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Most viewed Naulochos (BC 350-340) AE 11876 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. Smyrna (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm876 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. (BC 390-370) Mithrapata - Stater876 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). Tenedos (BC 525-470) Didrachm876 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. Sesamos (BC 300-250) AE 15876 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE16 (3.80g). Laureate head of Zeus left / ΣΗ-ΣΑ, wreathed head of Demeter left, wearing looped earring and necklace. gVF, green patina, thick flan. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Pergamon (AD 193-211) AE 43 - Septimius Severus & Julia Domna876 viewsSeptimius Severus and Julia Domna. AE43 - Medallion (52.68g), Magistrate Klaudianos Terpandros. Busts of Septimius Severus; laureate and draped and Julia Domna, draped, facing each other; in between oblong countermark, laureate bust of Caracalla right / Statue of emperor on base with patera and scepter; below, Victimarius killing sacrificial bull. Very rare. Brown patina, very fine. Perperene (BC 400-300) AE 9876 viewsca 4th century BC. AE9 (0.67g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bunch of grapes on a vine, ΠΕΡΠΕ to left. (BC 380-370) Trbbenimi - 1/3 Stater875 viewsTrbbenimi, Dynast, ca 380-370 BC. AR Tetrobol (3.17g), Limyra mint. Triskeles, Lycian letters 'zemu' (Limyra) / Triskeles, Lycian letters 'trbbenimi.' Toned, EF. Rare. Kaunos (BC 450-430) Stater875 viewsca 450-430 BC. AR Stater (11.68g, 7h). Iris running left, her head turned back, holding kerykeion (caduceus) in right hand and wreath in left / Triangular baetyl with handle on either side of the apex; to left and right, granulated patterns in the form of stylized birds; all within incuse square. Attractively toned, perfectly centered and of splendid classical style, an exceptional coin of great beauty. EF. Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Athena - Hemiobol?875 viewsca 350 BC. AR Hemiobol? (10mm, 0.42g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right within linear circle / Turreted female head (Aphrodite?) left. Toned, aEF. Rare.1 comments Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B81875 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 12h). Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Head of youth (Pan?) right, wearing tainia, within linear square in incuse square. Near EF. Well centered strike, elegant style. (BC 37-25) Amyntas - AE 18874 viewsAmyntas, 36-25 BC. AE18 (3.73g). Head of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Stag standing right; ΒΑΣΙΛΕ-ΩΣ above, ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ in exergue. Thick, dark green patina, VF/gVF. Otros (AD 193-209) AE 27 - Geta874 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 193-209 AD. AE27 (9.55g). PO CEPT GETAC KAI, bare-headed and cuirassed bust right / ALEXAN-DR-OC AN-EO[...] OTPONW, Otreus embarking on prow of ship to left, right arm raised, head turned back, holding spear in left hand. Good VF, black patina with earthen encrustation around the devices, old scratch on head, adjustment marks on reverse. Simpson Coll.; Ex Brand Coll., pt. 7 (Sotheby's, 10/1984), lot 393; Von Aulock Coll.; Prowe Coll., pt. II (Egger Auktion XLI, 5/1914), lot 1809. Otrus was one of the five cities of the Eucarpic plain and may have been named Otrus after an emigration from Otroea in Bythinia, which according to Strabo (XII, 566) was founded by Otreus, the king of Phrygia of the time of the Trojan War. Abydos (BC 385-335) Drachm874 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. Atarneos (BC 350-300) AE874 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. Aigai (BC 400-300) AE 10874 viewsca 4th century BC. AE10 (0.95g). Laureate head of Apollo right, hair short / Head of goat right (no ethnic). Black patina, some corrosion sport on rev, aEF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Mylasa (BC 295-280) AE 18 - Eupolemos874 viewsEupolemos, Strategos, 295-280 BC. AE18 (3.93g). Three overlapping Macedonian shields, the outer two with spearheads in the center / Sword in sheath, ΕΥΠΟ-ΛΕΜΟΥ; labrys to left. Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht Coll. Parion (AD 68-69) AE 22 - Galba874 viewsGalba, 68-69 AD. AE22 (8.61g). GALBA CAESAR, bare head right / AVGVSTVS DD, capricorn right, cornucopiae over shoulder. Good VF, green patina. Very rare emperor in the Greek Imperial series; finest of three known specimens. Although commonly given the title CAESAR on his Imperial issues, this is the only instance of its appearance on Galba's rare provincial coins. Myrina (BC 300) Hemidrachm873 viewsca 300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.85g, 6h, 14mm). Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet on which griffon prancing right / Facing bust of Artemis, quiver on the back, wearing earrings and necklace, M-Y. Rare. Nice style. Toned, almost EF. Apameia (BC 100-48) AE 23873 viewsca 133-48 BC. AE23 (8.99g, 2h). Bust of Athena right, wearing high-crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ, eagle alighting on basis with meander pattern, flanked by caps of the Dioskouroi, star above; magistrates ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ and ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΣ. Near EF, dark green patina. Ephesos (AD 54-68) AE 22 - Nero & Poppaea873 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. Pergamon (BC 200-133) AE 19872 viewsca 200-133 BC. AE19 (6.70g). Helmeted head of Athena right / ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ, trophy of arms. Dark green patina with some encrustation, aEF. Abydos (BC 411-387) Drachm872 viewsafter 380 BC. AR Drachm (3.44g). Protagoras, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Eagle standing left; 4-spoked wheel to left, ABY above; ΠΡΩΤΑΓΟΡ[ΑΣ] above to right. Toned, EF. Rare. Ex Auktion Hess-Leu 45 (1970), lot 249. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater872 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.71g). Sphinx, raising right forepaw, standing left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Ex Hirsch 233 (2/2004), lot 1415. Priapos (BC 300-200) AE 18872 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE18 (6.46g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Shrimp or cray-fish right, [ΠΡ]ΙΑΠΗΝΩΝ above, muscle shell below. aEF. Rare variant. Nikaia (AD 222-234) AE 22 - Severus Alexander871 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-234 AD. AE22 (4.16g, 8h). M AVP CEVH AΛEXANΔPOC AVΓ, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Aphrodite-Venus kneeling right, nude but for cloth draped across her lap, flanked by two winged Erotes, each holding a torch, with the one on the left also holding up a mirror, which Aphrodite turns to gaze into. Good VF, smooth olive green patina. Important mythological type. Kolophon (BC 450-410) Tritemorion871 viewsca 450-410 BC. AR Persic Tritemorion? (1/3 obol) (0.30g). Head of Apollo? right, wearing helmet? / Mark of value or monogram? in incuse square.1 comments Adramytteion (BC 350) AE871 viewsafter 350 BC. AE (1.21g). Diademed head of young male (Apollo?) right / Owl standing right, head facing, ΑΔΡΑ to right. Dark green patina, VF. Very rare. (BC 160-139) Attalos II - Tetradrachm871 viewsAttalos II (Philadelphos), 160-139 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.50g), after 150 BC. Laureate head of Philetairos right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, Athena sitting left on throne; AP and stylus to left, bow to right. aEF. Kios (BC 300-200) AE 23871 views3rd century BC. AE23 (4.41g). Head of young Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Club, KIANΩN, bow in case (gorytos). Green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Pergamon (AD 198-212) AE 43 - Caracalla871 viewsCaracalla, 198-212 AD. AE43 - Medaillon (43.10g). ΑΥΤΚΡΑ Κ ΜΑΡΚΟΣ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΣ, laureate bust with gorgoneion on cuirass / ΕΠΙ ΣΤ-Ρ ΙΟΥ-Λ ΑΝΘΙ-ΜΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑ/ΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΤΡΙΣ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩ/Ν, Zeus Nikephoros enthroned to left holding scepter and Nike which is crowning emperor in military uniform to the left. Extremely rare. Dark green patina. Extremely fine. Aigeai (AD 117-138) Tridrachm - Hadrian & Sabina871 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Tridrachm (10.13g). struck 133-134 AD. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙΣ ΤΡΑΙ-ΑΝΟΣ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟ ΣΕΒ Π Π, draped bust left / ΣΑΒΙΝΑ ΣΕΒΑ ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ ΠΡ, draped bust right wearing stephane, goat below. Rare, VF. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater871 viewsca 550-475 BC. EL Hekte (2.72g). Griffin standing left on tunny, looking backward / Quadripartite incuse square. Good very fine. Herakleia ad Latmon (BC 165) Tetradrachm870 viewsca 165-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 17.02g, 9h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Pegasos above the foreparts of five galloping horses / ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΩΝ, club; below, two monograms flanking an owl standing right; all within oak wreath. Near EF, attractive dark iridescent toning. Hyde (AD 161-180) AE - Marcus Aurelius870 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE (8.48g). Cuirassed draped and laureate bust L / Cybele with patera enthroned inbetween two lions. Dark orichalcum patina, extremely rare. Very fine. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Geometric - EL 1/12870 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.42g). Euboic standard. Geometric type. Three-sided square with central projection, surrounded by radiate lines / Rough incuse square punch. Good VF. Very rare. Amisos (AD 136-138) Drachm - Aelius870 viewsAelius, as Caesar, 136-138 AD. AR Drachm (2.57g). Year 182 = 137 AD. Λ ΑΙΛΙΟC ΚΑΙCAP Head bare r. / AMICOV EΛEVΘΕPAC ETOVC PΞΘ Aequitas / Dikaiosyne standing left holding scales and cornucopia. Quite rare: only eleven specimens included in J.H. Nordbo’s corpus, “The Imperial Silver Coinage of Amisus, 131/2-137/8 A.D.”, Studies in Ancient History and Numismatics Presented to Rudi Thomsen, p. 170. Fine. Eresos (BC 300-200) AE 9870 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE9 (0.68g). Head Hermes wearing petasos right / EPEΣI, corn ear, ivy leaf to left. Very rare. Nice very fine. Aigai (AD 69-79) AE 17 - Titus & Domitian870 viewsTitus & Domitian, as Caesars, 69-79 AD and 69-81 AD. AE17 (2.97g, 6h). Apollonios, victor of the Nemean games. Laureate head of Titus right and draped bust of Domitian left, vis-à-vis / Apollo standing right, holding taenia and laurel branch. VF, black patina, minor roughness. Rare. Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL Stater870 viewsca 440-415 BC. EL Stater (15.97g, 20mm). Head of Attis right, wearing Phrygian cap; below truncation, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square (mill-sail). Rare. EF. (AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm RY15870 viewsPolemo II, with Claudius, 38-64 AD. AR Drachm (3.41g). Dated RY 15 (52/3 AD). ETOYC / IE, laureate head of Claudius right / ΒΑC/ΙΛΕΩC / ΠΟΛΕΜ/ΩΝΟC in four lines within tied diadem. Good VF, toned. Rare. (BC 392-377) Hekatomnos - Diobol869 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, ca 392/1-377/6 BC. AR Diobol (1.54g, 12h), Mylasa mint. Bearded head of Hekatomnos right / Forepart of bull left, E to left; all within incuse circle. VF, toned, minor porosity. Well struck. Alighieri coll. Prokonnesos (BC 411-387) Hemidrachm869 viewsca 411-387 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.54g, 12h), Female head (Kore Soteira?) left, hair in sphendone, wearing loop earring and pearl necklace / ΠΡΟ-ΚΟΝ, amphora. Rare. EF, toned, tiny bump in field on obverse. Exceptional for