Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Salamis (BC 411-373) AV 1/4 Stater - Evagoras I887 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. Methymna (BC 330-280) Tetrobol - Koinon of Lesbos886 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. (BC 37-25) Amyntas - AE 19886 viewsAmyntas, 37-25 BC. AE19 (3.77g, 12h). Draped bust of Artemis right; bow and quiver to left / Stag standing right. Good VF, dark green patina. In 37/6 BC, Antony awarded Galatia, and the title of king, to Amyntas, who continued to rule until hid death in 25 BC. Artemis is portrayed here with the features of Cleopatra VII of Egypt, apparently as a sign of deference to Antony and the Egyptian queen. Gambrion (BC 350-250) AE 15886 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. Antandros (BC 400-380) Pentobol?885 viewsca 400 BC. AR Pentobol (?) (3.03g, 15mm, 11h). Head of Artemis Astyrene right / Goat walking right, ANTA-N, in incuse square. Rare. Fine style, VF-aEF. Xanthos (BC 450-420) Stater885 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. Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-194) AE 28 - Pescennius Niger885 viewsPescennius Niger, 193-194 AD. AE28 (13.27g). [ΑVΤ-] Κ-Γ- ΠΕPT ΝΙ[Γ]ΠΟC- ΙΟV[ΤΟC-CΕΒ], laureate head right / KAICAPEIAC G-EPMANIKHC, Nike walking left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left. Good VF, brown patina with traces of green, small flan crack. Extremely rare. Ex Dr. Busso Peus 360 (4/1999), lot 607. Gambrion (BC 350-250) AE 10885 views4th-3rd cent BC. AE10 (0.94g). Laureate head of Apollo right within dotted circle / 12-rayed star, Γ−Α−Μ between rays. Dark green patina, EF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. (BC 340-334) Pixodaros - Didrachm885 viewsPixodaros, Satrap, 340-334 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 6.98g). Laureate head of Apollo, facing slightly right / ΠΙΞΟΔΑΡΟΥ, Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding double axe (labrys) and lotus-tipped sceptre. EF, toned. Klazomenai (BC 386-301) Hemidrachm885 viewsca 386-301 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.91g, 12h). Mnesitheos, magistrate. Head of Apollo facing slightly left, wearing laurel wreath / Κ-Λ-ΑZΟ, swan standing left, wings spread; kantharos and ΜΝΗΣΙ-ΘΕΟΣ to left. EF, toned, a hint of roughness. Herman Coll. Issos (BC 333-323) Stater - Alexander III884 viewsTime of Alexander III, 333-323 BC. AR Stater (10.92g). Draped bust of Athena facing slightly left, wearing triple-crested helmet and necklace; crested Corinthian helmet and grape cluster to left, T to right / Baaltars seated left, holding lotus-tipped scepter in right hand; grain ear and grape-bunch in left field, I under throne, small anullet above rung. Nice EF. Ephesos (AD 41-54) AE 19 - Claudius and Agrippina884 viewsClaudius, with Agrippina Junior, 41-54 AD. AE19. Claudius and Agrippina / Cult statue of Artemis. Alexandreia (AD 200-300) AE 21884 viewsQuasi-autonomous, ca 198-268 AD. AE21 (4.80g). CO - L TROA, draped bust of city-goddess (Tyche) right, wearing mural-crown; behind vexillum inscribed with CI/V / COL - AVG, horse grazing right, TRO in exergue. About VF, dark green patina. Hoeft coll. (AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm RY20884 viewsPolemo II, with Nero, 54-68 AD. AR Drachm (3.55g, 6h). Uncertain mint in Pontus. Dated RY 20 (57/8 AD). BACILEwC POLEMwNOC, diademed head of Polemo right / ETOYC K, laureate head of Nero right. VF, toned, slight die shift on reverse. Strickhausen coll. Tenedos (BC 400) Obol883 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. Myrina (BC 300-200) AE 16883 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE16 (4.07g, 6h). Head of Athena, griffin on helmet / Amphora, MY-PI. Brown patina, good VF. Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Sosigenes883 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 2.48g, 3h). Laureate head of Apollo right, KIA below / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΣΩΣΙ-ΓΕΝΗΣ. EF. Parion (BC 400-300) Hemidrachm883 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.63g, 12h). Gorgoneion facing, surrounded by aegis / Bull standing left, head turned back; star below. Attractively toned. Extremely fine. Ex Aufhauser 10 (10/1993), 107. Tenedos (BC 450-387) Drachm883 viewsca 450-387 BC. AR Drachm (3.51g). Janiform female and male heads, the male laureate and facing right, the female diademed and facing left / ΤΕ-ΝΕ/ΔΙ-ΩΝ around double-axe; grape bunch to left, tripod to right; within deep incuse square. Toned, gVF. Ex GM 42 (1988), lot 295. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/6 Stater883 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.42g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Double incuse punch. VF. Struck from the same punches as the following two lots. Erythrai (BC 200-133) AE 23883 viewsca 200-133 BC. AE23 (6.70g). Head of bearded Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Bow in case, ΦΙΛΙΣΚΟΣ - ΚΟΝΩΝΟΣ; club-like scepter (lagobolon?), head of Herakles wearing lion skin 3/4 to right, and EP-Y below. Good style, dark olive-green patina, aEF. Gutknecht coll.; ex Sternberg Auc. XII (Zurich, 1982), lot 246. Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 12882 viewsca 375-340 BC. AE12 (1.71g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet and necklace / Recumbent ram left; ΑΠ-ΟΛΛΩ-[ΝΙΟΣ] (?) (magistrate). Good VF, black patina with a trace of earthen encrustation. Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-194) AE 29 - Pescennius Niger882 viewsPescennius Niger, 193-194 AD. AE29 (14.17g, 7h). Laureate head right / Apollo standing left, holding phiale and laurel branch. (Artemis[?]). Good VF, brown-black surfaces with orichalcum highlights, two flan cracks. Extremely rare. Sardeis (BC 133) AE 17882 viewsafter 133 BC. AE17 (4.72g). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Panther walking left, head facing, broken spear in mouth; ΣΑΡΔΙ/ΑΝΩΝ above, monograms below and to left. Fine green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.; ex M&M AG, Basel, List 336 (1972), lot 267.1 comments Lamponeia (BC 350) AE 882 viewsca 4th century BC. AE (1.49g). Bearded, wreathed head of Dionysos right / Bull's head (bucranium), bunch of grapes above, ΛΑ-Îœ. Rare. Dark green patina, good VF. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater882 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.66g). Satyr advancing left, holding tunny by its tail / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, small punch in field on obverse. Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater881 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.11g). Lion's head left / Punch with four pellets connected to central pellet. VF. Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater 881 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.69g). Tunny downward; to either side, two pellets and head of tunny outward / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, tiny metal flaw on obverse. Very rare. Sinope (BC 85-65) AE 31880 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE31 (18.41g). Head of Athena right in helmet decorated with pegasos / Perseus standing, facing, holding harpa and head of Medusa, whose decapitated body lies at his feet. Good VF, orange-brown patina. Aigeai (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 19880 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE19 (3.36g). Diademed head of Alexander the Great(?) right / ΑΙΓΕ/ΑΙΩΝ, Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm. VF, brown patina. Rare. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12 Stater880 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hemihekte - 1/12th Stater (1.31g). Ram kneeling left, head reverted; tunny below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Unpublished denomination for this type. Oinoia (BC 340-300) Drachm880 views4th century BC. AR Drachm (3.51g, 6h). Head of Artemis facing slightly right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Bull butting right, OINAI in exergue. VF, lightly toned, a hint of porosity. Magnesia ad Sipylos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 20 - Augustus880 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE20 (5.71g). Circa 2 BC. ΜΑΓΝΗΤΕΣ ΑΠΟ ΣΙΠΥΛΟΥ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΙ, jugate heads of Augustus and Livia right / ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥ ΚΙΛΑΣ ΙΕΡΕΥΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ, confronted heads of Gaius and Lucius. Dark green patina. EF. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B19 - EL 1/6 Stater880 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.59g). Goat half-kneeling left; above, small seal left / Incuse square punch. gVF. Very rare. Hadrianeia - Septimus Severus879 viewsSeptimus Severus, 193-211 AD. AE (22.62g). AUT KAI L SEPT SEOUHROS P, laureate head R / EP MHNOFANOUS TIMOKRATOUS ARC A / ADRIAN-NEWN, Hermes with money sack and caduceus, ram to L. Dark brown patina, VF. Synnada (BC 133) AE 22879 viewsafter 133 BC. AE22 (5.88g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Poppy and grain ear between caps of the Dioscouri; ΜΑΡΣΥΟΥ / ZΗΝΟΦ (magistrates) below. VF, brown patina, smooth surfaces. Parion (BC 165-143) Tetradrachm879 viewsca 165-143 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 16.95 g 12). Laureate head of Apollo to right / AΠOΛΩNOΣ AKTAIOÎ¥ ΠAΡIANΩN, Apollo, laureate and draped to the waist, holding laurel branch in his right hand and resting his left on bow propped on the ground behind; on the left, ΔI above flaming altar; on the far left, monogram of TEY. Extremely rare, the only known example from this reverse die. gVF. PGB coll., acquired in 1970s. Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm878 viewsca 412-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.07g). Theoktemon, magistrate. Sphinx seated left, amphora surmounted by grape-bunch before / Quadripartite incuse square, [Θ]ΕΟΚΤΗΜΩΝ across horizontal band; vertical striations within each quarter. Good VF, a bit overcleaned. Unrecorded magistrate. (BC 182-149) Prusias II - AE 31878 viewsPrusias II, 182-149 BC. AE31 (14.07g). Helmeted head (Athena?) right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Nike standing left, wearing long Chiton, holding Stylus with left hand, crowing king's name with wreath in right hand; two Pilei of the Dioskuroi, monogram underneath. Green patina, gVF. Rare series. Gutknecht coll., ex Spink (London, 10/1993), lot 219, and Spink 114 (London, 1996), lot 54; purchased from Leu Numismatik, Zurich. Thyateira (AD 81-96) AE878 views1st century AD. AE (4.08g). Bearded head of Herakles right / ΘVATEPHNΩN, labrys. EF. Mallos (BC 440-390) Stater878 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. Dardanos (BC 350) AE 12877 viewsca 350 BC. AE12 (3.07g). Horseman galloping right, wearing petasos, right hand raised / Cock standing right, facing right; ΔΑΡ to right, monogram? to left. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/12 Stater877 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.17g). Forepart of stag left, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. VF. Extremely rare, only a handful known. (BC 263-241) Eumenes I - Tetradrachm877 viewsEumenes I. 263-241 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.14g, 12h). Laureate and diademed head of Philetairos right / ΦIΛETAIPOY, Athena enthroned left, holding shield with right hand, spear in left arm, left elbow resting on sphinx; ivy leaf above knee, bow to right, A on throne. EF, lightly toned. Sinope (BC 520-480) Drachm877 viewsca 490-425 BC. AR Drachm (5.95g). Head of sea eagle left; dolphin below / Double incuse punch with pellets in center. Toned, nice VF, well centered. Chios (BC 431-412) Drachm876 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Drachm (3.68g). Sphinx seated left, amphora to left / Quadripartite incuse square, granules in quarters. Good VF. (AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm RY18876 viewsPolemo II, with Nero, 38-64 AD. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.91g, 6h). Dated RY 18 of Polemo II (55/6 AD). Diademed head of Polemo right / Laureate head of Nero right; ЄTOYC IH (date) in fields. EF. Tralleis (BC 166-85) Cistophoric Drachm875 viewsca 166-85 BC. AR Cistophoric Drachm (2.98g, 11h), struck ca 166-160 BC. Lion's skin draped over club; all within ivy wreath / Grape bunch with leaves; ivy wreath to lower right. Good VF, toned, light porosity. Rare denomination. Apollonis (BC 200-0) AE 19875 views2nd-1st century BC. AE19 (5.96g). Macedonian shield with central star / ΑΠΟΛΛΩ-ΝΙΔΕΩΝ, club in dotted circle. Fine green patina, EF. Very rare. Gutknecht coll. Methymna (BC 330-280) Tetrobol - Koinon of Lesbos875 viewsKoinon of Lesbos, ca 330-280 BC. AR Tetrobol (15mm, 2.61g, 7h), minted in Methymna. Head of Athena right, wearing Korinthian helmet / Thunderbolt, ΑΙΟΛΕ above, kerykeion below. aVF. Rare. Hierapolis (AD 218-222) AE 38 - Elagabalus875 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE38 (29.31g). ΑΥ Κ Îœ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝ[ΟC], laureate and cuirassed bust right; before, star / ΙЄΡΑΠΟΛЄ/ΙΤΩΝ ΝЄΩΚΟ/ΡΩΝ, rape of Kore-Persephone by Hades. Green patina, obverse unclear countermark, VF. Alexandreia (BC 164-27) AE 20874 viewsca 164-27 BC. AE20 (6.84g). Head of Alexander the Great, as Herakles, right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Zeus standing left, holding wreath and sceptre; two monograms to left. Near EF, hard dark green patina. Exceptional. Sigeion (BC 350) AE 13874 viewsca 355-334 BC. AE13 (1.49g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly right / Owl standing right, head facing; crescent behind. Good VF, dark red-brown patina. Choice for issue. Herman Coll. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B54874 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of Aktaeon right, wearing stag's horn / Gorgoneion facing within linear square. VF. Scarce. Ephesos (BC 300-250) AE 13873 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE13 (2.17g). Ε-Φ, bee / Stag kneeling left, head turned right. Dark green patina, weak strike on obv, VF/gVF. Scarce variant. Gutknecht coll. Persian Kings (BC 375-340) Siglos873 viewsUncertain kings. Sardes, ca 420-350 BC. AR Siglos (5.51g). Persian king or hero running right, holding dagger and bow / Oblong incuse, mostly filled. Exquisite style. Extremely fine. Pordosilene (BC 400) Hemiobol873 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.48g, 7mm, 8h). Bearded head of Silenos right / Dolphin transversely downward to right in incuse square. VF, darkly toned, some porosity. Very rare. Kyme (BC 460-400) Hemiobol873 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.47g). K-Y, head of eagle left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Lamponeia (BC 400) Obol872 viewsca 400 BC. AR Obol (0.58g) Bearded head of Dionysos right / Bull's head (bucranium) facing, Λ-Α-Îœ around, all within incuse square. Nikomedeia (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian872 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.75g, 6h), struck after 128 AD. Laureate head right / COM BIT, S P Q P (sic) across fields, octastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, ROM AVG across frieze, shield in pediment, dot between fourth and fifth columns. Good VF. Exceptional. Pergamon (AD 177-192) AE 42 - Commodus872 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE42 - Medallion (61.25g, 6h). Homonoia with Ephesus. P. Aelius Pius, strategus. Laureate and draped bust right / Pergamus, holding statue of Asclepius and scepter, standing right, vis-à-vis Androclus, holding statue of Artemis Ephesia and scepter, standing left; lighted and garlanded altar between. Good VF, blue-black and red patina, light smoothing in fields. Kyzikos (BC 410-400) Hemiobol871 viewsca 410-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.33g). Head of Attis left, wearing Phrygian hat / Head of bull right, KY-Z. Very fine. Smyrna (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm871 viewsca 160-150 BC. AR Stephanephoric Tetradrachm (16.71g, 36mm). Head of Tyche right, wearing mural crown, hair rolled up in chignon at the back of the head / ZΜΥΡ−ΝΑΙΩΝ, monogram below; all within wreath. Rare. Excellent style. Very large flan. EF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B90871 viewsca 350 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of Dionysos facing right, wearing ivy-wreath / Mask of Silenos facing in thin square frame, all in incuse square. Extremely nice high relief head