with jaws open, tongue protruding; small linear rectangular at truncation / Head of Aphrodite right, hair in sakkos and falling down neck in dotted plaits, wearing disc-shaped earring; all within incuse square. Very rare. Almost extremely fine. Ex Prof. S. Pozzi and R. C. Lockett collections; and ex Naville & Cie., Geneva 1 (Lucerne 1921), 2393, and Glendining & Co., London - Lockett coll. XII / Greek IV (1961), 2358. Nikomedeia (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian904 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.43g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Laureate head right / COM BIT, temple set on three-tiered podium, ROM S P AVG across frieze, clipeus in pediment; within, Hadrian standing left, holding patera and reverted spear. VF, trace of porosity in reverse fields. Magnesia (BC 465-459) Hemiobol - Themistokles904 viewsThemistokles, ca 465-459 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.44g, 8h). Head of Hephaistos right, wearing laureate pilos; Θ-E flanking / ΘE monogram within incuse square. VF, toned, usual light porosity. Very rare. Kaisareia (AD 14-37) Drachm - Tiberius & Drusus 904 viewsTiberius, with Drusus Caesar, 14-37 AD. AR Drachm (3.79g, 18mm, 12h). Struck 33-34 AD. TI • CAES • AVG I M (TR) P XXXV, laureate head of Tiberius right / [DRVSVS • C]AES • TI • AVG • F • COS • II • R • P , bare head of Drusus left. Near EF, toned. Rare. Sinope (BC 480-450) Drachm903 viewsca 425-410 BC. AR Drachm (6.02g). Head of eagle left; dolphin below / Quadripartite incuse with pellets in two quarters. EF. Ex Hess-Leu 28 (5/1965), lot 217. Tyana (AD 193-211) AE 28 - Septimius Severus903 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE28 (13.68g). Dated year 3 (=195/6 AD). AV KA CЄΠ CЄOVHPOC, laureate bust right / TYANЄωN TΠT IЄ K ACV K A, Brahma bull standing right; ЄT Γ in exergue. Unpublished date (?). Good very fine.1 comments Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B20903 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 1h). Forepart of a bridled horse right / Incuse head of roaring lion right; rectangular punch behind. VF, toned. Extremely rare, only three examples recorded by Bodenstedt. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica O (5/2004), lot 1598. Rhodes (BC 404-375) Tetradrachm902 viewsca 404-375 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.06g). Head of Helios, framed by flowing hair, facing, slightly right / [Ρ]ΟΔ−ΙΟΝ, large rose with bud to left; small F and ivy leaf to right; within incuse. Lightly toned EF, well centered and in high relief, very minor roughness on chin which does not in any way detract form the overall beauty of the coin. The die-engraver's masterwork, and a beautiful example of Classical Greek art. Antandros (BC 440-400) Drachm902 views5th century BC (465-450?). AR Drachm (3.86g). Head of Artemis Astyrene right / Goat standing right, ANTA/N, in incuse square. Darkly toned, gVF. Scarce. Kition (BC 479-449) 1/3 Stater - Baalmelek I902 viewsBaalmelek I, King of Kition, ca 479-449 BC. AR 1/3 Stater (3.16g, 3h). Herakles advancing right, wearing lion skin, holding club and bow / Lion standing right, thunderbolt above; all in dotted square within incuse square. Good VF, toned, minor porosity. Apparently unpublished, possibly unique. Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater 902 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.69g). Two tunnies left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Very rare. Mallos (BC 440-390) Stater902 viewsca 440-390 BC. AR Stater (18mm, 9.95g, 7h). Beardless male, winged, in kneeling/running stance left, holding solar disk with both hands; below, forepart of man-headed bull right / Swan standing right within incuse square. Fine, heavy porosity. Rare. Krizan Coll. Amaseia (AD 165-166) AE - Lucius Verus901 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE (21.92g), dated year 165 (165-166 AD). Laureate bust right / Ares standing right, helmeted and armed, spear in right hand, shield in left; naked Aphrodite standing left, right hand covering breasts, left hand on groin, in shame. Green-brown patina, good VF. The Amaseian era began on October 1, 1. Xanthos (BC 450-420) Stater901 viewsUncertain Dynast, ca 450-420 BC. AR Stater (8.39g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Laureate head of Apollo right, diskeles to right. Toned VF. Methymna (BC 330-280) Tetrobol - Koinon of Lesbos901 viewsKoinon of Lesbos, ca 330-280 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.64g), minted in Methymna. Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet / Thunderbolt, ΑΙΟΛΕ above, bunch of grapes below. Light toning, VF. Very rare. Cyprus Uncertain (BC 27-AD 14) AE 18 - Augustus901 viewsKoinon of Cyprus, under Roman rule, struck under Augustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE18 (2.48g). Capricorn right, star above / Scorpion, star to right. Dark green, lightly glazed patina, VF. Gutknecht coll.; ex M. Laffaille coll. and Muenzen und Medaillen AG, Basel, Auc. 76 (1991), lot 546. Ephesos (BC 55-53) Cistophoric Tetradrachm901 viewsC. Pulcher, Proconsul, 55-53 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.29g). Aretemon, magistrate, dated year 81 (53 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Bow case between two serpents; ΠA (date), EΦE and bee left, torch right, APTEMΩN below. Fine, Rare. Gambrion (BC 350-250) AE 15901 views4th century BC. AE15 (3.3g). Laureate head of Apollo right, countermark: tripod / 12-rayed star, pellet in center, Γ-Α-Îœ between rays. VF. Lampsakos (BC 440-390) Trihemiobol901 views4th century BC. AR Diobol (1.32g). Janiform female head, dolphin below / ΛΑΜΨ, helmeted head of Athena right within incuse square. VF. Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 18901 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE18 (6.96g). Persian leather cap (bashlyk) with horned Pan-head, bow to left. / 8-rayed star; bow to right. gVF. Rare. Ex Pfeiler Coll. Myrina (BC 300-200) AE 16900 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE16 (4.07g, 6h). Head of Athena, griffin on helmet / Amphora, MY-PI. Brown patina, good VF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/3 Stater900 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL 1/3 Stater - Trite (4.38g). Samian-Euboeic standard, plain type. Flattened plain surface. / Tripartite incuse square punch. Unpublished. Rare early tripartite incuse issue. Good very fine. Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/24 Stater900 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.53g). Head of tunny left / Irregular incuse punch. EF. Apparently unpublished. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater900 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.68g). Harpy in flight to left, four curled wings arrayed around her, holding a tunny fish in her outstretched right hand; another tunny below her / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, a few light marks. Ex Triton VI (1/2003), lot 296. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B50 - EL 1/6 Stater900 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.61g). Helmeted male head to left, with frontal eye and tendril ornament on bowl of helmet; below, seal swimming left / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Very rare. aEF. The helmeted head must be that of a hero-warrior. The whole idea of using just a helmeted head with no individuality as a type is quite interesting; that there is a head inside the helmet is clear from the eye that peeks out above the side piece. Pitane (BC 400-350) Obol900 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.58g). Female head right with hair piled high / ΠΙΤΑΝA around ram's head right, all within shallow incuse square. Unpublished? Philadelphia (BC 100-0) AE 20899 views1st cent BC, under Hermippos, Archiereus. AE20 (6.61g). Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver behind shoulder; H(?) under / ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ - ΕΡΜΙΠΠΟΣ / ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ, Apollo in long chiton standing right, holding kithara in left hand, plektron in right. Good style, black patina, EF. Gutknecht coll.; ex M&M AG, Basel List 526 (1989), lot 189. Gergis (BC 350-241) AE 9899 views4th-3rd cent BC. AE9 (0.98g). Laureate bust of Sibyl Herophile facing, decorated with two long ear-pendants and pearl-necklace / Female sphinx sitting right, ΓEP to right (read from bottom to top). Rare. F+/about VF. Hoeft coll. Tenedos (BC 400) Obol898 viewsca 400 BC. AR Obol (0.53g). Janiform head, female on left, male on right (Zeus and Hera?) / Double-axe, T-E, within incuse square. Toned, good VF. Rare. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 - 149