type. Iolla (BC 4th cent) AE 12869 viewsca 350 BC. AE12 (2.0g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Forepart of winged horse right; ΙΟΛΛΑ above, grain-ear below. gVF. Kios (BC 350-300) AV 1/6 Stater - Herodoros869 viewsca 350-300 BC. AV 1/4 Siglos (1.43g, 10mm). Herodoros, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / HPO / ΔΩΡΟΣ, prow left. gVF. Extremely rare denomination. (BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 27868 viewsPrusias I Cholos, 228-183 BC. AE27mm (14.56g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Athena Nike standing left; monogram to inner left. Good VF, dark green-black patina, light adjustment marks. Heavy specimen. Gergis (BC 320-270) AE 12868 viewsca 320-270 BC. AE12 (1.33g). Three-quarter facing head of Sibyl Herophile, turned slightly right, wearing laurel wreath and pendanted necklace / Sphinx seated right, ΓΕΡ to right. Light green patina, EF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B82 - EL 1/6 Stater868 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of Hermes left, wearing Petasos; small seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Well centered. Skepsis (BC 350-300) AE868 viewsca 4th-3rd cent BC. AE (8.25g). Forepart of Pegasos right / Fir-tree, Σ-Κ, in linear square; H outside to right. Dark green patina, good VF. Rare variant. Ex Niggeler Coll. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater868 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.68g). Lion at bay left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, a couple light marks. Kyme (BC 400-350) Hemiobol867 views4th cent BC. AR Hemiobol (0.31g). Forepart horse right / Floral pattern, ΑΙΟΛΟΣ. Rare, good fine. Unpublished variant with ethnic? Pergamon (BC 133) AE 16867 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE16 (3.39g). Laureate head of bearded Asklepios right / Snake coiled around staff. Good style, EF. Scarce. Parion (BC 400-300) Hemidrachm867 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.29g, 3h, 14mm). Gorgoneion with protruding tongue facing, surrounded by aegis / Bull standing left, head turned to right, leaf? below, ΠΑ / ΡΙ. gVF. Aizanis (AD 14-37) AE 21 - Tiberius867 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE21 (7.72g). Menander, magistrate. ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ, bare head right, seen from behind / ΑΙZΑΝITΩ[Ν] / ΕΠΙ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡ[ΟΣ], Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre. VF, brown patina. (BC 130-112/0) Ariarathes VI Epiphanes - Drachm867 viewsAriarathes VI Epiphanes, 130-112/0 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.19g, 12h). Mint C (Comana?). Diademed head right / Athena Nikephoros standing left; monogram to outer left, IΓ in exergue. Good VF, scratches on obverse. (BC 220-163) Ariarathes IV - AE 17867 viewsAriarathes IV, 220-163 AD. AE17 (4.83g). Eusebeia Tyana. Bust right, wearing Tiara / [Î’]ΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ] / ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟ[Î¥], Athena seated to left with spear and shield. Very rare. Flat areas, very fine. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 3 - EL 1/24867 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24th Stater (5mm, 0.47g). Lion head facing / Incuse punch. VF. Taulara (BC 100-85) AE 21866 viewsca 100-85 BC. AE21 (8.08g). Head of Mithradates VI as Ares / ΤΑΥΛΑ-ΡΩΝ, Sword in sheath. VF. Rare. Ex Auktion Muenzhandlung Schulten + Co. GmbH (Koln, 3/1990), lot 145. Nysa (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian866 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.12g, 12h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Hades dragging away protesting Persephone in quadriga right; overturned basket of flowers below; above, Eros flying right, holding wedding torch. VF. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus. Unique variety with Eros. 