of Silenos on reverse. EF. Naulochos (BC 350-340) AE 11870 viewsca 350-340 BC. AE11 (1.50g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Dolphin leaping right, ΝΑΥ below, within circular maeander pattern. Good VF, dark green patina with some encrustation. Very rare. Naulochos was the port city of Priene, and had its own limited coinage issue in the mid-4th century BC. Elaia (BC 200-0) AE 16870 views2nd-1st century BC. AE16 (3.60g, 12h). Head of Demeter right, grain wreath in hair / Long torch, ΕΛ-ΑΙ/Τ-ΩΝ, within grain wreath. Reddish-brown patina, VF. Ex Righetti coll., 6126. Lapethos (BC 6th-5th cent) Stater870 viewsLate 6th-early 5th cent BC. AR Stater - Double Siglos (10.82g, 6h). Wounded giant kneeling left / Herakles running right, wearing lion skin, holding club, bow, and arrows, within dotted border; all in incuse square. Fine, toned, two test cuts. Extremely rare, apparently the 5th known. The first two examples of this type were found in the Larnaca Hoard (IGCH 1272), followed by the example found in the Persepolis deposit (IGCH 1789). These three are all in museum collections. The current location of the Rosen coin is uncertain (it was not included in the portion of his collection sold in Muenzen und Medaillen 72). Barata (AD 161-169) AE 23 - Lucius Verus870 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE23 (7.96g). Laureate head right / BAPATEWN KOI ΛYKAONIAC, Marcus Aurelius, holding sceptre, standing right, clasping hands with Lucius Verus standing left; altar between. Near VF, brown patina with earthen highlights. Drewry Coll.; Ex Lindgren Coll. Methymna (BC 400-360) Silenos - Obol870 viewsca 400 BC. AR Obol (0.46g). Facing head of Silenos / Tortoise in linear circle within shallow incuse circle. Near EF. Rare. Herakleia Pontika (BC 400-350) Drachm870 views4th century BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 5.57g, 6h). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / Bull butting left; crescent behind. Near EF, attractively toned. Struck from artistic dies. Very rare. Halikarnassos (BC 500-480) Obol870 views5th century BC. AR Diobol (9mm, 1.13g, 12h). Forepart of Pegasos right / Forepart of a goat right, 3 pellets around, within incuse square. EF. Very rare. Karl coll. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B43 - EL 1/6 Stater870 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (9mm, 2.55g). Facing head of Silenos / Quadripartite incuse square punch. Near EF, toned. Very rare, only 9 examples noted by Bodenstedt, 5 of which are in museums (Cambridge, London, Berlin, Karlsruhe [2]). Magnesia (BC 465-459) Hemiobol - Themistokles869 viewsThemistokles (died 459 BC), Satrap of Magnesia, ca 465-459 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.32g). Bearded head of Themistokles right / ΘΕ monogram in dotted square, within incuse square. VF. Kromna (BC 340-300) Drachm869 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.54g). Laureate head of Zeus left / Turreted head of Hera left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; NE monogram to left, dolphin below, ΚΡΩΜΝΑ to right. Toned EF. Rare. Nikaia (AD 69-79) AE 20 - Vespasian869 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE20 (4.87g). Laureate head right / Panther seated left, with paws resting on cantharus. Good VF, dark brown patina. It was commonly thought in antiquity that panthers were fond of wine and that they could be captured by setting a bowl of it out and waiting until they had drunk to excess. Magnesia ad Sipylos (AD 17-37) AE 16 - Livia869 viewsLivia, after 17 AD. AE16 (3.91g, 12h). ΘЄON CYNKΛHTON, draped bust of Senate right / CЄBACTHN MAΓNHTЄC AΠO C, draped bust of Livia right. A bit rough, very fine. Phokaia (BC 530-500) Obol869 viewsLate 6th-5th century BC. AR Obol (0.66g, 8mm). Head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Pordosilene (BC 450-400) Obol869 viewsca 400 BC. AR Obol (0.6g, 7mm). Young male head right, wearing tainia / ΠΟΡΔ, crab within incuse square. aVF. Extremely rare. Atarneos (BC 400) Hemiobol869 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol(?) (6mm, 0.34g, 6h). Head right, wearing Phrygian or satrapal cap / Hare right; AT below. Cf. CNG E-321, lot 83, otherwise unpublished. VF, toned, light porosity, reverse a little off center. Extremely rare, perhaps the second known. (BC 63-46) Pharnakes II - AV Stater869 viewsPharnakes II, ca 63-46 BC. AV Stater (19.5mm, 8.19g, 1h). Pantikapaion mint. Dated Bosporan Era 245 (53/2 BC). Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛ-EΩN MEΓAΛOY ΦAPNAKOY, Apollo seated left on lion-footed throne, holding branch in extended right hand, left arm resting on kithara; tripod to left; to right, EMΣ (date) above monogram. EF, slightly weak strike, some die wear. Very rare. Pharnakes was awarded the Bosporan Kingdom by Pompey, for the betrayal of his father Mithradates VI, King of Pontos. Little is known of his 16-year reign except for its ending. During the Civil War between Pompey and Julius Caesar, Pharnakes tried to recapture his father's former territories in Pontos. He won a victory over Caesar's general, Domitius Calvinus, and ordered Romans in the region castrated or put to the sword. In response, Caesar launched a rapid five day war against Pharnakes in 47 BC, culminating in the battle of Zela. Caesar emerged victorious, prompting him to report back to the Senate with the now famous dictum, "Veni, Vidi, Vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered). Ilion (BC 188-133) Tetradrachm868 viewsca 188-133 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.98g). Kleonos Ioilos, "magistrate." Head of Athena right, wearing a laureate, crested helmet / ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΙΛΙΑΔΟΣ, Athena Ilias standing right, wearing polos and chiton, holding distaff and filleted spear; owl at her feet right, winged caduceus behind; ΚΛΕ−ΩΝΟΣ across field, ΙΩΙΛΟΥ in exergue. Lightly toned VF, light porosity. Very rare. Tenedos (BC 525-470) Didrachm868 viewsca 525-470 BC. AR Didrachm (7.79g). Janiform head, male on left, female on right (Zeus and Hera) / Double axe, T-E/N-E, within dotted incuse square. Near VF, porous surfaces, some smoothing on the reverse. Very rare. Tyana (AD 193-211) AE 28 - Septimius Severus868 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE28 (15.19g, 1h). Dated RY 4 (196/7 AD). Laureate bust right / Brahma bull standing right; date below. Good VF, green patina. Elaia (AD 180-192) AE 24 - Commodus868 viewsCommodus, 180-192 AD. AE24 (7.31g). K. Scheinos Magistrate. Laureate head right/ CTR C - CЄI-NOV ЄΛA/ITWN, Amphora (ballot box) on stage in between two torches with snake coiled around. Unique (?). Dark green patina. Flan crack and adjustment marks. Very fine. Telos (BC 350) AE 11868 viewsca 350 BC. AE11 (1.53g). Athena in Attic helmet right. / T - [H] / Λ- [I], crab, in ex. fish (?). Very rare. EF. Ex. Hauck & Aufhäuser, Auction 13 (10/1997), lot 192. Siocharax (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla867 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (12.46g). Bronze of Philiskos Aidouchos. Draped bust of Caracalla right / ΜΟΞΕΑΝΩΝ CΙΟΧΑΡΑΚΕΙΤΩΝ / ΕΠΙ ΦΙΛΙCΚΟ/Î¥ ΑΙΔΟΥ/ΧΟΥ, Kybele holding patera, standing in cart pulled by two panthers. Unique? (BC 390-370) Mithrapata - Stater867 viewsMithrapata, Dynast, ca 380-360 BC. AR Stater (9.75g, 7h), Antiphellus mint. Forepart of lion with open jaws right / Bearded head of Mithrapata left; triskeles to right, within incuse square. Attractively toned and with a remarkable portrait. Extremely fine. Ex Bank Leu 13 (4/1975), lot 273, and from the Podalia Hoard of 1957 (IGCH 1262). Pergamon (AD 193-211) AE 44 - Septimius Severus & Julia Domna867 viewsSeptimius Severus, with Julia Domna, 193-211 AD. AE44 - Medallion (43.73g, 6h). Claudianus Terpander, strategus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus right, seen form behind, and draped bust of Julia left, vis-à-vis; c/m: laureate head of Caracalla right within in incuse oval / Herakles standing right, wrestling the Cerynean Hind; KΛ-AVΔIANOV TEPΠA/NDPOV in legend. VF, blue-black patina, cut on obverse. As the cut goes through the portrait of Caracalla, this mark is quite probably an example of damnatio memoriae. Nikaia (AD 161-180) AE 28 - Marcus Aurelius867 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE28 (15.63g). AVT K M AVP ANTΩNEINOC, bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / TON KTICTH NIKAIEIC, nude Heracles seen from behind, carrying off the Erymanthian boar; club by his side, star to right. VF, dark green patina, scratches. Rare representation of a Labor of Heracles. Apparently unpublished. The canonical representation of the fourth labor of Heracles, the capture of the Erymanthean Boar, in sculpture, painting, and coins shows the hero carrying his prize "piggy-back" over his shoulder, sometimes in the act of surprising Eurystheos with it, who hides in a pithos in fright. The present, apparently unpublished piece, has the hero, labeled "The Founder of the Nicaeans," carrying the beast in front of him. There seems to be only one numismatic parallel for this depiction: a medallion of Commodus (Gnecchi 34; Stoll 103), where Heracles is seen in a similar stance, but with the boar on a rock in front of him and the Nemean Lion behind. On this medallion the scene could be interpreted to show Heracles carrying the boar to the rock. Methymna (BC 520-460) Hemiobol867 viewsca 500/480-460 BC. AR Tritartemorion (6mm, 0.26g). Facing head of satyr / Rough incuse square punch. Good VF, toned. Good metal. The attribution of this type to Methymna is based on a similar, later issue with a bird and the legend MAΘ on the reverse (Gorny & Mosch 170, lot 1423). Parion (BC 400-300) Hemidrachm867 views4th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.93g, 14mm, 10h). Facing gorgoneion / Bull standing left, head right; above, Nike standing left; tripod below. VF, minor deposits, light cleaning marks. Very rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/6867 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.5g, 11mm). Forepart of Pegasos right / Quadripartite incuse square. aEF. Apparently unpublished. Atarneos (BC 350-300) AE866 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE (4.30g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of horse right; coiled serpent above, bunch of grapes to right, ATAP below. Black patina, EF. Very rare. Kyme (BC 165-140) Tetradrachm866 viewsca 165-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.83g). Metrophanes, magistrate. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing taenia. / Horse standing right; one handled cup below, ΜΗΤΡΟΦΑΝΗΣ in exergue; all within wreath. Good very fine. Elaia (BC 450-400) Diobol866 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Diobol (1.24g, 12mm). Helmeted head of Athena left / Wreath in incuse square. Lightly toned, granular surfaces, very fine. Ephesos (AD 54-68) AE 22 - Nero & Poppaea866 viewsNero, with Poppaea, 54-68 AD. AE22 (8.79g, 12h). Marcus Acilius Aviola, proconsul. Aechmocles, magistrate. Struck 65 AD. NEPΩN above, Π[OΠΠAIA] below, E-Φ across field, diademed and draped bust of Poppaea right, vis-à-vis laureate head of Nero left / [AOYIOΛ]A ANΘYΠATΩ AIXM[OKΛHΣ], PΩ-MA across field, turreted and draped bust of Roma right; [bee] below. Near EF, green patina, chipping on edge, minor roughness and scratches. From Group CEM. Ex Sternberg XXI (11/1988), lot 363; Münzen & Medaillen 41 (6/1970), lot 380. (BC 392-377) Hekatomnos - Tetradrachm866 viewsca 392/1-377/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 14.51g, 9h). Halikarnassos mint. Zeus Labraundos standing right / Lion at bay right within incuse circle. Good VF, toned, underlying luster, cleaning marks under tone on obverse, die break at top of obverse. Well centered and struck on a broad flan. Rare as such. Ex Elsen 38 (2/1995), lot 108. Mylasa (BC 520-490) Stater865 viewsca 500 BC. AR Stater (9.60g). Forepart of lion right, Carian monogram on shoulder / Two slightly off-set incuse punches. Toned, good VF. Very rare. Kebren (BC 400-300) AE 10865 views4th cent BC. AE10 (1.12g, 12h). Head of ram right / Laureate head of Apollo right. Dark brown patina, aEF. Abydos (BC 385-335) Drachm865 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Drachm (2.65g). Lysas, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Eagle standing left; tripod to left, ABY above; ΛΥΣΑΣ above to right. VF/EF. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 - 149