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. Kaunos (BC 410-390) Stater866 viewsca 410-390 BC. AR Stater (12.05g). Winged female figure in kneeling/running stance left, head turned right, holding caduceus and wreath / Baetyl(?), Δ (inverted) - Γ flanking. VF, toned, good detail for issue. Tony Hardy coll. (BC 380-360) Perikle - Stater866 viewsPerikles, Dynast, ca 380-360 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 9.82g), struck ca 380-375 BC. Laureate head of Perikles facing slightly left / Warrior, nude but for crested Corinthian helmet, fighting to right with shield and sword; Lycian triskeles to lower right; all within incuse square. VF, toned, struck with worn obverse die, minor porosity. (BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 27865 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AE27 (9.88g). Head Apollo left / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Athena-Nike with shield crowning king's name. Beautiful patina, scratches in reverse field, good very fine. Priene (BC 350-340) AE 9865 views4th-3rd cent BC. AE9 (0.66g). Head of Athena right, wearing Korinthian helmet / Π-Ρ, ear of corn, within circular maeander pattern. Rare. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater 865 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.73g). Eagle standing right on tunny right; above, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Very rare. Issos (BC 388-380) Stater - Tiribazos864 views386-380 BC, struck under the satrap Tiribazos. AR Stater (10.42g, 8h). Baal standing left, holding eagle in his right hand and scepter in left; 'BLTRZ' in Aramaic to right, [Ι]ΣΣΙΚΟΝ in Greek to left / Ahura Mazda facing, head turned to right, lower body replaced by a winged sun-disc, wearing crown and holding a wreath in right hand and a lotus in left. Very rare. Toned, VF. From the collection of H.S. von Aulock. Mytilene (BC 450-400) Obol864 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.52g). Female head right / MYTI, head of lion right within incuse square. VF. Very rare. Aigai (BC 300-200) AE 10863 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE10 (1.25g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of goat right. Nice VF, dark green patina. Sinope (BC 330-320) Drachm863 viewsca 330-300 BC. AR Drachm (4.93g). Head of Nymph left / Eagle on dolphin, ΣΙΝΩ below, ΔΙΟ... (magistrate) above. VF Ionia Uncertain (BC 520-480) Hemiobol863 viewslate 6th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.43g). Scorpion (?) / Rough incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Extremely rare. gVF. Phaselis (BC 100-80) Drachm863 viewsLycian League, ca 100-80 BC. AR Drachm (2.05g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Kithara with four strings; ΦΑΣΗΛΙ above, crown of Isis to left, long, burning torch to right; within shallow incuse square. Nice toning, EF. Traces of overstriking on obv. From the estate of Dr. R. Alexander, Rochester, NY. Alabanda (BC 197-189) Drachm863 viewsca 197-190/189 BC. AR Drachm (4.26g). Struck as Antiocheia, under Antiochos III of Syria. Laureate head of Apollo right / [ΑΝΤ]ΙΟΧΕΩΝ, Pegasos springing right; ΣΥΜΜΑΧΟΣ (magistrate) below. EF. Rare. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B16 - EL 1/6 Stater863 viewsca 625-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Head of man-headed bull left, seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. aEF. Ankyra (AD 253-260) AE 29 - Valerian I863 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE29 (13.35g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Three prize urns with palms. Near VF. Herakleia Pontika (AD 238-244) AE 35 - Gordian III863 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE35 (25.31g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Hercules standing left, destroying Lernaean Hydra; quiver and bow to right. Good VF, green patina with pale brick-red overtones, minor smoothing. Rare. Ex Cain Coll. Kalchedon (BC 300) AE 26863 viewsIn alliance with Byzantion, ca 300 BC. AE26 (10.14g, 10h). Veiled bust of Demeter right / KALXA-BYZAN, Poseidon seated right. Overstruck on an unknown host coin. This is one of 5 types struck for these two cities in alliance. Apameia (BC 133-48) AE 18863 viewsca 133-48 BC. AE18 (8.58g, 12h). Andron..., son of Alkios, magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus right / ΑΠΑΜ[ΕΩ]/ ANΔPON/ AΛKIOY, cult statue of Artemis Anaïtis facing. Good VF, black patina. Ex. Alighieri Coll. Artemis Anaïtis was a fusion of the Persian goddess Anahita and the Greek Artemis. Tacitus (Annals 62) refers to the syncretic deity simply as the “Persian Diana”, who had a temple in Lydia “dedicated in the reign of Cyrus” (presumably Cyrus the Great). Apameia (BC 133-48) AE 18862 viewsca 133-48 BC. AE18 (5.83g). Turreted head of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ, Marsyas walking right on maeander pattern, playing flute; magistrates ΑΤΤΑΛΟΥ and ΒΙΑΝΟΡΟΣ. Good VF, glossy dark green patina. Ephesos (BC 280-258) Octobol862 viewsca 280-258 BC. AR Octobol (5.06g). ...lios, magistrate. Head of Artemis right; bow and quiver behind shoulder / Forepart of kneeling stag right, head turned back; Ε - Φ, palm to left, bee in field to right, ΛΙΟΣ (magistrate) to right. Good style, EF. Ex Auktion Hess 257 (Luzern, 1986), lot 122. Tripolis (AD 14-37) AE - Tiberius862 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. Bronze of Hieratikos. AE (6.11g). Head right / Rider with double-axe right, ΙΕΡΑΤΙΚΟΣ to left. Dark green patina, VF. Kyme (BC 520-470) Tetartemorion862 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Tetartemorion (?) (0.24g). Head of horse left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare. Mueller coll. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 4 - EL 1/24 Stater862 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.65g, 7mm). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of lion right / Incuse square punch. Good VF. Very rare. Methymna (BC 400-360) Silenos - Obol861 viewsca 400 BC. AR Obol (0.35g, 8mm, 11h). Facing head of bearded Silenos / Land turtle in circle. VF, very rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 1 - EL 1/6861 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.25g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of lion right / Single divided punch with volute design. Unpublished. Near VF. Temnos (AD 79-91) AE 16 - Julia Titi861 viewsJulia Titi, 79-91 AD. AE16 (2.18g). Draped bust right / ΕΠΙ ΑΓΝΟΥ ΤΗΜΝΙΤ, Athena standing left, holding palladium and scepter, shield resting on ground. Near VF, dark green patina, small flan crack. Drewry Coll.; Ex CNG 51 (9/1999), lot 875; Burstein Coll. Anazarbos (BC 15-AD 19) AE 31 - Germanicus861 viewsGermanicus, Caesar, 15 BC-19 AD. AE31 - Diassarion (17.72g, 12h). Dated CY 67 (48/9 AD). Bare head right / Laureate head of Zeus Olybris right before mountain with acropolis; ETOYΣ ZΞ (date) in exergue. Near EF, dark green patina, minor adjustment marks on reverse. A great portrait and highly interesting reverse type. Group CEM. RPC gives three possible identifications for the figure on the obverse: Claudius, Britannicus, and Germanicus. Britannicus is the most easily dismissable attribution; as RPC notes (p. 595) the nomenclature would be unlikely for such a date. Levante and Ziegler describe the figure as Claudius (the latter with a question mark), but the varying portrait style and the obverse legend “TIBERIOC KΛAΔIOC KAICAP” on a parellel issue of the same year casts serious doubt. Germanicus then seems the most likely. (BC 37-25) Amyntas - AE860 viewsAmyntas, 36-25 BC. Kremna? AE (2.28g). Bust of Hermes R, wearing petasos, caduceus over shoulder / Winged cadueceus, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΜΥΝ-ΤΟΥ. Thick green patina, EF. Rare. Komana (AD 193-211) AE 32 - Caracalla860 viewsCaracalla, 197-217 AD. AE32 (13.66g), struck 205/6 AD. Youthful laureate head right / IERO - KAIC - KO-MANE, frontal view of tempel; inside, Nike standing on pedestal, holding wreath and palm; date in exergue ET BOR (= year 162 of local era). Green patina, good VF. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B06? - EL 1/96 Stater860 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/96 Stater (0.17g, 5mm). Helmeted head of warrior left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Miletos (BC 39-17) AE 18860 views1st century BC. AE18 (3.19g, 11h). Statue of Apollo of Didyma / Lion recumbant right, head left; star above, [M]IΛHCIΩ[N] in exergue. Near EF, dark green-brown patina. Ex Gorny & Mosch 152 (10/2006), lot 1405. Magnesia (BC 210-200) Didrachm860 viewsca 210-200 BC. AR Didrachm (11.08g, 10h). Persic standard. Theodoros, son of Theogenes, magistrate. Warrior, holding lance, on horse rearing right; monogram below / Bull butting left; grain ear behind, ΘEOΔΩPOΣ/ΘEOΓENO[Y] in exergue; all within circular Maeander pattern. Good VF, a hint of porosity. Unpublished with monogram and this magistrate. The weight and type of this piece clearly place it among the Persic standard didrachms detailed by Kinns, all of which are very rare. What is also significant about this piece is the addition of a monogram on the obverse, and the magistrate, who is unattested for all of the denominations during this period. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/12 Stater 860 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.34g, 9mm). Lion right, gnawing on leg of prey; below, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF. This is the second of three known that have been offered at auction. This obverse has very close links to other coinage of similar period. Early drachmae of Velia have a similar type. Colin M. Kraay [Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (1976), p. 263] comments on the connection of the drachmae and this Kyzikos example, noting the rarity of deliberate reproductions of specific coin types across cities. An almost identical type is also found on a hecte emission of Mytilene (Bodenstedt 78 – Coin ID #11257). Gargara (BC 350) AE 13859 views4th century BC. AE13 (2.34g, 2h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Horse galloping right, ΓΑΡ above, club below. Good VF. Freeman coll. Skamandreia (BC 350-300) AE 19859 viewsca. 350-300 BC. AE19 (7.73g) Head of mountain-nymph Ide right, countermark / Fir tree; ΣΚ-Α, boar's head to right. Oinoia (BC 340-300) Drachm859 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.43g, 12h). Head of Artemis facing slightly right / Bull butting right, OINAI in exergue. VF, toned. Very rare. Aigai (AD 41-54) AE 20 - Claudius859 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE20 (5.31g), ca 43-48 AD. TI KΛAYΔIOC KAICAP CEBACTOC, laureate head right / AIΓEΩN, εΠI AΠOΛΛOΔΩPOY ΠΟ YIOY XAΛεEOY TO B, Apollo standing right, holding taenia and laurel branch. Nice very fine. Tarsos (BC 400-387) Hemiobol858 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.38g). Protome of bridled horse left / Fantastic creature walking left (a winged horned lion), 'BL' in Aramaic to left, within shallow incuse circle. Good VF, some encrustation.1 comments Antandros (BC 440-400) Obol858 viewsca 440-400 BC. AR Obol (0.58g). Head of Artemis Astyrene right, band in hair / ANTA-N, goat standing right within incuse square. Toned, near EF, typical light porosity. Rare denomination. Salamis (BC 530-515) Stater - Euelthon858 viewsEuelthon, King of Salamis, ca 530-515 BC. AR Stater (10.97g). Ram kneeling left / Blank. Toned, VF. Herakleia Pontika (BC 420-390) Diobol858 viewsLate 5th cent BC. AR Diobol (14mm, 1.72g). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion’s skin headdress / Quartered linear square, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΑ around, within larger incuse square. Good VF, toned, a little granular. Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-194) AE 22 - Pescennius Niger858 viewsPescennius Niger, 193-194 AD. AE22 (6.35g). Laureate head right / ΚΑΙCΑΡΕΙΑC ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΗC, coiled serpent left. Near VF, brown patina, rough surfaces. Very rare. Drewry Coll.; Ex Mabbott Coll. (Schulman, 6/1969), lot 1091. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 149